Yup. Andrew Neil is...not good. (Trying to manage my anger today).
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Wednesday, 9 November 2016 14:02 (seven years ago) link
just caught the end of ITV news at 10, and one of their Washington correspondents going in on Trump surprisingly hard, noting that Trump "had the active support of the KKK" and was key in popularising the "racist birther myth", warns against "normalizing" Trump.
― soref, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
The same cunt who wanted to check asylum seekers' teeth to see how old they were, I believe:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3921030/Tory-MP-leads-furious-backlash-against-BBC-biased-coverage-Donald-Trump-s-election.html
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 November 2016 22:49 (seven years ago) link
Christ, when someone makes the BBC look left wing you know you are really dealing with absolute scum. That ITV Washington correspondent should have also mentioned that Trump had the active backing of NAMBLA, or least that was what was reported on the election thread a couple of months back.
― calzino, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 22:57 (seven years ago) link
I guess the ITV guy has the advantage of knowing that David Davies MP and the Mail are not going to be taking him to task for alleged bias if he says anything critical/accurate about Trump.
Expressing his anger at the BBC, Mr Davies told WalesOnline: 'All I know about Donald Trump is what I've seen through the British media, which is heavily biased against him.'On the BBC it was clear that the TV presenters were appalled by his election.'Yet many millions – half the American voters – must have believed they had good reasons for voting for him. Let's wait and see how he performs in the job before condemning him out of hand.'
jeez, what an oaf. (does he not have an internet connection? surely that would allow him to bypass Britain's biased media and find out some information about Trump from a more trustworthy source)
UK politicians who have officially come out as being on the Trump train: Farage (obviously), Jacob Rees Mogg, David Davies - anyone else?
― soref, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 23:00 (seven years ago) link
... Jeremy Corbyn, Nicola Sturgeon
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 November 2016 23:04 (seven years ago) link
I don't think that hamfisted Corbyn/Milne statement was actually meant to sound pro-Trump tbf, but yeah it does sound a bit like courting the legit-concernists, which is quite depressing.
― calzino, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 23:18 (seven years ago) link
Corbyn statement just seemed like an example of the evergreen "the lesson of this big event is that my pre-existing political views are correct" bit that everyone from every part of the political spectrum does when something dramatic happens. Liberals and conservatives are all doing their own version of this as well.
― soref, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 23:26 (seven years ago) link
Any media savvy person would know that the line about punishing political elites would sound like a Trump endorsement on this day though? Mind when your Communications expert is Seumas Milne, just expect inept garbage every time there is a press release and you might still be disappointed.
― calzino, Wednesday, 9 November 2016 23:47 (seven years ago) link
the existence of BBC4 enables BBC2 to get stupider and shitter, once BBC4 becomes wall to wall Awesome AOR Sounds of the 70s and Scando versions of The Bill the Beeb will have to make a new highbrow channel and so on and on until infinity or the licence money trickles away to nothing
― The Dearth of Stollen (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 13:45 (six years ago) link
this is coming soon, no idea if it will be any good of course
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/civilisations
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 13:55 (six years ago) link
love Beard, hate Schama, don't know the other guy's work but I'm grateful for pretty much any history doc that doesn't have Tony Robinson in it
― The Dearth of Stollen (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 13:57 (six years ago) link
Bartlett is good as well imo. Schama is a fucking tool and a crap writer, crap historian to boot. Just a perfect match for the BBC in this era, really.
The A Word really fucks me off. Lets stick to the N Hornby parameters of cutesy twee autism in middle class boys that is already total cliche, and then have the gall to label it "challenging drama".
― calzino, Tuesday, 12 December 2017 14:09 (six years ago) link
god i could not watch that programme, musical cringe factor was so strong i was pleading with my wife to turn it off after two minutes. keep that shit on 6music where it belongs and i never have to hear it
― faust apes (NickB), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 14:18 (six years ago) link
yeah I have seen no need to engage with that cobblers until some well-meaning randomer will reference it to me at work
― The Dearth of Stollen (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 14:20 (six years ago) link
not even going to guesstimate the number of times people have asked me "have you read The Curious Case of that Dog?"
― The Dearth of Stollen (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 14:22 (six years ago) link
Come come, we should all be pleased to pay our licence fees for programming like this http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09jxnv4
Oscar-winning Dame Judi Dench is one of Britain's best-loved actresses, but few people know that Judi holds another great passion, a deep love for trees. This programme, filmed over the course of a year, is a magical study of the changing seasons and their effect on Surrey, the most-wooded county in Britain. Judi has long been fascinated with trees...
― Action of Boyle Man Prompts Visitor to Stay (Tom D.), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
Judi Dench: My Passion for Wood
― The Dearth of Stollen (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
Youth Hosteling with Chris Eubank
― Thomas NAGL (Neil S), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 14:40 (six years ago) link
Jason Manford Goes Dogging
― The Dearth of Stollen (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
Impossible to see the join between schedule and satire there tbh if indeed it's happened yet
― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/a-top-bbc-journalist-has-quit-as-china-editor-and-accused
She’s right on all points I think, but at the same time there’s something amazing about an organisation where you can publically quit and write a fuck-you open letter to your employers ... yet also continue to work there.
― stet, Sunday, 7 January 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
yikes. there are some bbc managers who take the gender pay gap quite seriously and are sorting it before the next financial year. and then i guess there are those who aren't.i loved murder at the lucky holiday hotel, btw, everyone should listen to it.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 7 January 2018 23:35 (six years ago) link
Get away, well I never etc
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/feb/25/bbcs-steph-mcgovern-says-she-would-earn-more-if-she-was-posher
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 26 February 2018 18:24 (six years ago) link
"McGovern, the daughter of a teacher and radiographer"
gonna stick my neck out here Steph and say you're not really working class
― smashong pumpgong (Noodle Vague), Monday, 26 February 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
She needs to get onto Lauren Laverne’s agent.
Posh people getting paid more was built into British currency at one time, right? Because genteel people were paid in guineas whereas pounds/shillings/pence for everyone else.
― kim jong deal (suzy), Monday, 26 February 2018 20:30 (six years ago) link
Lauren Laverne is a similarly son/daughter of toil as Maconie is. i.e. regional accent but basically posh!
― calzino, Monday, 26 February 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link
I know that! Tongue firmly in cheek (although her parents’ dads were both miners).
― kim jong deal (suzy), Monday, 26 February 2018 23:22 (six years ago) link
sorry suzy, I should have known better!
― calzino, Monday, 26 February 2018 23:56 (six years ago) link
This is amazing:
http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk
The BBC has put 16000 sound effects from their archive online for download.
I will spend the weekend turning “Snow' surface grinder operating at steel works 1969” into an ambient techno record,
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Friday, 20 April 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
I'm looking for Humphrys Death Rattle wav, but no luck. This is actually pretty good tbf!
― calzino, Friday, 20 April 2018 18:08 (six years ago) link
"'Snow' surface grinder operating at steel works 1969" and "'Cock-a-doodle-doo' ships' sirens sounded" are both excellent, and this is only the first page.
I've always liked sirens, looking forward to listening to all 223 siren recordings on here
― soref, Friday, 20 April 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link
"Specially created electronic sound" is a good search term for radiophonic workshop type stuff
― soref, Friday, 20 April 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
Having a hard time finding hauntological sounds in here with the 1.0 search function. There should be plenty but the keywords aren't matching.
A great thing for BBC to share though, regardless.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 20 April 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
every time BBC4 repeats the documentary Doris Day: Virgin Territory that title looks uglier and stupider and uglier
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Friday, 3 August 2018 21:38 (five years ago) link
Good point. It’s kind of amazing how much I’ve turned on this institution in the last two years.
― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Friday, 3 August 2018 22:41 (five years ago) link
The fucking state of them these days, all I can think of is people I really want to die and more people i really want to die and I'm paying for this shit!
― calzino, Friday, 3 August 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link
still instinctively think the BBC is a good thing as an institution but the TV landscape is complicated enough in 2018 and god knows these dicks aren't doing much to make their own case
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Friday, 3 August 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
I don't think it is at all tbh. But my levels of hatred for them has gone through the roof in recent years. Refusing to report on that BMJ paper last year was the absolute tipping point for me. Not even going talk about their drama dept, but I'm still a heavy R3/4/5/WS user, and perhaps some of that content wouldn't happen on a commercial broadcaster, so will grudgingly admit it still does some unique stuff!
― calzino, Friday, 3 August 2018 23:23 (five years ago) link
although I'd completely remove 5Live from that, as it doesn't seem any different to TalkSport these days, although at least they have taken the burden paying Motson a wage now.
― calzino, Friday, 3 August 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
difference is my DAB radio doesn't pick up TalkSport so well
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Friday, 3 August 2018 23:36 (five years ago) link
good radio
― calzino, Friday, 3 August 2018 23:37 (five years ago) link
it was annoying once the BBC decided not to pay for radio coverage of non-Prem games!
― the Joao looked at Jonny (Noodle Vague), Friday, 3 August 2018 23:39 (five years ago) link
any reason why the Beeb seems to be broadcasting coverage of this pitiful boxing cosplay i first heard of a couple of hours ago?
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 25 August 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
the reason seems to be "Stephen Nolan likes to pretend to be exasperated for money" but
― Noodle Vague, Saturday, 25 August 2018 21:03 (five years ago) link
Is that any way describe a Papal visit?
― Scottish Country Twerking (Tom D.), Saturday, 25 August 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
"When Crouch was 'dissed' by Prince Harry"
ho ho ho lol etc... arrrgh! fucking privatise these cunts already.
― calzino, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 08:58 (five years ago) link
Can add this deleted tweet to the pile now. pic.twitter.com/t2NosOwAZa— Tom Mills (@ta_mills) October 29, 2018
― brokenshire (jed_), Monday, 29 October 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
so sick of politically correct whinging about death squads
― the Warnock of Clodhop Mountain (Noodle Vague), Monday, 29 October 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
I've not seen one mention of the United Nations rapporteur arriving to investigate extreme poverty in the UK. Another one for the dossier to be read to them before they are lined up against the wall.
― calzino, Friday, 9 November 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link