absolutely beyond parody, everyone involved should be shot into space immediately
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 10 February 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
Typical of the I / Independent.
Carolyn Fairbairn seems a reasonable bet if they wanted someone with strong Tory links who’d have the experience to be at least partly justifiable in the role.
― ShariVari, Monday, 10 February 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
any relation to the other great aussie (social) media dynasty
― imago, Monday, 10 February 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
this such a fucking floater, this. journalism is so fucked
― Fizzles, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
v much testing the public temperature.
― Fizzles, Monday, 10 February 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
Between this
We are aware thatvthe bbc is hosting a transphobic academic today to discuss our campaign - we were not informed of this, nor were we invited to speak for ourselves. It is disappointing that BBC impartiality seemingly does not apply when trans rights are concerned.— Labour Campaign for Trans Rights (@Labour_Trans) February 12, 2020
― hyds (gyac), Wednesday, 12 February 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
what could possibly go wrong, just asking questions nbd
God imagine what people they’re going to get with this. pic.twitter.com/kNATeIqXeg— Sinan Kose (@TheSinanKose) February 18, 2020
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 14:17 (four years ago) link
If only there was a good hardcore song they could use as the title/theme music.
― babby bitter (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 14:18 (four years ago) link
lol i was gonna say
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 19 February 2020 14:21 (four years ago) link
they've changed the caption on this image now but the rest of the article is still fucking bonkers
ah yes, the two approaches to taxation: cuts, or punishing the rich https://t.co/hGbIY9QLEP pic.twitter.com/qrOeTy3qYf— Stan The Golden Boy (@tristandross) February 25, 2020
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 09:28 (four years ago) link
what a useless US correspondent, their US coverage on WS is often bad in my experience.
― calzino, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 09:37 (four years ago) link
They gave quite a lot of coverage to that Sir Michael Marmot/Institute of Health Equity on falling life expectancy in the UK. in the past they tended to ignore damning reports on austerity from BMJ and the UN rapporteur.
― calzino, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 09:44 (four years ago) link
*report*
― calzino, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 09:45 (four years ago) link
That's because he has a silly name so only a few of the crylaughing masses will take it seriously
― imago, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 09:47 (four years ago) link
big_lebowski_nice_marmot.png
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 09:49 (four years ago) link
probably more to do with recent "we need to talk about license fees" chat from downing st
― calzino, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 09:50 (four years ago) link
never not at it
Can you come up with something else pic.twitter.com/BwAGCCq0lE— shon faye. (@shonfaye) February 26, 2020
― median punt (gyac), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 21:03 (four years ago) link
Booming reply
― Dunty Reggae party 🎉 (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 21:05 (four years ago) link
never not at it again
When Toby Young was on @BBCr4today to plug his free speech union, the "other" voice to ensure the balance the BBC so loves was Trevor Phillips.Last night Trevor Phillips spoke at the *launch* of the Free Speech Union pic.twitter.com/FA242Y65Ig— Ross McCafferty (@RossMcCaff) February 27, 2020
― Generous Grant for Stepladder Creamery (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 27 February 2020 11:06 (four years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/27/tv-debates-brexit-bbc-centre-ground-leavers-remainers
― nashwan, Thursday, 27 February 2020 11:06 (four years ago) link
tbf on the BBC Claire Fox wasn't available at the time.
― calzino, Thursday, 27 February 2020 11:14 (four years ago) link
that guardian article reaffirms what Local Garda was saying years ago tbh
― imago, Thursday, 27 February 2020 11:32 (four years ago) link
And builds on it tbf
One notable incident came when in order to find an “authentic” northern voice, all plausible interviewees who displayed any obvious erudition were vetoed. In their place, newspaper owner Danny Lockwood was slotted into the identity sudoku, as his tone was seen to more directly signal his real northern identity. Several producers thought fit to mention that said individual was, in fact, a reactionary whose past achievements include mocking the “Zorro” outfits worn by some Muslim women. But the grids didn’t have any disqualifying categories.
Yeah, LG shared his experiences brushing on this. Damning, though hardly surprising, stuff. Get off the grid BBC.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 27 February 2020 11:50 (four years ago) link
Not all national media enterprises can be guerrilla organisations my man :)
― imago, Thursday, 27 February 2020 11:57 (four years ago) link
Too true :)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 27 February 2020 12:04 (four years ago) link
original full-length Fence article appeared a couple of weeks ago and is worth reading.
― Fizzles, Friday, 28 February 2020 07:09 (four years ago) link
just heard "Kate Andrews of The Spectator .." on an ad for tonight's Any Questions. She's their economics correspondent now it seems, what a fucking champion acquisition they've made. At least now BBC don't have to mention her association with that shifty right-wing think tank that loves to dump on the NHS.
― calzino, Friday, 28 February 2020 08:12 (four years ago) link
They've bumped Andy McDonald from Any Questions tonight because no Tory MP could be arsed turning up. Shitting it that having two lefties (Faiza Shaheen is there as well) picking on poor Kate Andrews wouldn't be balanced and lol impartial.
― calzino, Friday, 28 February 2020 19:30 (four years ago) link
https://lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n06/james-butler/the-bbc-on-the-rack
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 14:06 (four years ago) link
Is anyone else watching Noughts + Crosses & is it worth having a thread?
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
is it a case of bbc doing something half decent for once shocker? I've been avoiding bbc drama like a fucking virus for so long now nearly everything they do is below my radar.
― calzino, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 15:23 (four years ago) link
It’s really good!
― santa clause four (suzy), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 15:59 (four years ago) link
is it based on a YA novel? because from the trailers i've given it a hard "no thanks"
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
ok, googled and lol i was right. i'm sure it's got an audience, just don't think that's me.
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
Yes, but it’s one that’s well known and very good. We’re not talking Twilight here.
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
i'm not knocking YA fiction, i'm just far from the mood to sit down with something like this, if i'm ever in the mood.
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
i'm trying to work out why that is, and it's partly to do with wincing at most allegories and partly not feeling...something...that i'll have to think about. i want to say something about not engaging with capital r Romanticism at the moment but that's not quite it, i have my own super-sentimental vulnerabilities. i wanna say it's something about cartoonishness in drama but it's not quite that either. absolutely it's me, not them.
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:18 (four years ago) link
There’s a really vile Home Secretary in it!
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:21 (four years ago) link
yeah i've seen the odd one of those irl
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
This is the Children’s Laureate who is publishing her autobiography on #merky, and the story so far is great.
― santa clause four (suzy), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
It’s good! Only watched the first episode but I really like it and I was surprised how much I remembered from the book.
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
I'll be watching it once I'm done rewatching all of Better Call Saul which is taking up all my TV viewing time at this present momentAnyone watch Hidden? Worth it?
― kinder, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 20:02 (four years ago) link
Guess who they had on Newsnight to talk about Coronavirus.
― nashwan, Thursday, 12 March 2020 13:25 (four years ago) link
Kate Andrews.
― God gave toilets rolls to you, gave toilet rolls to you (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 March 2020 13:27 (four years ago) link
Oh probably her as well but no, Farage.
― nashwan, Thursday, 12 March 2020 13:35 (four years ago) link
Aw I was gonna guess Brendan
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 12 March 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
That was my initial guess but I went with oor wee Katie instead.
― God gave toilets rolls to you, gave toilet rolls to you (Tom D.), Thursday, 12 March 2020 15:35 (four years ago) link
Tonight, on BBC2, Miriam's Big Fat Adventure. On BBC4, Why Are We Getting So Fat?
Stay classy, BBC.
― Psychedics with Rosie Swash (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 12 March 2020 22:23 (four years ago) link
Still a bit irritated with Miriam, treasure though she is, after her programme about dying, when she filmed at a group my wife was in, yet for some reason concentrated only on the hosts running it, who are not dying yet managed to make it all about them, while the rest of the programme was entirely about the people actually dying and what they are going through, not publicising someone's business. She may not have been in charge of the editing I suppose.
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 12 March 2020 22:28 (four years ago) link