The BBC

As an aside, I’m St Andrews there’s a Victory Memorial Hall, and everyone calls it the Victoria Memorial Hall. I find it infuriating.

Radio 3 right now: four white middle class people pondering the woke agenda

jesus wept is nowhere sacred from this interminable fucking bullshit, it's like nazi america.

It wasn't that bad, just funny

I just remembered Newsnight is doing a report on the Irish election so I switched over. First fifteen minutes on the government threatening the BBC and worrying about democracy. If this is so bad, why is Laura K still in her fucking job lads? Ugh, wish Lewis Goodall didn’t go there.

https://inews.co.uk/news/elisabeth-murdoch-surprise-contender-to-become-new-bbc-director-general-1394245

loool

> “It could be a genius move. They wouldn’t dare f*** with a Murdoch,” said one insider.

i think they are over- / under-estimating boris

Although Downing Street’s dream choice to lead the BBC into a post licence fee future would be a longstanding critic such as Rebekah Brooks, CEO of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK, a figure such as Ms Murdoch would prove an acceptable compromise.

Sophie's choice between a Murdoch and a Murdoch, basically.

this such a fucking floater, this. journalism is so fucked

absolutely beyond parody, everyone involved should be shot into space immediately

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.

any relation to the other great aussie (social) media dynasty

this such a fucking floater, this. journalism is so fucked

v much testing the public temperature.

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

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

If only there was a good hardcore song they could use as the title/theme music.

lol i was gonna say

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

what a useless US correspondent, their US coverage on WS is often bad in my experience.

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.

*report*

That's because he has a silly name so only a few of the crylaughing masses will take it seriously

big_lebowski_nice_marmot.png

probably more to do with recent "we need to talk about license fees" chat from downing st

never not at it

Can you come up with something else pic.twitter.com/BwAGCCq0lE

— shon faye. (@shonfaye) February 26, 2020

Booming reply

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

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/27/tv-debates-brexit-bbc-centre-ground-leavers-remainers

tbf on the BBC Claire Fox wasn't available at the time.

that guardian article reaffirms what Local Garda was saying years ago tbh

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.

Not all national media enterprises can be guerrilla organisations my man :)

Too true :)

original full-length Fence article appeared a couple of weeks ago and is worth reading.

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.

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.

https://lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n06/james-butler/the-bbc-on-the-rack

Is anyone else watching Noughts + Crosses & is it worth having a thread?

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.

It’s really good!

is it based on a YA novel? because from the trailers i've given it a hard "no thanks"

ok, googled and lol i was right. i'm sure it's got an audience, just don't think that's me.

Yes, but it’s one that’s well known and very good. We’re not talking Twilight here.

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.

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.

There’s a really vile Home Secretary in it!

yeah i've seen the odd one of those irl