The BBC

https://i.postimg.cc/TwchPkh7/FE086-F10-B84-B-495-B-8-EB3-D7-ACF662-E459.jpg

Oh man I used to love a bit of "One Man and His Dog"

I like Border Collies a lot and they are probably the strangest and most indefatigable breed of working dogs. Someone I talk to with two of them says even when he takes them on 10 mile treks they will be making subtle hints like dropping the dog lead in front of his chair to do it all again, within a couple of hours!

We had the loveliest border collie when I was a kid. RIP ;_;

450 jobs going in BBC News, probably not Laura K though

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/29/bbc-announces-450-jobs-will-go-in-newsroom-shake-up

BBC News now easily outclassed by ITN apparently

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51300799

you say this but
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPeE9UGX4AAkJdN?format=jpg&name=large

He doesn't even own a croissant

I can't really see what Peston is saying here.

I don't like him btw. Think he was OK in 2008 before he was over-promoted.

He's saying that he cannot step outside of his own privilege to report from a neutral unbiased position. However he says it in such a cluelessly privileged way that it suggests he has little sense of what direction reality even lies in.

Sarah Sands has resigned from Today with 6 months notice. I'd enjoy a bit of BBC austerity blues if it wasn't for the certainty that Today will still suck just as much shit after she's gone.

https://shop.conservatives.com/

Also great how all these wankers just stroll into other jobs with nary a pause - like it's the 1950s or something. (xp)

(oops, wrong thread)

or is it?

‘Victory’ mugs, smh

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.