Comments on: The BBC takes a justified pounding http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/08/25/the-bbc-takes-a-justified-pounding/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:46:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: a very public sociologist http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/08/25/the-bbc-takes-a-justified-pounding/#comment-5281 a very public sociologist Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:02:00 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/08/25/the-bbc-takes-a-justified-pounding/#comment-5281 Tony, the privately-owned digital TV channels we get in this country tend are dumb-downed. Compare for instance the documentary output of the History channel and Discovery to that of the BBC. The quality of the latter and its ability to provoke comment is greater in every way. If the BBC is privatised, the quality will suffer. The last thing British broadcasting needs is another ITV. Tony, the privately-owned digital TV channels we get in this country tend are dumb-downed. Compare for instance the documentary output of the History channel and Discovery to that of the BBC. The quality of the latter and its ability to provoke comment is greater in every way.

If the BBC is privatised, the quality will suffer. The last thing British broadcasting needs is another ITV.

]]> By: Tony Makara http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/08/25/the-bbc-takes-a-justified-pounding/#comment-5226 Tony Makara Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:06:06 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/08/25/the-bbc-takes-a-justified-pounding/#comment-5226 The BBC has in effect become a decadent body. The way it can casually lavish an 18 million pound contract on Jonothan Ross is proof that the more revenue it has the more it wastes. There is no financial accountability at the BBC. Political coverage at the BBC lacks objectivity. There is bias in domestic and foreign reorting, particularly in relation to events in the middle-east. The BBC likes to present itself as being at the heart of quality broadcasting. However this is a myth. How often do we see Opera, Ballet, and quality arts programmes on the BBC? What we get instead is dumb-down trash where the general public are left to entertain the general public in base holiday camp style talent shows. The case for the privatization of the BBC has never been stronger. The TV tax licence fee cannot be justified. The time has come to wave goodbye to the wasteful BBC. The BBC has in effect become a decadent body. The way it can casually lavish an 18 million pound contract on Jonothan Ross is proof that the more revenue it has the more it wastes. There is no financial accountability at the BBC. Political coverage at the BBC lacks objectivity. There is bias in domestic and foreign reorting, particularly in relation to events in the middle-east. The BBC likes to present itself as being at the heart of quality broadcasting. However this is a myth. How often do we see Opera, Ballet, and quality arts programmes on the BBC? What we get instead is dumb-down trash where the general public are left to entertain the general public in base holiday camp style talent shows. The case for the privatization of the BBC has never been stronger. The TV tax licence fee cannot be justified. The time has come to wave goodbye to the wasteful BBC.

]]> By: Colin Holland http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/08/25/the-bbc-takes-a-justified-pounding/#comment-5223 Colin Holland Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:33:30 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/08/25/the-bbc-takes-a-justified-pounding/#comment-5223 This is not the first time Jonathan Dimbleby has gone into attack mode when BBC bias is mentioned on Question Time. In the last but one episode the Conservative person mentioned the "position of the BBC" to which JD started a hectoring attack for examples etc. Unfortunately the person ignominiously folded and backed off. In the last Question Time in Liverpool I have to admit I have never heard an audience like it. They clapped at almost everything said but far more so for government supporters, so one had a feeling that the BBC had "papered the walls" - if this could be shown to be true imagine what a scandel this could cause? It is about time JD let go to another person like Eddie Mair who filled the post admirably on his last showing. The Conservative Party should pro-actively address the BBC bias by training its politicians in nuance etc and to advise them as to how to positively attack BBC bias on interviews for both Radio (4 especially) and TV. I believe you would be surprised at how much support you would get by doing this. Colin. This is not the first time Jonathan Dimbleby has gone into attack mode when BBC bias is mentioned on Question Time.
In the last but one episode the Conservative person mentioned the “position of the BBC” to which JD started a hectoring attack for examples etc. Unfortunately the person ignominiously folded and backed off.
In the last Question Time in Liverpool I have to admit I have never heard an audience like it. They clapped at almost everything said but far more so for government supporters, so one had a feeling that the BBC had “papered the walls” - if this could be shown to be true imagine what a scandel this could cause?

It is about time JD let go to another person like Eddie Mair who filled the post admirably on his last showing.

The Conservative Party should pro-actively address the BBC bias by training its politicians in nuance etc and to advise them as to how to positively attack BBC bias on interviews for both Radio (4 especially) and TV.
I believe you would be surprised at how much support you would get by doing this.
Colin.

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