Comments on: BBC and MPC independence http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/26/bbc-and-mpc-independence/ Incisive and topical campaigns and commentary on today's issues and tomorrow's problems Thu, 24 May 2012 13:47:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: iluvni http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/26/bbc-and-mpc-independence/#comment-10511 iluvni Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:02:15 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2731#comment-10511 The 'investment that flowed into Northern Ireland'?...hahahahahaha The ‘investment that flowed into Northern Ireland’?…hahahahahaha

]]> By: adam http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/26/bbc-and-mpc-independence/#comment-10510 adam Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:48:03 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2731#comment-10510 Independence is one of these idealistic terms which doesn't really exist. Beeb will always upset somebody. I think the scale of the reaction to this one small issue and the publicity it has been given show how used the left is to having its way with the BBC. Independence is one of these idealistic terms which doesn’t really exist. Beeb will always upset somebody.
I think the scale of the reaction to this one small issue and the publicity it has been given show how used the left is to having its way with the BBC.

]]> By: TomTom http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/26/bbc-and-mpc-independence/#comment-10509 TomTom Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:48:53 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2731#comment-10509 <i>Hilarious interview this morning on Today with John Humphrys — Mark Thompson came across as a stuttering, spluttering (person-ed)</i> must be your radio...mine showed Humphrys at his (...) worst. He really is a self-opinionated (person-ed) and interrupted repeatedly...Thompson should simply have shut up and let Humphrys flail -(rest left out - this is all getting too personal). Hilarious interview this morning on Today with John Humphrys — Mark Thompson came across as a stuttering, spluttering (person-ed)

must be your radio…mine showed Humphrys at his (…) worst. He really is a self-opinionated (person-ed) and interrupted repeatedly…Thompson should simply have shut up and let Humphrys flail -(rest left out – this is all getting too personal).

]]> By: Coeur de Lion http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/26/bbc-and-mpc-independence/#comment-10508 Coeur de Lion Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:36:26 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2731#comment-10508 The BBC is absolutely terrified about the next General Election. With good reason. The BBC is absolutely terrified about the next General Election. With good reason.

]]> By: mikestallard http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/26/bbc-and-mpc-independence/#comment-10507 mikestallard Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:56:07 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2731#comment-10507 Imagine a country where every single person had to buy the government newspaper every day to find out the Truth. If they did not pay up, then officials could enter their house and seize property to the value of the contributions that they had missed. The government would be really powerful, and they could say anything they wanted. Sometimes (rarely) the opposition would be mentioned, but only to be mocked. Are we not lucky that such a ruling does not apply to TV! Anyway, such a thing could never happen in this country, because we are a democracy. Imagine a country where every single person had to buy the government newspaper every day to find out the Truth. If they did not pay up, then officials could enter their house and seize property to the value of the contributions that they had missed.
The government would be really powerful, and they could say anything they wanted. Sometimes (rarely) the opposition would be mentioned, but only to be mocked.
Are we not lucky that such a ruling does not apply to TV!
Anyway, such a thing could never happen in this country, because we are a democracy.

]]> By: Voter http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/26/bbc-and-mpc-independence/#comment-10506 Voter Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:53:58 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2731#comment-10506 One clear piece of evidence of BBC bias is that it advertises for its staff almost entirely in THE GUARDIAN, more there than in all other papers put together. Therefore, not surprisingly, it produces a GUARDIAN like response to issues. The simple remedy is to take away the compulsory licence fee. If the BBC is any good, then people will be glad to pay for it; if it is no good, as I believe, then why should people be forced to pay? I subscribe to Sky and that service was very careful on this issue as it is on anthing else; its viewers can cancel their subscriptions. One clear piece of evidence of BBC bias is that it advertises for its staff almost entirely in THE GUARDIAN, more there than in all other papers put together. Therefore, not surprisingly, it produces a GUARDIAN like response to issues.

The simple remedy is to take away the compulsory licence fee. If the BBC is any good, then people will be glad to pay for it; if it is no good, as I believe, then why should people be forced to pay?

I subscribe to Sky and that service was very careful on this issue as it is on anthing else; its viewers can cancel their subscriptions.

]]> By: mikestallard http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/26/bbc-and-mpc-independence/#comment-10505 mikestallard Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:50:28 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2731#comment-10505 I wonder who is pouring money into Gaza now? And where, I wonder, is all that money going to end up? And, remember, comrade, the fact that it is channeled through the elected government of Gaza is democratic in the extreme - as you would expect from the European Union. I wonder who is pouring money into Gaza now? And where, I wonder, is all that money going to end up?
And, remember, comrade, the fact that it is channeled through the elected government of Gaza is democratic in the extreme – as you would expect from the European Union.

]]> By: DennisA http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/26/bbc-and-mpc-independence/#comment-10504 DennisA Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:52:50 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2731#comment-10504 The whole thing is pointless nonsense, by taking this stance it could be argued they are taking the side of Israel. In any event the Palestinians' situation will soon improve as the result of a comittment of $1billion from Saudi Arabia to re-build Gaza. http://digg.com/world_news/Saudi_Arabia_to_Donate_1_Billion_to_Rebuild_Gaza The whole thing is pointless nonsense, by taking this stance it could be argued they are taking the side of Israel.

In any event the Palestinians’ situation will soon improve as the result of a comittment of $1billion from Saudi Arabia to re-build Gaza. http://digg.com/world_news/Saudi_Arabia_to_Donate_1_Billion_to_Rebuild_Gaza

]]> By: Neil Craig http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/26/bbc-and-mpc-independence/#comment-10503 Neil Craig Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:22:04 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2731#comment-10503 The way the BBC report on every news bulletin that they aren't broadcasting this shows that it is a cynical move not to be impartial but to look as if they were trying to be impartial when in fact they only look as if they are trying to look as if they were trying to be impartial. By comparison when there were no broadcasts for aid for Serbian refugees from the Krajina Holocaust (250,000 refugees or dead) or from Kosovo (350,000 refugees), despite having done many for the Albanian & Bosnian Moslem ex-Nazis, they did not feel the need to report such censorship on every bulletin. They also had a Scottish Radio phone in on not showing this, which I called in to, but with so many callers to get through on the anti-Jewish line they had no space for anybody expressing such cynicism The way the BBC report on every news bulletin that they aren’t broadcasting this shows that it is a cynical move not to be impartial but to look as if they were trying to be impartial when in fact they only look as if they are trying to look as if they were trying to be impartial.

By comparison when there were no broadcasts for aid for Serbian refugees from the Krajina Holocaust (250,000 refugees or dead) or from Kosovo (350,000 refugees), despite having done many for the Albanian & Bosnian Moslem ex-Nazis, they did not feel the need to report such censorship on every bulletin.

They also had a Scottish Radio phone in on not showing this, which I called in to, but with so many callers to get through on the anti-Jewish line they had no space for anybody expressing such cynicism

]]> By: Cliff. http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/26/bbc-and-mpc-independence/#comment-10502 Cliff. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:06:34 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2731#comment-10502 This so called row regarding the BBC has amused me. I personally get sick and tired of constant charity appeals on our TV channels however, regarding the BBC's reason for not screening it is crass in the extreme, as their entire coverage of the conflict has appeared to be very much biased towards the Palestinians and very anti the state of Israel. The British Media appears as a whole to have misrepresented the entire episode by failing to mention that Israel were forced to take action because of the constand firing of missiles into Israel by Hamas. If say, France fired eighty missiles aday into West Sussex, would Britain be wrong to take action? I doubt it. If you are a small weak person, you don't keep poking the big boy with a stick unless you want to get a slap....Hamas should take note. Stop firing the missiles into Israel and the troubles will cease; Then meaningful negotiations can take place and the lives of those in Gaza will improve as investment will flow in, as it did in Northern Ireland once the violence stopped. This so called row regarding the BBC has amused me. I personally get sick and tired of constant charity appeals on our TV channels however, regarding the BBC’s reason for not screening it is crass in the extreme, as their entire coverage of the conflict has appeared to be very much biased towards the Palestinians and very anti the state of Israel.

The British Media appears as a whole to have misrepresented the entire episode by failing to mention that Israel were forced to take action because of the constand firing of missiles into Israel by Hamas. If say, France fired eighty missiles aday into West Sussex, would Britain be wrong to take action? I doubt it. If you are a small weak person, you don’t keep poking the big boy with a stick unless you want to get a slap….Hamas should take note.
Stop firing the missiles into Israel and the troubles will cease; Then meaningful negotiations can take place and the lives of those in Gaza will improve as investment will flow in, as it did in Northern Ireland once the violence stopped.

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