BBC political bias

[westender]

NB: Thread continued from an older thread in the General board ("Hillhead election; Glasgow City Council")

Nov 21, 2011 18:43:36 GMT -1 westender said:

It really is time for all good folk to come to the aid of the party by boycotting paying the BBC licence fee. Its blatant unionist agenda and its anti-SNP stance is quite breathtaking.


The latest wheeze being the BBC's Scottish political editor Brian Taylor's taxpayer-funded blog on the BBC website has now been closed to comments. For all too obvious reasons.

Absolutely outrageous.

newsnetscotland.com/index.php/scottish-opinion/3701-bbc-scotland-dead-and-dying.html


"...At a time when Scotland looks to its constitutional future and the clamour for debate begins to grow, it is highly suspect for our state broadcaster to adopt a backward step and eschew the benefits of modern technology.

The reason given, that comment will be opened up on selected (selected!!) news items is spurious – and begs the question, which stories and who will decide?"

Comments on BBC Scotland's blogs are still closed to public comments, and the anti-democratic scandal rumbles on. Daniel Maxwell, the editor of Newsnight Scotland & News Online, has declined several requests to be interviewed and his frankly bizarre cut & paste response to all enquiries / complaints is an insult.

Complaints continue on the BBC's Points of View message board. Read and be seriously irked and astonished:

www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbpointsofview/NF1951574?thread=8297690

(I particularly recommend Posts #12, #22, and #31....)

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I suggest the comments boards for Brian and Douglas have been closed simply because a majority of posters are posting content that disagrees with the BBC's political ethos.

IMV, the BBC is funded by licence payers from across all spectra of political belief, yet they aren't above censoring their input when it doesn't suit them.

Looks like the last bastion of press/media independence and non-bias just fell by the wayside, eh?

The only small comfort I take from this hideous show of bias is that it shows their terror up for what it is. Well let them play dirty if that's all they've got.

We need to keep the heid, and not rise to the provocation. The Scottish people are smart enough to see through this shite and nonsense and make their own decisions.

The discussions taking place in Scottish offices, factories, schools, unis, homes and pubs are far more relevant.

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And just on that last point about what's actually happening beyond the over-glorified media, two examples from last night alone.

In a group next to us last night in Wur Chip, a bit of a stushie broke out. There'd been a discussion kicked off about the independence question. Next thing, it's all gone a bit titsup with 'somebody' deciding it was an excellent idea to douse his 'opponents' in beer.

I was affronted that somebody'd do that, and I don't give a flying fuck which 'side' he was arguing for.

When me and Mr Rolo finally wended our way homewards, the wean and her boyf were just coming in from a student house-party. At which, guess what-- an independence debate erupted. Except that the 'pros' and 'cons' were given equal time to state their case, many of the kids being in Glasgow Uni's Debating Society and those that weren't were sussed enough to listen to a case put on both sides. I won't say who' won'

But the point being, we're talking, loud and clear, in all strata of life in Scotland. And most definitely NOT being stupid enough to be TOLD what to think by self-serving media whores.

[westender]

Jan 14, 2012 21:54:14 GMT -1 @rolo said:

self-serving media whores.

Speaking of which, yet another reason tonight to tell the Beeb to stick their licence fee up their arse.... did I really sit through Paxo on Newsnight sitting in front of Scotland's First Mister tonight and listen to him compare Alex Salmond to Mugabe?

Yes. Yes, I believe I did. What a fucking clown. And I've to pay to watch this, on pain of jail?? HELL no.

[notanimby]

Jan 24, 2012 23:49:01 GMT -1 westender said:

Jan 14, 2012 21:54:14 GMT -1 @rolo said:

self-serving media whores.

Speaking of which, yet another reason tonight to tell the Beeb to stick their licence fee up their arse.... did I really sit through Paxo on Newsnight sitting in front of Scotland's First Mister tonight and listen to him compare Alex Salmond to Mugabe?

Yes. Yes, I believe I did. What a fucking clown. And I've to pay to watch this, on pain of jail?? HELL no.

Yes he did, but Eck riipped him up on accepting our part of the debt, but pointing out it was only fair to take our share of the assets too - Poxman didn't want to discuss that part funnily enough -think Eck was frustrating him somewhat by not rolling over in the face of the poxman shite