BBC bashing

KevS · **Joined:** Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:59 pm **Posts:** 389

To be fair to Rupes though (ugh, I feel soiled), Sky don't seem to be doing their usual trick of sticking their head in the sand when a huge sporting event that they're not covering is taking place, and from what I've seen the coverage in The Sun and The Times has been pretty positive.

Of course, it might have something to do with the fact that you get Sky, you can watch the 24 BBC Channels as well. (Although of course this is not the only way)

Kreuzberger · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:39 pm

I think it has everything to do with the fact that it sells newspapers. And in turn, earns him a few shekels to offset that division's massive losses. That's it.

spoonman · **Joined:** Tue May 11, 2010 2:27 pm **Posts:** 922

That story in the Independent about NBC's coverage of the Olympics is hilarious when you think that they sent over their own camera crews to London because they felt that the BBC & OBS wouldn't do a good enough job!

Messianic Trees · **Joined:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:50 pm **Posts:** 2900

As lazy and predictable as you'd expect:

The puzzling logic of the BBC's documentary on young Tories

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... z23A3R0joH

Abernathy · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:53 pm

Can the Mail find a BBC bashing angle on Mark Thompson's new job?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/14/us-newyorktimes-thompson-idUSBRE87D10H20120814

Paul · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:42 am

Abernathy wrote:

Can the Mail find a BBC bashing angle on Mark Thompson's new job?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/14/us-newyorktimes-thompson-idUSBRE87D10H20120814

BBC chief Mark Thompson headed to U.S. after bagging top job at New York Times

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... Times.html

Your comments sounds like a Dacre edict.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:46 am

Comments not moderated. Right...

I really think that Leveson should have looked at the way comments are used to validate the opinions (editorial opinions) expressed in pieces like this.

Abernathy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:20 pm

Indeed.

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Good reason not to buy a NYT !!!

- a breeze, leeds, 15/8/2012 10:47
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Nearly as good as erm... living in Leeds?

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LETS SEE HOW HE DOES WHITHOUT 3 BILLION A YEAR

- pete, coventry uk, 15/8/2012 9:15
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Would there be any point in pointing out that he's doing a totally different job, with a commensurate budget? Thought not.

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Just shows that once you are known to be a firm Leftist, as with working for the BBC, there is no limit to how far the road will take you.

- David, Thailand, Chonburi, 15/8/2012 8:18

I'm miffed by this. I've been a firm leftist all my life. Why am I not DG of the BBC?

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:38 pm

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Feel sorry for the NYT. Hope he does a better job there than the emss he leaves behind at the BBC"
- me, London, 15/8/2012 12:16 ================================

What are these emss? Where can I get one? Or is it a just a stupid typo that highlights the lack of intelligent capacity shown by the hard-of-thinking, shaved monkey Mailtards commenting on this article.
- Dame Wally of Toynbee, Dark, 15/8/2012 12:36

The Red Arrow · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:46 pm

*chortle!*

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:29 pm

A Mailwatcher in the making but I fear a certain word will soon be appearing on a banned list near you. :lol:

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Funny his new salary at NYTimes is not mentioned isn't it? I bet it is a fraction of the bloated package he got at the BBC. Most of these "top" civil servants are grossly overpaid ; and most would struggle to find a job in the private sector even at half their current level - but our govt. keeps employing them across the board not just the BBC. - Andy Stone, Hull UK, 15/8/2012 12:30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you don't have any facts just make some up and then complain about it. The intelligence of Mailtards (I like that word) is staggeringly low. Let me guess, you intend to vote ukip?
- peter, chichester, 15/8/2012 14:11

The Red Arrow · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:41 pm

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:04 pm

Odd. I never realised the New York Times was so popular in Leeds. Granted it beats the Evening Post hands down (which is not a hard thing to do) but still…

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Good, that'll please everyone, especially me. They deserve each other.
- mike, Leeds, England, 15/8/2012 14:48

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:44 pm

And another one. Probably no need to post these but it's heartening to know that there are more kindred spirits out there.

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Thank You Walley. I love the word "Mailtard", it seems to put a complete sentence into one word. Maybe we should petition for it to put into the OED
- Henry, Colchester, 15/8/2012 17:25

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2188465/BBC-chief-Mark-Thompson-headed-U-S-bagging-job-New-York-Times.html#ixzz23dMKoT8S

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:49 pm

I think that the Mail weltenschauung - Dacre's Dystopia - isn't shared by that many, it's the strenuous efforts of the moderators that make it look like a serious point of view rather than the toothless grumblings of society's sweepings.

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