BBC bashing

jimmy baby nothing · **Joined:** Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:19 pm **Posts:** 378

jonboy wrote:

ITV news has reported this BBC "controversy", really laying into the BBC. What worried me more, is the stirring that ITV news was doing. I have found ITV news to be too sensationalist, and too scaremongering.

If you didn't already know Daily Mail and General Trust plc own 20% of ITN.

Eurobloke · **Posted:** Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:16 pm

At least the Beeb is trying to save money... (From the Inquirer tech tabloid)

Quote:

BBC Trust chairman scuppered by Skype

Chairman of BBC Trustees gets cut off

By INQUIRER staff: Thursday 19 July 2007, 08:20

THE BBC has gone into a massive navel gazing operation after an internal investigation that revealed it had made quite a few mistakes.
Naturally every hack+dog on the British national press is weighing in describing it as a scandal, a "breach of trust" and the rest.

So the BBC Radio 4 programme Today decided to wheel on the chairman of the BBC Trust, whatever that is, who proceeded to pontificate about restoring trust blah blah until the connection went.

John Humphreys, the interviewer, proceeded to explain that the chairman was using something called Skype. Sort of re-assuring that the BBC Trust isn't wasting licence payers' money though. The €10 worth of Skype Out hasn't run out yet. There's €4.48 left and that's a year and a month and many foreign trips later. µ

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41100

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

bairy · **Joined:** Tue May 08, 2007 1:40 pm **Posts:** 2807

Two thirds happy to buy designer rip-offs

I couldn't really be arsed to pad out a thoughtful comment so I just went straight for kill.. If anyone fancies tarting it up and submitting something similar, feel free!

me wrote:

What's most incredible about these types of stories is that some of the people who will happily get ripped off for the expensive stuff will whine about having to pay for their TV License!

bairy · **Joined:** Tue May 08, 2007 1:40 pm **Posts:** 2807

Slightly amazed that it got published.

Paul · **Posted:** Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:20 am

Three "stories" in one day, is this a record?

The Queen wants BBC's faked film banned
Palace fury at refusal to scrap 'misleading' documentary

By SIMON WALTERS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... =1770&ct=5

BBC may be prosecuted for offering £40,000 to 'child-smugglers'
By MICHAEL LEIDIG and GLEN OWEN

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... _a_source=

BBC admit Top Gear caravan blaze was a fake
by JAMES TOPPER

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... _a_source=

Beaver · **Posted:** Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:16 am

The Top Gear fire was hilarious, but it was obvious to anybody with a brain cell it was a set up.

randomelement · **Joined:** Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:55 pm **Posts:** 22

I read the Top Gear story and the Child Trafficking report.

First off what pisspoor journalism for both pieces.

The Top Gear thing I mean who the hell is going to think it was real?* The whole thing was done in a tongue-in-cheek style and very funny I don't get why this is news?

* Daily Mail Readers obviously

And as for the Child Trafficking piece. I bet the DM editors had a real headache on the angle to take, sneaky lefty BBC or Dirty untrustworthy foreign police

Purgatory · **Joined:** Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:06 pm **Posts:** 123

Some TV is staged SHOCKER! :roll:

bairy · **Joined:** Tue May 08, 2007 1:40 pm **Posts:** 2807

Top Gear faked something for dramatical effect. duh.

Good to see the commenters backing that up.
Oh and of course:

John in Norfolk wrote:

Everything about the BBC is fake.

cycloon · **Joined:** Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:07 pm **Posts:** 3244

Christ, it's like they've woken up and realised the media is a human construct, a representation of life. Shame they can't apply the same rules to the Mail, which is of course that bastion of truth.

They say media studies is useless. Hell, they all need a crash course.

Rob · **Posted:** Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:22 pm

it's such a shame that people are getting so worked up about tv entrtainment shows that by definition, have a degree of fantasy in them, and yet pass a blind eye to dodgy news reporting

Paul · **Posted:** Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:29 pm

Alzheimer's row: ITV 'refused film-maker's plea to tell public that programme did not show death'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... rtComments

Quote:

It is such a shame that the rest of the terrestial media are sinking to the same depths as the BBC!

- Irxin, Devon

My comment that even the Mail gets it wrong sometimes and has recently had to pay damages to several people, has not yet made it!

larrylargesse · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:32 am

BBC faked Bargain Hunt too, claim contestants

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/a ... rtComments

oh no..whatever next...

The BBC faced further accusations of misleading the public yesterday after a contestant on Bargain Hunt claimed parts of the TV show are faked.

you guessed it readers arnt happy...

I am a Bargain Hunt fan and watch it on cable TV here in Australia, but I won't be watching the show again now that I know that such faking goes on! The BBC are a disgrace!

- Andy, Australia

this mans whole life is in tatters...

On Bargain Hunt, the items bought by the contestants usually don't make any profit, so if the BBC are faking the show, they are not even doing a good job at that! It is high time to abolish or privatise the BBC.

- Liz, London

harsh liz considering you obviously watch the show..

Mr Mordon · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:46 am

Quote:

On Bargain Hunt, the items bought by the contestants usually don't make any profit, so if the BBC are faking the show, they are not even doing a good job at that! It is high time to abolish or privatise the BBC.

- Liz, London

Bet she would be one of the first to complain about 'the stupid number of adverts on TV now' if the BBC was privatised :roll:

That said, there does seem to be an unusual amount of boring rubbish on all the channels at the moment, including the BBC. I wish they would show more movies (at sensible times, i.e. not at 11.30pm

) and non-climate change related docs

Winston O'Hoodie · **Posted:** Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:08 pm

Trouble is, the public appear to get what they want as regards TV - quiz shows, soaps and 'reality' tv. And it's not just TV. Look at the magazine racks in any shop. Video games, pornography, lad's mags and by far the biggest selection is magazines about mindless trash and gossip about celebs, diets, royals, soaps and reality TV 'stars'. My local Co-op stopped stocking fishkeeping and astronomy/science magazines because there was 'no demand' for them. Even Private Eye is hard to come by here. I really despair at the mind-destroying rot that the written and broadcast media churn out daily to satisfy 'public demand'.

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