tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post1494363482365259737..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: And in a BBC News Exclusive Tonight...Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20377105278695556712007-02-24T14:02:00.000+00:002007-02-24T14:02:00.000+00:00jafo 10.46 AM. At least someone turned up for the ...jafo 10.46 AM. At least someone turned up for the Feedback item you heard. Half the time all you get is a message saying the producer of the relevant programme "could not find time" for an interview.<BR/><BR/>Occasionally someone will drop in, but only ever to explain, in patronising terms, how they "got it right." Their arrogance is breathtaking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30576359312771738982007-02-24T10:46:00.000+00:002007-02-24T10:46:00.000+00:00I rarely watch BBC TV evening news bulletins these...I rarely watch BBC TV evening news bulletins these days because you can't trust what they say. Far too much Government propaganda and no news. Far too much "the BBC has learned" about something you've read in the newspapers that very day! Nick Robinson used to be excellent when he worked for ITV news, now he's just a NuLab puppet. <BR/><BR/>Slightly off-topic, but still illustrates the point, yesterday lunch-time on Radio 4's "Feedback" a listener complained that on a particular day, BBC R4 news, for most of the morning, had as the lead story the extension of the congestion charge area in London. The second story was of the train bombing on the India/Pakistan border which killed a large number of people. The listener felt the BBC priorities were somewhat skewed here, clearly the bombing should have been the first story and the congestion charge extension a long way down the bulletin.<BR/><BR/>The BBC News boss was wheeled out to explain. Guess what - they were right and everyone else was wrong. The charge extension was apparently of vital interest to British people, even though the date has been known for months, and it was hardly "hold the front page" territory. He got quite snotty and irritated at having his judgment queried, and obviously didn't like having to explain himself at all. Just could not see the difference between the two news items. <BR/><BR/>And they're surprised they didn't win any awards............Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63146092404779051332007-02-24T10:27:00.000+00:002007-02-24T10:27:00.000+00:00I was at the ICA debate on Thursday and Horrocks w...I was at the ICA debate on Thursday and Horrocks was more emollient than I expected.<BR/><BR/>Report here: http://staticsquid.blogspot.com/2007/02/is-bbc-biased-robin-aitken-former-bbc.htmlsimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333603569294208240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56321464983316617352007-02-24T09:56:00.000+00:002007-02-24T09:56:00.000+00:00anon 11:32 -Won't get nobbled that way - I don't h...anon 11:32 -<BR/><BR/>Won't get nobbled that way - I don't have a lap-top and my computer (not the latest model by any means) doesn't have a TV card or software for receiving live broadcasts.<BR/><BR/>And yes, the video recorder and DVD recorder are going too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9083644191369965322007-02-23T23:32:00.001+00:002007-02-23T23:32:00.001+00:00Thanks for the tip Anon. As you say Horrocks gives...Thanks for the tip Anon. As you say Horrocks gives <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/" REL="nofollow">zero details</A>, I like to think that means Aitken made his case. Touchingly Horrocks describes Aitken's <A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Can-Trust-BBC-Robin-Aitken/dp/0826494277/sr=1-1/qid=1172273483/ref=sr_1_1/202-4263313-8867835?ie=UTF8&s=books" REL="nofollow">Can we trust the BBC</A> as "a stimulating book", yet a search of bbc.co.uk shows no mention, other than a <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/host/" REL="nofollow">link to the Mail on Sunday</A>, must be planning an hour long specialAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31187696286265966142007-02-23T23:32:00.000+00:002007-02-23T23:32:00.000+00:00bt said - I am a tad concerned that you think that...bt said - I am a tad concerned that you think that by chucking out the TV you will not have to pay the Telly Licence ? If you have broadband and a a laptop you can look at the telly via that - so you will still be liable for the TV licence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-59917971898720795782007-02-23T23:26:00.000+00:002007-02-23T23:26:00.000+00:00This is the email As you'll know, unfortunately...This is the email<BR/><BR/> As you'll know, unfortunately we didn't win RTS News Channel of the Year last night. As you will also see, the BBC did pretty badly across the board and this reflects the kind of attitude towards the BBC that quite a few of us experienced on the juries from other broadcasters.<BR/><BR/> I would like to thank you all for the way you have reacted to this, particularly since like me I'm sure you feel it isn't a realistic reflection of the channel's performance over the last 12 months. I have had messages from quite a few more impartial observers who are pretty gob-smacked!<BR/><BR/> I spent a fair amount of time talking to the Sky News team at the dinner last night and they are very open<BR/> about the damage that the Freeview decision could have on them. Many of them are very upset also about the way they have been treated by BSkyB: James Murdoch is visiting them today to try to explain the decision. And quite a few senior and prominent people there are still interested in coming here!<BR/><BR/> Thanks again - and onto the next awards etc...<BR/> KB<BR/><BR/> Kevin Bakhurst<BR/> Controller, BBC News 24Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-92065378091687076472007-02-23T23:23:00.000+00:002007-02-23T23:23:00.000+00:00I can think of at least one shallow labour loving ...I can think of at least one shallow labour loving political journalist who hould be sacked and made an example of - OK, you twisted my arm it's Nick Robinson. He knows much more than he lets on, but fear and brown nosing makes him a bad journalist.<BR/><BR/>You can also sack some of the smug women news anchors who are busy pushing their own adgenda. Fiona Bruce turned to [the ever professional] Dermott this morning and said "women should get equal pay in tennis ... Shouldn't they" - Well thanks for your personal opinion Fiona, my opinion is you should sacked for (1) bullying a fellow presenter on air and (2) expressing your own opinion when you should be reading the news. <BR/><BR/>Andrew (no wit) Marr should also get sacked for following the NL agenda too closely.<BR/><BR/>Horrocks needs to start flexing his muscles and sacking a few journalists, before he is sacked. There are too many journalists at the BBC expressing their own views instead of expressing the news. Things have just got out of control underneath him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46073353940473248442007-02-23T23:06:00.000+00:002007-02-23T23:06:00.000+00:00dave bartlett - there is an update, by horrocks on...dave bartlett - there is an update, by horrocks on the BBC 'editors' blog. <BR/><BR/>But I don't have an 'independent' view of how it went. Although Horrocks does concede a couple of points to Aitken - principally over their coverage of european migration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27182917319756437352007-02-23T22:44:00.000+00:002007-02-23T22:44:00.000+00:00Apparantly Horrocks was representing the BBC in th...Apparantly Horrocks was representing the BBC in the ICA hosted debate <A HREF="http://www.ica.org.uk/Is+the+BBC+institutionally+biased+12985.twl" REL="nofollow">"Is the BBC institutionally biased"</A> on Thursday night. Does anyone know how that went?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76437907557045192112007-02-23T22:43:00.000+00:002007-02-23T22:43:00.000+00:00Dale, you can't have it both ways. Most of the tim...Dale, you can't have it both ways. <BR/><BR/>Most of the time you are slagging off the Beeb for not haranguing those in power and bringing them to account. <BR/><BR/>Only recently you were sending your missiles [deservedly] at Mogadon Marr. <BR/><BR/>You can't have it both ways..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-51228379715486391752007-02-23T22:42:00.000+00:002007-02-23T22:42:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.jailhouselawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795278184797990706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48060891345450635372007-02-23T22:12:00.000+00:002007-02-23T22:12:00.000+00:00I dont think that BBC News has got over Hutton, th...I dont think that BBC News has got over Hutton, that must have been a big blow to their confidence and professional integrity.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810788783886456639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35721828177074818422007-02-23T21:45:00.000+00:002007-02-23T21:45:00.000+00:00BBC TV News, when I occasionally watch it, is trit...BBC TV News, when I occasionally watch it, is trite, tripe and condescending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8942589791836361472007-02-23T21:39:00.000+00:002007-02-23T21:39:00.000+00:00Iain,While we are at it, where does this sort of "...Iain,<BR/><BR/>While we are at it, where does this sort of "news" come from : Tony Blair in a speech later today will say blah blah - is prescience part of the BBC's remit as well ?<BR/><BR/>Alan DouglasAlan Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071898364060640779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-12515212701411021282007-02-23T21:15:00.000+00:002007-02-23T21:15:00.000+00:00Can't think that there's much special about ITN or...Can't think that there's much special about ITN or Channel 4, come to that, though Sue Turton (and Kirsty Young on Channel 5) is, let us say, an interesting fantasy subject. Which is more than you can say for Nick Robinson.<BR/><BR/>And worse - much worse - than "the BBC has learned" is "research shows..." especially since all too often there hasn't been any real research, just a few sociologists/behavioural psychologists eager to justify their grants by ramping some theory or other.<BR/><BR/>We're badly served by the news media in the UK, not enough news and too much opinion, and that from 'reporters' who usually don't bother looking much deeper into a subject than the latest press release.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the lack of prizes is an indication that the beeb agenda (pro-EU, Nulab, multiculturalism, big-spending statism; anti- tory, USA, royalty etc) is losing its appeal. Won't make much difference though, they'll still carry on flogging the same old dead horses. <BR/><BR/>Glad my TV gets thrown out on Wednesday. Yippee! No more TV tax for the beeb to squander from me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47994340646271412552007-02-23T21:10:00.000+00:002007-02-23T21:10:00.000+00:00The BBC News has lost its capacity of intellectual...The BBC News has lost its capacity of intellectual analysis. When you 'dumb down' news reporting to make it more accessible, the inevitable consequence is that those reporting it lost the capacity and resources to do so with any degree of meaning or insight.<BR/><BR/>These days when the BBC studio anchor asks "..and what does that mean?" more often than not the lightweight on the other end of the report has little idea.<BR/><BR/>Seeking to go even further down the dumbing down route by 'making' the news as is suggested will surely signal the demise of this news organisation. Sack the specious pygmies that currently manage BBC news and bring back depth, authority and, dare I say it, the wisdom that comes with age.Raedwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-35038623301924479892007-02-23T21:01:00.000+00:002007-02-23T21:01:00.000+00:00First Downing Street is furious (with Commander Ya...First Downing Street is furious (with Commander Yates). Then the BBC is furious (because it didn't win some incestuous award). There seems to be a lot of impotent rage bubbling over from the cauldrons of the great and the good. Perhaps it could be bottled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-12884666386458178572007-02-23T20:45:00.000+00:002007-02-23T20:45:00.000+00:00The Guardian have a great sour grapes email from B...The Guardian have a great <A HREF="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2007/02/rts_bragging_rights_go_to_itn.html" REL="nofollow">sour grapes email</A> from BBC News Kevin Bakhurst. The party line is that it was all a rotton swizz and the BBC News was bestest really. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-57357000729988391432007-02-23T20:38:00.000+00:002007-02-23T20:38:00.000+00:00Och, Iain, you miss the point. They will rev up t...Och, Iain, you miss the point. They will rev up to "challenge power" because they expect that soon it'll be the Tories in power.deariemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654632450454559188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-39449587814620319892007-02-23T20:27:00.000+00:002007-02-23T20:27:00.000+00:00The Today Programme and Newsnight do a better job ...The Today Programme and Newsnight do a better job of calling Ministers to account than the infantile points-scoring contest of parliamentary question time; and the Opposition is very grateful when it persuades the BBC to run with exposees it has unearthed on the Government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-43972764719124937392007-02-23T19:31:00.000+00:002007-02-23T19:31:00.000+00:00Well said, Iain.They won't take any notice, of cou...Well said, Iain.<BR/><BR/>They won't take any notice, of course, whatever you say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-43247700374127015582007-02-23T19:28:00.001+00:002007-02-23T19:28:00.001+00:00Anyone know how Horrocks got on at the ICA with Ro...Anyone know how Horrocks got on at the ICA with Robin Oakley ??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-36124652308945145962007-02-23T19:28:00.000+00:002007-02-23T19:28:00.000+00:00Surely 'the BBC has learnt'..?Surely 'the BBC has learnt'..?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10420434960360651632007-02-23T19:25:00.000+00:002007-02-23T19:25:00.000+00:00Sorry this is off topic but on the subject of Brit...Sorry this is off topic but on the subject of Britain and America anyone who could do with a good belly laugh should check out:<BR/>http://britishreparations.org/index.php<BR/>(Hat Tip to Harry's Place)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com