tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post2552624491418203020..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: In Praise of Nick RobinsonIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-23893809848127892442009-08-03T19:38:26.123+01:002009-08-03T19:38:26.123+01:00God, the raving right in this country really are b...God, the raving right in this country really are blinded by their hatred of the BBC, aren't they? They can't even see when an acknowledged Conservative is presenting a news programme, too busy accusing him of being a New Labour stooge.<br /><br />Morons, the lot of you.<br /><br />You lost, live with it.Babooneryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00486585105189336464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40600861827916625112009-07-31T15:16:34.394+01:002009-07-31T15:16:34.394+01:00"Radio 4 alone is worth the license fee."..."Radio 4 alone is worth the license fee."<br /><br />You pay for it then. You shouldn't expect others to subsidise your listening/viewing habits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66574410200382803662009-07-31T14:28:44.925+01:002009-07-31T14:28:44.925+01:00Radio 4 alone is worth the license fee.
July 31, ...Radio 4 alone is worth the license fee.<br /><br />July 31, 2009 12:48 PM<br /><br />radio 4 in my opinion is shit and not worth a penny.Mike huntnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46211101698098217342009-07-31T12:48:59.681+01:002009-07-31T12:48:59.681+01:00Radio 4 alone is worth the license fee.Radio 4 alone is worth the license fee.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190005017926768800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31064090754476279952009-07-31T12:48:31.903+01:002009-07-31T12:48:31.903+01:00Radio 4 alone is worth the license fee.Radio 4 alone is worth the license fee.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190005017926768800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-78429011863166187172009-07-30T22:10:03.556+01:002009-07-30T22:10:03.556+01:00So nobody saw the state Kelvin McKenzie was in on ...So nobody saw the state Kelvin McKenzie was in on Sky newspapers last night. Pissed as a newt. Poor Anna Botting.Simon Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189501697856123305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-15484019754803400382009-07-30T20:20:25.290+01:002009-07-30T20:20:25.290+01:00Robinson was OK, but the programmes were very ligh...Robinson was OK, but the programmes were very lightweight. Don't need Newsnight to be a later version of the One Show. The report on 3D films was the nadir - fine in another context, but what is it doing on an in-depth current-affairs programme? <br /><br />Looked to me like they were filling quite a lot, and like almost all the regular reporters had taken time off at the same time, or refused to work with him (Crick excepted). Does Robinson bring his production team with him, did the Newsnight production team shape the programme to suit Robinson's lighter style, or was he just unlucky to get landed with a load of flim-flam? <br /><br />Hope it's not a sign of the future. I am starting to feel starved of proper debate and insight on issues that matter. Those that don't like confrontation have the output of almost every channel at almost all hours of the day to view. Newsnight is a rare and precious legacy of an earlier journalistic era that could smell bullshit at 100 paces and challenged it, rather than wetly accepting that everyone is entitled to their own opinion.Bruno Priorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05905972253736621299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-52706718131843924972009-07-30T18:13:30.647+01:002009-07-30T18:13:30.647+01:00Absolutely. A master presenter and there are not m...Absolutely. A master presenter and there are not many of them around. He does it pleasantly too with an easy voice to listen to. A change from the squark and less agressive, but just as insistent, as Paxman.Thomashttp://www.research-network.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90351074703952864652009-07-30T16:57:33.856+01:002009-07-30T16:57:33.856+01:00It's impossible to criticise the BBC too much!...It's impossible to criticise the BBC too much!!!!Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07132057803097163797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9406930642526585412009-07-30T15:55:43.007+01:002009-07-30T15:55:43.007+01:00Anonymous @ 2.57
"And 'liberals' beh...Anonymous @ 2.57<br /><br />"And 'liberals' behaviour is to link anything they disagree with to knuckle-dragging, xenophobia and racism."<br /><br />And Tories suggest those of us who are liberal are from Planet Zog! <br /><br />Horses for courses.Keith Elliottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-81779628829813904112009-07-30T15:36:18.431+01:002009-07-30T15:36:18.431+01:00I think many of you who post to this blog yelling ...<i>I think many of you who post to this blog yelling about the iniquity of the license fee are the same sort of people who claim they should pay no taxes,</i><br /><br />And because you think it, it must be true.<br /><br />Like most people, I simply don't understand why the British people should be unique in the world by having to pay a licence fee that funds jobs and entertainment for upper middle class southern English media graduates.<br /><br />I would have thought an unrepentant class warrior such as yourself would have balked at the unfairness of making the unemployed, the elderly and the working poor pay what is (to them) a small fortune so that Jonathan Ross can have a six figure salary.<br /><br />Is that your socialist definition of fairness?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-57305465378237434992009-07-30T15:01:46.933+01:002009-07-30T15:01:46.933+01:00Newsnight needs a massive shake up.
Wark, Maitliss...Newsnight needs a massive shake up.<br />Wark, Maitliss, Grossman and Crick should all be axed.<br />Let's have Robinson and why not Kelvin McKenzie. I find his paper reviews on Sky News the highlight of the week.davefromlutonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6498410363893288192009-07-30T14:57:15.199+01:002009-07-30T14:57:15.199+01:00@ DespairingLiberal
"BTW Iain it's nice ...@ DespairingLiberal<br /><br />"BTW Iain it's nice to see you for once not joining in the knee-jerk slagging off the Beeb behaviour that is so popular with many of your more knuckle-dragging readers."<br /><br />And 'liberals' behaviour is to link anything they disagree with to knuckle-dragging, xenophobia and racism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65386133862408658452009-07-30T14:25:44.446+01:002009-07-30T14:25:44.446+01:00Surely the first step is to have him as a replacem...Surely the first step is to have him as a replacement for Andrew Marr on Sunday mornings ? <br /><br />I'm sure in the new 'cost-conscious' BBC they could see him doing both jobs ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25509719764008349372009-07-30T14:18:52.655+01:002009-07-30T14:18:52.655+01:00@ DespairingLiberal
Explain why there should be a...@ DespairingLiberal<br /><br />Explain why there should be a licence fee for watching TV if you do not watch the BBC? I don’t see why I should subsidise your viewing habits and your liberal biases any more than you having to subsidise my ISP usage. The BBC is nothing like paying for using car parks (which you do if you use them), council services or the police.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47758011120137369312009-07-30T14:12:54.623+01:002009-07-30T14:12:54.623+01:00I wonder if Dale will be singing his superficial p...I wonder if Dale will be singing his superficial praises when Robinson lays into the Tories. We will see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75978224858646174172009-07-30T13:44:31.087+01:002009-07-30T13:44:31.087+01:00The Huntsmen @ 10.34
Planet Zog, here I come! Wh...The Huntsmen @ 10.34<br /><br />Planet Zog, here I come! Whoo hoo.Keith Elliottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20553417764226339402009-07-30T13:26:46.053+01:002009-07-30T13:26:46.053+01:00I disagree, I felt he was weak, Gavin and Paxo are...I disagree, I felt he was weak, Gavin and Paxo are far better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49990505545993810352009-07-30T12:58:28.776+01:002009-07-30T12:58:28.776+01:00This is what Nick Robinson says in his blog:
"...This is what Nick Robinson says in his blog:<br />"....My moonlighting at Newsnight is over and it's time for a summer break. Just a thought before I go..."<br /><br />Not sure whether he will do on a regular basis. I always thought he is some kind of Shaun Woodward to flip from being a Conservative at the Uni to being a Labour sympthiser.<br /><br />Lives somewhere nearby my home jst as Boris does, where as one could Boris peddling away, saw only once<br />in our tube station busily typing in the blackberry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63700198330293297852009-07-30T12:37:40.527+01:002009-07-30T12:37:40.527+01:00He was doing well until it came to the Obama/profe...He was doing well until it came to the Obama/professor/policeman item, when he made a pig's ear of it. Did he not know the story, did he not want to know the story, or did he just take fright that there was a danger something libelous might be said? Up to then he had been doing well, but that was a messy car crash.Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-90076086058412854892009-07-30T12:36:02.768+01:002009-07-30T12:36:02.768+01:00The Isle of Wight factory closure story is actuall...The Isle of Wight factory closure story is actually damaging to NuLab. To meet their announced low-carbon target, big wind turbines have to go up at a rate of two per day for years - crazy, but that's their plan. So to have the only plant in the UK actually making these turbine blades having to shut for lack of orders is curious to say the least....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86086974315782699092009-07-30T11:52:01.110+01:002009-07-30T11:52:01.110+01:00This would be a more suitable sinecure
http://rad...This would be a more suitable sinecure<br /><br />http://radiowestfife.googlepages.com/Julian LZB87https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706844878844107499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-55533744610430574192009-07-30T11:40:35.561+01:002009-07-30T11:40:35.561+01:00Many of my friends who work at the BBC certainly t...<i>Many of my friends who work at the BBC certainly think so</i><br /><br />You have friends at the BBC? That's your problem right there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76654076509221960692009-07-30T11:40:31.987+01:002009-07-30T11:40:31.987+01:00To the Grim Reaper (which hopefully the one eyed j...To the Grim Reaper (which hopefully the one eyed jock will be facing soon enough). Yes I know the jobs at Woolworth were lost months ago (I'm sure your sympathy for that would have been missed by those that lost thier jobs) but that was 30,000 jobs not a few hundred. The BBC didn't trumpet Woolworth workers like this bunch on the IoW. Regarding Mandelson, even a dry piece of dog poo would win in Hartlepool if it stood for Labour. And again WHO put him in charge of the Country? He's not an elected MP now and as much as I hate Hattie Hatemenperson, she is at least an MP who can be recalled to the House of Commons if needed.<br /><br />The BBC continually underplay bad news for McDoom. <br /><br />Again I ask does this small factory in the IoW that makes a product no one wants really deserve such a fuss? If they were making expensive sports cars I bet the BBC wouldn't be so enthusiastic to report it would they?<br /><br />How quickly the BBC killed off the story about the soldiers being slaughtered in Afghanistan because McDoom wouldn't give them the equipment to do the job. <br /><br />Why does the BBC never ask why NO Government Minister has ever bothered to attend the return of the coffins of the men THEY send off to be slaughtered in Afghanistan? Wouldn't that really put McDoom on the spot? It's question I suspect the general public would REALLY like to see asked but spineless BBC journalists never do. Anyone want to bet when Cameron wins the election the first thing Toenails or Marr asks is "Are you going to attend the return of coffins from Afghanistan?" I bet bet bet that is one of the first questions asked. Yet McPrat has never been put on the spot.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10574081059364644191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-41676790396658331192009-07-30T11:33:04.788+01:002009-07-30T11:33:04.788+01:00I think many of you who post to this blog yelling ...I think many of you who post to this blog yelling about the iniquity of the license fee are the same sort of people who claim they should pay no taxes, believe that charges for car parks are theft, oppose all forms of public service, etc.<br /><br />Yet strangely those same people are the first to phone for the police when their house is being burgled, call the council when there's a rat in the kitchen, moan when TV is full of repeats, etc, etc.<br /><br />BTW Iain it's nice to see you for once not joining in the knee-jerk slagging off the Beeb behaviour that is so popular with many of your more knuckle-dragging readers.<br /><br />It was strange seeing your gigantic face peering down at a tiny lady journalist on BBC News 24 not long ago. I turned over thinking I must be on Sky, but no, it was the BBC.DespairingLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903904463236135611noreply@blogger.com