Sunday, February 24, 2013

BBC News Infotainment

The worlds gone crazy, surely, BBC once respected for a perceived honesty, is in my view, no more honest or objective than the Murdoch press, in fact probably less so, populated and run by smug airhead institutionalised types that frequent our tax funded state and public sector.

Having watched news over the last few days, you cannot help notice, how trivial news coverage has become, hours have been spent covering Oscar Pistorius, (of course the allegation of murder is serious as it is tragic), however this morning at just after 9 once the big story of the day some catholic priest accused of  "inappropriate behaviour" as if, the BBC news channel then dug up a story about his brother facing charges for something like manslaughter. Now no doubt the original story satisfies basic human interest as does this later tit bit but for Gods sake do we need endless reporting on this? How can a "news" channel exist on a diet of celebrity bullsh!t, surely the halfwits who lap this sort of garbage up are watching some channel showing trashy reality programmes.

One story dead beat state broadcast media wallahs have not sought to report is, this, the passage of Lord Lester's Defamation Bill, which seeks, on the scant knowledge I have, to protect free speech.

In the very vague understanding I have, the new Defamation Bill, is being promoted to curb the practice of companies and others with deep pockets, corruptly using the law to stop free and honest debate, it's acknowledged that whistle blowers, bloggers, scientists, doctors etc have been curbed by threats of being buried under the weight of malicious actions and of course money grabbing lawyers.

Reforming defamation law becomes more important every day as newspapers and media shed jobs particularly in relation to local news, and without a doubt, bloggers fill the gaps in our knowledge like Michael Child, Louise Oldfield and Simon Moores particularly on  local issues.

We citizens are taxed to fund the BBC, so it would be nice if they could revert to their tradional public service remit, still as I alluded to, that deadbeat public service ethic, it's worth reminding ourselves that public institutions such a Kent Council spend a fortune on PR and confidentiality agreements, why ?( You'd have to ask Tory Leader Paul Carter or one of his cohorts or officers)  One incident that caused me to stop blogging was when a firm contracted by KCC objecting to me reporting on Kent TV (Cost to you at around 2 million) although I'm sure that no councillors or officers were involved in trying to discourage reporting on what was an expensive failure, that said I did feel it prudent to confirmed with  KCC bods that they understood the law on freedom of expresson.

As I say BBC don't seem to be to bothered to report, what is a serious issue, even more since the Labour party have thrown a spanner in the works, which is reported in the press (Something I first saw in the Sun) but ought to be reported by the deadbeats of the BBC, who admittedly are in crisis having disgracefully shielded a paedophile, even into death.

Finally almost as rare as the BBC news channel, living up to its name, must be this butterfly I photographed a week ago,  somewhere out on track in Camdem, North London during a break, unfortunately being nippy it didn't hang round for me to get a better shot, last seen for flying toward the massive redevelopment at the back of Kings Cross.


12 comments:

  1. The Thanet Star is the most informtive local blog.

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  2. Its not only the BBC, Channel 4 news, Sky news and ITV news all carry these stories:

    : Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is to admit knowing of general concerns about the party's former chief executive, Lord Rennard.

    : Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, misses Sunday Mass after a number of allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

    : The brother of the athlete who killed his girlfriend is defended by his family as he too faces charges over a woman's death.

    Looks like you are the one out of step with the editorial staff of these services.

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  3. I'd have thought you'd be interested in your Party Leader's "flip-flopping" over the latest Lib-Dem sex scandal - that is surely a real news story. First he knew nothing, then he knew something but did nothing. I thought for a moment it was Chris Huhne in the Leader's chair rather than the hapless Clegg.

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  4. To quote you Tony ".. however this morning at just after 9 once the big story of the day some catholic priest accused of "inappropriate behaviour" as if,".
    Looks like the Pope should have read your blog and bowed to your knowledge of the story, but he didn't believe your "as if" having ordered the priest to stand down immediately.

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  5. More BBC news that Tony would prefer they ignored:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21579877

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  6. Some of us have been saying for years about the pervert coverer uppers but unfortunately no one was listening then maybe they will start now. They are embedded within all councils and public services and are about to be exposed at long last.

    Kevin Annett is doing a good job look him up !

    The main stream media has always been mind control nothing more.

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    1. Perhaps the difference between the BBC and the other channels is that the latter have to rely on selling asdvertising and thus need to attract the great unthinking soap watching audience. The BBC does not and with its income assured should be producing quality programmes and responsible news. Do you not ever stop to think that surely there must be something more important in the whole wide world than Cheryl Cole's latest tatoo.

      Unfortunately a combination of politicisation and an unseemingly clamour for ratings, as if such matters when you are state funded, has seen the BBC sink to a level once unthinkable for such an institution.

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  7. I believe that this Savile business, and other selective leaking, is being dangled out there by the banksters, at this crucial juncture, to keep the compromised ones on their toes, as it were, including the Vatican and the nobility... and the likes of Ken 'Nobby' Clarke and Peder Mandelson... and of course all the bent police chiefs and judges and top civil servants

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  8. Tony, do you still believe that Ezekiel was better than Hart? Or perhaps you think that the BBC shouldn't be reporting this either?

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    1. Actually, anon, though he has been shown to have been dishonest, Ezekiel had far more qualities of leadsership than Hart who is almost totally devoid of them.

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  9. I WATCH BBC because it has no adverts, the news is rubbish which channel you watch papers only report doom and gloom. My advice is just watch the Simpsons 24/7 and drink beer. The Chinese are taking over the world when they control the BBC all news will be in Mandarin so we wont understand anyhow.

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