Newsnight Replies Re Running Order Ruckus Over Ruth
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Anonymous
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What were they thinking? Probably: Crick will get pissed off with us if we don't use his latest sneery story, he's already annoyed at being caught out of London when they arrested Ruth Turner, and we can't upset such a towering genius of modern journalism can we?
January 22, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Anonymous
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They weren't thinking what we're thinking. Barron has basically admitted that his programme has the truning circle of the QE2.
January 22, 2007 at 12:41 PM
Anonymous
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Is it true, as per the Observer at the weekend, that John Hemming is taking the govt to court on tuesday over not answering his questions in parliament?
January 22, 2007 at 12:43 PM
Anonymous
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ayone who saw that has been PAXO interviewing Bliar before last election knows exactly where Newsnight stands politically.
It wasn't an interview - it was a chat between 2 champagne tories who pretend to be left of centre
January 22, 2007 at 12:45 PM
Anonymous
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I agree the arrest should be first, and so called racism on ch4 was hyped , but c4 had one on the mosques and kaffiars ,why was that one not reported ,even in passing
January 22, 2007 at 12:45 PM
Anonymous
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" ... we don't necesarily stick to linear running orders which reflect the relative significance of the stories ... "
So they say.
I may tune in on a couple of evenings and see if they do or not.
January 22, 2007 at 12:49 PM
Anonymous
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BBC=scaredy cats afraid to lose guaranteed income.
Therefore we can prove they are spineless and will do what they are told.
When one examines this model against real-life expectations, it appears to hold true.
e.g. BBC webshite has a total of 0 stories on LoP/PervoJ today and about a bejillion on Big Brother and how much John Lennon liked Scotland...
January 22, 2007 at 12:49 PM
Anonymous
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A close call, but I would have preferred Lennon as the Last King of Scotland instead of Idi.
So if the queen died, that story would come second to some bollocks about "cripples" ? My arse it would.
January 22, 2007 at 1:01 PM
Anonymous
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Just checked the Beeb site again and, guess what? they have completely removed every trace of the Turner story and yet they still have up that the Earl of Dartmoor intends to vote UKIP. WOW! Priorities are seriously wrong here.
The more the govt tries to cover up, the bigger pile of poo they are going to find themselves in.
January 22, 2007 at 1:03 PM
Anonymous
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If the Turner arrest was being covered elsewhere, why did they mention it second? Why not take it our of the headlines altogether? Just palin old, "Labour have had a hard day, let's slag of the Tories"
LookyLooky (aka BBC apologist) but it's just another story about political sleeze. Nobody has even resigned.
No it's not! A fat minister caught with his pants down is just another sleaze story. The possibility of high level involvement, perverting the course of a criminal investigation of government wrong-doing, is the most serious ploitical sory you're going to get!
The BBC were thinking Our Great Leader is in trouble, and if we mention it Ali Campbell will deluge us with aggressive emails.
F*ck 'em. let's chuck our tellies out and stuff the Beeb. Most of us have the internet now, so we can get what information we need through that.
January 22, 2007 at 1:06 PM
Anonymous
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Come on Guido, everyone knows that the goings on in the Big Brother House are far more important than those lesser known houses - 10 and 11 Downing Street, the Commons, the Lords and even 18 Doughty Street.
Newsnight recognise this and went with a story that they could just about link to Big Brother...but what was the link - the controversial comments or the fact that they were also made by another nobody!
January 22, 2007 at 1:06 PM
Anonymous
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the newsnight site has a great clip of Oliver Letwin in a toga
lookylooky it should be a priority due to the proximity of turner to Blair and the nature of the alleged offence. If Mr potato heads aide had been caught smoking crack you can bet that would have been the top story. No, this is yet more proof that the MSM is controlled by queers, commies, drug fiends and all manner of other degenerates who would do anything to keep this government made up of (see above) in power to give license to their filthy practices.
January 22, 2007 at 1:20 PM
Anonymous
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God knows what they were thinking , it's obvious that the Ruth Turner story should have taken precedence. To suggest otherwise is eccentric and ridiculous. The redoubtable Paxman was right, they are trying to turn the programme into a version of Animals do the funniest things.
January 22, 2007 at 1:25 PM
Anonymous
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I will await the comments from the Beeb if mr policeman does another knock on either c4 house or 10 or 11 , I wonder if it will in first or behind the home office split or some dog has just p@@d on a lampost
January 22, 2007 at 1:35 PM
Anonymous
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Anon 12:43 - John Hemming M.P. may need to be reminded that ministerial replies are covered by parliamentary privelage and convention, and cannot be influenced by a court.
The fact he feels he needs to make such a pathetic gesture shows how effective a parliamentarian he's been. Try less shouting and more doing, John.
"On Newsnight we don't necessarily stick to linear running orders which reflect the relative significance of stories in the same way that news bulletins tend to."
Yes they do. They have a set policy in place for handling highly important and high-profile emerging stories, especially ones that can easily be confirmed. If Mr Barron was prepared to inform us of exactly when the running order was finalised for that evening's show then I might accept his excuse as having some validity. Otherwise his words, to put it bluntly, ring hollow.
Secondly, if BBC Newsnight had some 17 month-old piece of information intended to be used against David Cameron at an opportune time and date, then could Mr Barron also confirm that this story was not seeded into the programming system with the deliberate intent of bodychecking the Ruth Turner story?
I have some serious doubts about the trustworthiness of Newsnight's production team now and, unfortunately, that can only have the added effect of spreading to the trustworthiness of Paxman, Kearney and the others whom I used to look to for a nicely cycnical view of political posturing and pomposity.
January 22, 2007 at 1:51 PM
Anonymous
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Let’s take a look at the Tory position on the Saudi corruption investigation - or rather non-investigation:
Police investigations into allegations of corruption in the Al Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Labour decides to drop investigation, which is a highly controversial decision. Labour also broke their previous promise to publish the National Audit Office’s early 1990s report into the deal. MI6 has refused to back Labour’s claim that dropping the inquiry was necessary for the fight against terrorism
The Tories have repeatedly stayed silent on the issue despite it having everything going for them: dodgy Labour cover-up, abuse of intelligence services, international crime-fighting body (part of the OECD) criticising them etc. The standard gossip in the Whitehall bubble is that this is because of Wafic Said, who was a middleman on the deal and who, with his wife, is a big donor to the Conservative Party http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2104544_1,00.html
If Cameron is really changing the Tory party from its scandal-tainted past, he should come clean on why he’s been silent and should also be calling for the NAO report to be published.
Well Tories, we’re waiting.
January 22, 2007 at 1:51 PM
Anonymous
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Hmmm...I think you are being a little hard on Crick though Guido. True, the running order and amount of coverage does show skewed priorities on this occasion.
But Michael Crick has in the past 'put the boot in' to several Labour people, and I think you'd be hard pressed to say that he only picks on Tories / non-PC types. Most politicians of any colour would welcome a visit from him about as much as a 'dawn raid' from the met boys.
January 22, 2007 at 1:52 PM
Anonymous
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Watch tonight to see if the beeb take any notice of the judge's remarks in the Brian Haw case (he's won).
SOCA too vaguely drafted, probably unworkable, cannot be delegated as Iain Blair assumed it could.
But rights and freedoms are not what the beeb is interested in - not unless it involves orange overalls in Guantanamo.
January 22, 2007 at 1:54 PM
Anonymous
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Given reports in today's Guardian that if any charges are brought against any Downing St staff, the PM will resign, how much longer can nulab apologists keep pretending this is a non-story not worth covering?
Get some perspective, chaps. Do you really think Newsnight wouldn't love to kick Blair in the balls after what happened in the Hutton inquiry ? They're just a little more patient and even-tempered than Guido and the baying pack. Moving in for the kill too early is worse than doing nothing.
I think what that reply said was ,"Like "Today" and "PM", we're Labour through and through, and will go to any length to rubbish the Tories, even if it means distorting the news of the day"
Let's get this straight. Plod is investigating a conspiracy to fund the election costs of the Gubment by failing to disclose gifts. He is further examining if these gifts wre made in exchange both for the money and the agreement to treat the gift as a loan and therefore conceal both it's existence and it's source. This conspiracy was at the apex of the Labour Party, and was determined to conceal what was happening not only the public at large but senior and responsible; party officials - J. Dromey etc.,
On top of this Plod is evidently now are making charges of interference with the case which can only mean , interference with evidence - in essence compuonding the offence by attempting to conceal or destroy evidence.
This is NOT, a politically motivated trick by a remote Scots Nat MP under some arcane and ancient legislation.
THAT is the failure of Newsnight (and indeed all MSM) in reporting the matter.
The other failure is to get Crick to visit a decent tailor and hair dresser and get him to polish his shoes.
Do you really think Newsnight wouldn't love to kick Blair in the balls after what happened in the Hutton inquiry ?
I think what the chaps and chapettes on here are suggesting is that post-Hutton the Beeb doesn't have the balls to do anything other than suck up to Labour. That isn't difficult for most of them because they believe all the spin and deep down they think that the Tories should be kept out at all cost.
January 22, 2007 at 2:07 PM
Anonymous
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Guido all you need to know is that Newsnight have set the famously Tory hating Crick on the Tories, now that in itelf is not exactly the move of a balanced and unbiased news programme now is it. Rather like asking the Turkey's to investigate Christmas methinks, no predecided outcome there then.
The BBC have no shame in their pursuit of their own left wing agenda and trying to turn a non story regarding nonsense emails into a good bit of Tory bashing whilst ignoring serious public corruption in the Labour party is right up their street.
January 22, 2007 at 2:13 PM
Anonymous
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Crick is a CROCK.
January 22, 2007 at 2:16 PM
Anonymous
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Just watching bbc24 and itv about that wreck , Itv people are looting , the beeb ,beachombers salvage items from shore,surely in Dorset it will be called the bounty from the sea they should know theyv'e done it for hundreds of years
Some of us don't think it's the job of the BBC news dept to "kick Blair in the balls" or "[move] in for the kill".
We would just like them to report the facts in an even-handed way, and that covers both detail and presentation.
If it cannot be trusted to set the agenda fairly, it should be forced to follow the lead of the non-statutory news media. One way to begin this process would be to split the BBC's news arm from its investigative arm, (or just to shut the latter down).
January 22, 2007 at 2:36 PM
Anonymous
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Newsnight employed Michael Crick in the mistaken belief that he's be a suitable replacement for Vincent Hanna.
As to BBC TV World, their job seems to be to persuade the world that the UK is a nation of murderers, paedophiles, rapists and binge drinkers in between repeating their own advertisements for forthcoming programmes at 5 minute intervals.
January 22, 2007 at 2:38 PM
Anonymous
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Newsnight employed Michael Crick in the mistaken belief that he's be a suitable replacement for Vincent Hanna.
As to BBC TV World, their job seems to be to persuade the world that the UK is a nation of murderers, paedophiles, rapists and binge drinkers in between repeating their own advertisements for forthcoming programmes at 5 minute intervals.
January 22, 2007 at 2:38 PM
Anonymous
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The BBC has always been left-leaning. This means putting up with slightly silly agenda's such as global warming.
However, it's now become actively pro-Labour. That's the problem and it really sticks in my throat.
January 22, 2007 at 2:39 PM
Anonymous
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Disgraceful BBC lefty bias. Again.
January 22, 2007 at 2:41 PM
Anonymous
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I love the Phil Woolas biography (link from Macchiavelli's post). The literary style reminded me of one of those Christmas card newsletters from people one never sees.
January 22, 2007 at 2:45 PM
Anonymous
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This is nothing to do with lefty bias and everything to do with Crick's ego. Newsnight waste thousands of pounds of licence-payers cash on Crick traipsing around the north after Cameron and this is the best he can come up with (incredibly old story really). Almost as useless as Cameron's tour of the north in the first place. Did he unravel a ball of wool on his way out so he could find his way back to London?
I loved the 'My wife's roots are in the North (Scunthorpe - massive palacial home!!) bit.
January 22, 2007 at 2:50 PM
Anonymous
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Barron is full of crap. Its obvious he'd issue some sort of lame excuse, he could hardly admit to bias or caving in to pressure could he?
So what is the BBC excuse for the 6 pm main news [same day, friday] leading on the previous days weather?
January 22, 2007 at 2:52 PM
Anonymous
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it's cock-up not conspiracy. newsnight broke the story with dromey, and despite there being a significant number of ex-labour student types working on the show, i don't think one can claim that there's a fifth column operating. their instincts would be to beat the other bbc outfits, not to respond to some agenda of giving the govt an easy ride.
January 22, 2007 at 2:56 PM
Anonymous
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What is the reasoning again that any ownership of a tv set results in paying for BBC pap? The only other poll tax-like charge I can think of is for the RAI (Italian BBC, but running all news stories 24 - 36 hours later than the rest of the world).
There isn't any point to the BBC any more; it was never much good at news; but
No Dick Barton, no Children's Hour and "Hello children everywhere", no proper World Service with irreplaceable East European emigres' input, (though the plutonium or whatever it was nearly matched the poisoned furled umbrella on Waterloo Bridge), no decent accent - I liked that voice, I don't speak like that but it works for making the the official line believable, - oh, who cares....
January 22, 2007 at 3:08 PM
Anonymous
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Someone should tip off Michael Crick about Cllr. Bob Piper's use of "mong".
Wonder if that will make the lead on Newsnight?
January 22, 2007 at 3:16 PM
Anonymous
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I noticed that too. It might be noted that Radio 4's news programme at 10pm on Friday led with the news that Jade Goody had been evicted from Big Brother. This was on BBC Radio 4, not tabloid ITV!
January 22, 2007 at 3:26 PM
Anonymous
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The Ruth Turner story was probably too intellectual for BBC journalists. They seem to spend all their time watching Big Brother. They are currently failing to find out anything of interest about the shipwreck off Devon. Who owned it? Where's it registered? Where's it come from? Was it chartered? If so who by. Where's it going to? Who owned the cargo? What's happened to the captain and crew? The BBC story is that the nasty British are stealing things off the beach.
Cameron says... my wife is a northerner , salt of the earth , its her tough northern no nonsense take on life that allows us to cope with having a disabled child ,Have I mentioned him this week? Only yesterday a chap in a cloth cap came up to me and said "Mr Cameron Sir, win for us , win for the real people of britain , and thankee kindly Sir for reversing the Lexus off me leg" A true northern salt of the earth type who didnt so much as whimper as the paramedics removed his leg. Northerners are also at the cutting edge of green issues , many of them only wash once a month in order to save precious resources we molycodled Londoners have a lot to learn from them.
"ZAC , HI ! YAH , its truly shit up here cant wait to get back The traffics facking awful could you send the copter?"
January 22, 2007 at 3:29 PM
Anonymous
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The sensationalist CBB shit that afflicted the BBC and Sky (never saw ITN)was almost certainly, a conveniant distraction from the serious shit of Turner. The BBC news department, are not red-topped sensationalists by nature (just Red maybe)They'll shift the agenda again when the Tories are next in power, you can bet on that. Goody and co, won't be getting a look in, if there are even tiny twigs, that the Beeb can turn into huge sticks to beat the Tories with. It's not difficult to find other things to report on, other than serious domestic political news. The BBC have become very adept at doing that inteh last ten years.
January 22, 2007 at 3:43 PM
Anonymous
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Good to see you bbc types taking time out from your busy programming schedules to enlighten us peasants on Guido's board. When can we expect to be allowed to reciprocate and post our comments on the bbc board ? Or will it still be a case of censorship rules OK there !
It's a pity more people didn't watch channel 4s hidden camera reality program where they found a group of racists! (In a mosque).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtf0p2ScGPg
January 22, 2007 at 4:13 PM
Anonymous
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shoggart (I trust you are not the KimQuimm cast-off?) that is an incredibly selective biography of the only Labour MP who makes Tony Blair seem relatively honest.
January 22, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Anonymous
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If anything they should stop acting like PC-lick-spittles and run real stories.
It just shows even the best of them can be duped by this PC nonsense.
January 22, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Anonymous
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"it's interesting but that's all it is."
The prize for the biggest understatement on this site, goes to.....LookyLooky Congratualtions! Pleasae accept this voucher that you can cash in at Millbank for either an MBE or a Mandelson reach-around.
Would you be saying the same of a Conservaive scandal? I think not.
January 22, 2007 at 4:36 PM
Anonymous
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Guido, smack on botty time [no, not that kind of smack...]. You know darn well that Mr Barron is more than happy to receive your two-minute documentary, on a subject of your choice, filmed on a top quality 'phone camera' for screening on 'OhMyNewsnight'.
So now you have simply no excuse for criticising Newsnight for not giving ample coverage to the story of 'Ruth Turner' and her arrest, so long as you are ready, willing and able to film it yourself. Perhaps you could creep round to her apartment in the dead of night, complete with a 'canary' and await the next arrival of the 'boys in blue'...
January 22, 2007 at 4:46 PM
Anonymous
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If you would like an unbiased eyewitness account of the wreck of the Napoli you can find one on my blog today, albeit a little late - I was recovering from the hangover.
January 22, 2007 at 4:53 PM
Anonymous
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Anonymous 2.50, EVERYTHING the BBC does has a left wing bias because the BBC employs only lefties.
It's quite possible to work at BBC news and go a whole year without ever talking to a Conservative voter. That's why they lose their sense of perspective. They think they'll being reasonable; their bosses agree; and so do the Blair appointed Governors. It's not that they plot (although I'm sure some of them do) how to undermine the Conservatives on a daily basis, it's just that they all share the same visceral hatred of the Tories and often all things British that there simply isn't anybody in the room to tell them reality. That's why the Devon shipwreck is all about how bad the British are and no facts about the ship. It's incompetence more than malevolence.
A synonym for 'bias' is 'wrong'. That's why their defence at the last election that they had upset both sides is so weak. If the BBC was more professional, this bias wouldn't occur. Unfortunately, it is so institutionalised that probably the only way to get rid of it now is to sack the whole lot of them and outsource it (still under the BBC brand). Fortunately, the more this unthinking bias goes on, the nearer comes the day that the BBC will be broken up: so I say go ahead Paxman, stroke Blair's wotsit, enjoy your cushy job while it lasts, because it won't do much longer!
January 22, 2007 at 5:05 PM
Anonymous
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Anonymous 5:05PM
It's at least comforting to know that the BBC is diggng it's own grave (as a publicly funded organisation anyaway)They are looking more absurd to more people, who are getting fed-up with paying for urban left-wing propaganda and 30 years of Tory bashing will come back to haunt them when their Charter is next up for renewal.
January 22, 2007 at 5:32 PM
Anonymous
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is there anything you lot wont complain about? it isnt the news, its a current affairs programme.
newsnight inevitably want people to watch the whole programme. they're not going to hit us with their best stuff first then wait for everyone to switch off at the boring tittle tattle that comes later. its a magazine programme, not the news.
January 22, 2007 at 5:38 PM
Anonymous
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Indeed, it has taken on fast show proportions, Boutros Boutros David Mills
.......which was an exclusive and highly pertinent to the Conservatives' attempts to portray themselves as a compassionate party of government.......
So the fuckers at Newsnight/BBC are not even trying to portray themselves as politically unbiased now?
Does Cameron have a plan up his sleeve for the BBC ome lection time? Let's hope so and get rid of the fuckers once and for all and make them make their own way in the world without their iniquitous tax and then let's see the lefty fuckers squeal when they have to play to the tune of the market or start stacking shelves in Tesco.
January 22, 2007 at 5:55 PM
Anonymous
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Anonymous said...
is there anything you lot wont complain about? it isnt the news, its a current affairs programme.
newsnight inevitably want people to watch the whole programme. they're not going to hit us with their best stuff first then wait for everyone to switch off at the boring tittle tattle that comes later. its a magazine programme, not the news.
Then why is it called NEWSnight then you fucking crippled moron?
January 22, 2007 at 5:58 PM
Anonymous
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Sick of BBC prolefodder? Then don't pay the TV tax!
Go to:
tvlicensing.biz
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Peter H: you have moderated your language! Is this because your mater has now joined Guido's posse? If so, what is her nom-de-plume? On second thoughts, maybe she's as free with the expletives as her sprog - maybe you imbibed 'em at t'nipple.
January 22, 2007 at 6:06 PM
Anonymous
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Just because one of the Newsnight presenters (and partner)goes on regular holidays with the Scottish Labour Premier does not necessarily mean that the Newsnight team are full of Labour supporters.
But the fact that she was not fired illustrates the fact that the BBC Editors and Managers certainly are all Labour supporters.
The BBC can never regain its Editorial independence until it stops being reliant upon the government of the day for approval of its licence fee. It has to wean itself off the licence fee monopoly and into a slimmed down future based on subscriptions, programme sales and advertising.
January 22, 2007 at 6:32 PM
Anonymous
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Good to see you've made the 'Editors' Blog', Guido !
January 22, 2007 at 6:33 PM
Anonymous
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If only Nixon had had the sense to throw woodward & bernstein off the trail with a red-herring e-mail exchange between two non-entities!
January 22, 2007 at 6:35 PM
Anonymous
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"The BBC can never regain its Editorial independence until it stops being reliant upon the government of the day for approval of its licence fee."
Do us a favour. The Beeb had it in for Thatcher the day she was elected. Remember how it embraced 'alternative comedy' taking third rate stand-up out of the pub back room and giving an audience of millions? Strange how the day after the Blair coronation the whole genre became passe.
January 22, 2007 at 7:08 PM
Anonymous
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Y'know Carl, Bob this epoch-shattering and historic watergate stuff you're investigating is good but it doesn't compare to this irrelevant e-mail exchange our bloodhounds have uncovered between two good 'ol boys!
January 22, 2007 at 7:18 PM
Anonymous
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I see Tim Ireland's carrying an "I believe in the BBC" logo in his sidebar.
Mr Homo Tim also believes in New labour and politicians in general , says it all really doesnt it? Did you know that he posts using a prod attached to his head? He hits the keys by nodding over the keyboard.
January 22, 2007 at 8:53 PM
Anonymous
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I am new to your site.A bit media and London obsessed.I couldn't care less about the "honours" affair.What sort of moron wants one anyway?Mr is good enough for any man.As to politicians we feed their vanity with the never ending media obsession with their squalid lives.Most people I know think they are a bunch of s***s.Liars,scoundrels and pocket liners all.Vote again?You must be joking.We have let these politicos and their hangers on wilfully set out to destroy the independence,culture and identity of an ancient nation.The only time they will be worthy of our attention is when they are dragged blubbing through Traitor's gate to face charges of treason. But keep giving them a hard time on your site. best wishes
January 22, 2007 at 9:09 PM
Anonymous
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Crick's a sanctimonious cock who has made a career out of presenting non-stories in a sneery 'look at me aren't I fabulously funny' style, while Barron's a moron with no news sense. He even describes Guido as 'an anonymous chronicler'.
Anonymous? Guido? I've read bloggerheads - well, a couple of lines before I fell asleep anyway - and I KNOW. If the extraordinarily complicated link to guido's real identity is not at the bottom of this post then it has clearly BEEN CENSORED!!!!!!!
January 22, 2007 at 9:52 PM
Anonymous
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I wrote to complain to Newsnight. No reply and I've complained to the BBC through the usual channels. As Hitch would say: See You Next Tuesdays!
January 22, 2007 at 11:29 PM
Anonymous
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Had the "cripple" e-mail been sent between two Labour councillors it would have merited, at best, a footnote at the end of the programme, while if a Tory aide had been arrested you can bet your bottom dollar it would have dominated the news from the start.
The day the Tories get even handed treatment from the BBC is the day I win the lottery.
January 23, 2007 at 12:47 AM
Anonymous
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Arise, Lord Michael!
January 23, 2007 at 1:38 AM
Anonymous
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Peter Hitchens' mum (at any rate if we can believe him) is the depraved old woman who spotted a chimpanzee wanking. I think her take on affairs would be interesting.
January 23, 2007 at 4:33 AM
Anonymous
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What makes you think BBC types would get jobs stacking shelves ot Tesco? That demands common honesty.
January 23, 2007 at 4:39 AM
Anonymous
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I've alway suspected Tm's judgement was slightly 'eccentric' to say the least after he named Dim Spice 'Red' Dawn Primarolo as his favourite Minister on his blog . Nearly choked on my tea. Dawn is a former Bennite who now personifies New Labour arrogance in power (IR 35, Tax Credits, Mapeley) she refused to answer a difficult PQ on the grounds that it would cost too much! Dr Alistair McDonnell (SDLP): "how much was spent in Northern Ireland on advertising working tax credits in each of the last five years." The Paymaster General, Dawn Primarolo responded that "information could be provided only at disproportionate cost."
So there you go!
January 23, 2007 at 6:21 AM
Anonymous
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Michael Crick is a lifelong MUFC fan, What the mighty Arsenal did to them Sunday gladdens my black little heart
'BBC has held an inquiry into the role of Newsnight producer Thea Rogers, who booked Mr Purnell to appear on the show - and who just happened to be in the middle of a fling with him at the time.'
January 23, 2007 at 7:07 AM
Anonymous
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From the daily mail so the usual health warnings apply:
'Minister's fling with BBC girl who booked him for Newsnight' 'Last night Mr Purnell, regarded as one of the brightest young stars of the Blair government, insisted he had done nothing wrong in using his ministerial car to take Miss Rogers out for dinner, but Tory MP Mike Penning said: "That's not for him to decide. Only his permanent secretary can decide if there has been a breach of the ministerial code." The ambitious Miss Rogers, who worked for Labour during the 2005 election campaign and is said to be on first name terms with Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, did not tell her Newsnight bosses that she was dating Mr Purnell at the time she was asked to book him as a guest on the show last October. It is also understood that she may have helped brief Paxman on the line of questioning he should take in the interview. As a result, the BBC has held an internal inquiry into her role - which has cleared her of any wrongdoing' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=430645&in_page_id=1770
January 23, 2007 at 7:19 AM
Anonymous
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Fucking disgrace. As well as shagging a Labour minister and WORKING for Labour during the last election FFS, How impartial must she be!!! The BBC, in typical fashion, lets everyone off the hook!!
January 23, 2007 at 7:22 AM
Anonymous
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'The ambitious Miss Rogers, who worked for Labour during the 2005 election campaign and is said to be on first name terms with Gordon Brown and Tony Blair'
Kind of confirms our suspicions doesn't it?
January 23, 2007 at 7:30 AM
Anonymous
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The mail (I know ) have a good newsnight story:
'Minister's fling with BBC girl who booked him for Newsnight' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=430645&in_page_id=1770
jasmin buttar, political producer, was a big labour student at oxford.
January 23, 2007 at 10:45 AM
Anonymous
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"jasmin buttar, political producer, was a big labour student at oxford."
Fat tarts often turn to left wing politics at uni. It's the disillusionment of not getting shagged rotten like their thinner contemporaries. You just have to look at Jo Brand....better not.
January 23, 2007 at 11:08 AM
Anonymous
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Wow. I didn't know so many people still bothered to watch Newsnight. Do they ever say anything except 'Fuck the working class; fuck the tories; terrorists mean well; vote Labour'?
January 23, 2007 at 11:26 AM
Anonymous
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About time that ther was a concerted effot to Out the members of the BBC news department, with obvious links to Left-wing politics, either past of present. One of the papers should do the research and publish the list. Name and Shame the fuckers. They could also produce a list with people with right-of-centre leanings, but I suspect there wouldn't be too many on that list!! Let's see who these "impartial" people are at the BBC. But their arrogance knows no bounds, they think they are untouchable. I mean Greg Dyke was a life-long member of the Labour Party before Blair planted him as DG and they just said that he was no longer a member, now that he was DG! Oh! that means he no longer has any political convictions.!! And everyone stood by and took that crap!!
Newsnight producer worked for Labour in 2005 campaign, AND was dating pensions minister at the time of obvious easy ride on the programme.
How on Earth can they even pretend to be impartial.
Oh - internal inquiry has cleared her.
That's OK then...
January 23, 2007 at 11:55 AM
Anonymous
said...
jocko homo - I think you are being most unfair on larger ladies. Look at that delectable Kirstie Allsop. And even the scrummy Nigella Lawson is hardly a waif.
And I don't think either of them could be accused of wanting to rub up against El Gordo Brown, if you catch my drift.
January 23, 2007 at 1:12 PM
Anonymous
said...
Poor Ruth Turner
... but just think how pleased her Solicitor must be at recent developments
- his (or perhaps her) worries about paying for this Summer's holiday are over
95 comments:
What were they thinking? Probably: Crick will get pissed off with us if we don't use his latest sneery story, he's already annoyed at being caught out of London when they arrested Ruth Turner, and we can't upset such a towering genius of modern journalism can we?
They weren't thinking what we're thinking. Barron has basically admitted that his programme has the truning circle of the QE2.
Is it true, as per the Observer at the weekend, that John Hemming is taking the govt to court on tuesday over not answering his questions in parliament?
ayone who saw that has been PAXO interviewing Bliar before last election knows exactly where Newsnight stands politically.
It wasn't an interview - it was a chat between 2 champagne tories who pretend to be left of centre
I agree the arrest should be first,
and so called racism on ch4 was hyped , but c4 had one on the mosques and kaffiars ,why was that one not reported ,even in passing
" ... we don't necesarily stick to linear running orders which reflect the relative significance of the stories ... "
So they say.
I may tune in on a couple of evenings and see if they do or not.
BBC=scaredy cats afraid to lose guaranteed income.
Therefore we can prove they are spineless and will do what they are told.
When one examines this model against real-life expectations, it appears to hold true.
e.g. BBC webshite has a total of 0 stories on LoP/PervoJ today and about a bejillion on Big Brother and how much John Lennon liked Scotland...
A close call, but I would have preferred Lennon as the Last King of Scotland instead of Idi.
In Peter Barron's own words:
"For me it's always been a programme in the best traditions of the late 1970s alternative movement."
( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/newsnight25/4198849.stm )
Which presumably means it's aimed at people with a Holland & Barrett loyalty card. Nutcutlet-tastit!
So if the queen died, that story would come second to some bollocks about "cripples" ?
My arse it would.
Just checked the Beeb site again and, guess what? they have completely removed every trace of the Turner story and yet they still have up that the Earl of Dartmoor intends to vote UKIP. WOW! Priorities are seriously wrong here.
The more the govt tries to cover up, the bigger pile of poo they are going to find themselves in.
If the Turner arrest was being covered elsewhere, why did they mention it second? Why not take it our of the headlines altogether? Just palin old, "Labour have had a hard day, let's slag of the Tories"
LookyLooky (aka BBC apologist)
but it's just another story about political sleeze. Nobody has even resigned.
No it's not! A fat minister caught with his pants down is just another sleaze story. The possibility of high level involvement, perverting the course of a criminal investigation of government wrong-doing, is the most serious ploitical sory you're going to get!
The BBC were thinking Our Great Leader is in trouble, and if we mention it Ali Campbell will deluge us with aggressive emails.
F*ck 'em. let's chuck our tellies out and stuff the Beeb. Most of us have the internet now, so we can get what information we need through that.
Come on Guido, everyone knows that the goings on in the Big Brother House are far more important than those lesser known houses - 10 and 11 Downing Street, the Commons, the Lords and even 18 Doughty Street.
Newsnight recognise this and went with a story that they could just about link to Big Brother...but what was the link - the controversial comments or the fact that they were also made by another nobody!
the newsnight site has a great clip of Oliver Letwin in a toga
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/newsnight25/4199995.stm
lookylooky
it should be a priority due to the proximity of turner to Blair and the nature of the alleged offence.
If Mr potato heads aide had been caught smoking crack you can bet that would have been the top story.
No, this is yet more proof that the MSM is controlled by queers, commies, drug fiends and all manner of other degenerates who would do anything to keep this government made up of (see above) in power to give license to their filthy practices.
God knows what they were thinking , it's obvious that the Ruth Turner story should have taken precedence. To suggest otherwise is eccentric and ridiculous.
The redoubtable Paxman was right, they are trying to turn the programme into a version of Animals do the funniest things.
I will await the comments from the Beeb if mr policeman does another knock on either c4 house or 10 or 11 , I wonder if it will in first or behind the home office split or some dog has just p@@d on a lampost
Anon 12:43 - John Hemming M.P. may need to be reminded that ministerial replies are covered by parliamentary privelage and convention, and cannot be influenced by a court.
The fact he feels he needs to make such a pathetic gesture shows how effective a parliamentarian he's been. Try less shouting and more doing, John.
It's not like Newsnight producers ever go on to benefit from Labour patronage...
Incredible, the justification from the producer is kooky to say the least.
"On Newsnight we don't necessarily stick to linear running orders which reflect the relative significance of stories in the same way that news bulletins tend to."
Yes they do. They have a set policy in place for handling highly important and high-profile emerging stories, especially ones that can easily be confirmed. If Mr Barron was prepared to inform us of exactly when the running order was finalised for that evening's show then I might accept his excuse as having some validity. Otherwise his words, to put it bluntly, ring hollow.
Secondly, if BBC Newsnight had some 17 month-old piece of information intended to be used against David Cameron at an opportune time and date, then could Mr Barron also confirm that this story was not seeded into the programming system with the deliberate intent of bodychecking the Ruth Turner story?
I have some serious doubts about the trustworthiness of Newsnight's production team now and, unfortunately, that can only have the added effect of spreading to the trustworthiness of Paxman, Kearney and the others whom I used to look to for a nicely cycnical view of political posturing and pomposity.
Let’s take a look at the Tory position on the Saudi corruption investigation - or rather non-investigation:
Police investigations into allegations of corruption in the Al Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia. Labour decides to drop investigation, which is a highly controversial decision. Labour also broke their previous promise to publish the National Audit Office’s early 1990s report into the deal. MI6 has refused to back Labour’s claim that dropping the inquiry was necessary for the fight against terrorism
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6266613.stm
The Tories have repeatedly stayed silent on the issue despite it having everything going for them: dodgy Labour cover-up, abuse of intelligence services, international crime-fighting body (part of the OECD) criticising them etc. The standard gossip in the Whitehall bubble is that this is because of Wafic Said, who was a middleman on the deal and who, with his wife, is a big donor to the Conservative Party http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2104544_1,00.html
If Cameron is really changing the Tory party from its scandal-tainted past, he should come clean on why he’s been silent and should also be calling for the NAO report to be published.
Well Tories, we’re waiting.
Hmmm...I think you are being a little hard on Crick though Guido. True, the running order and amount of coverage does show skewed priorities on this occasion.
But Michael Crick has in the past 'put the boot in' to several Labour people, and I think you'd be hard pressed to say that he only picks on Tories / non-PC types. Most politicians of any colour would welcome a visit from him about as much as a 'dawn raid' from the met boys.
Watch tonight to see if the beeb take any notice of the judge's remarks in the Brian Haw case (he's won).
SOCA too vaguely drafted, probably unworkable, cannot be delegated as Iain Blair assumed it could.
But rights and freedoms are not what the beeb is interested in - not unless it involves orange overalls in Guantanamo.
Given reports in today's Guardian that if any charges are brought against any Downing St staff, the PM will resign, how much longer can nulab apologists keep pretending this is a non-story not worth covering?
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,,1995723,00.html
Get some perspective, chaps. Do you really think Newsnight wouldn't love to kick Blair in the balls after what happened in the Hutton inquiry ? They're just a little more patient and even-tempered than Guido and the baying pack. Moving in for the kill too early is worse than doing nothing.
I think what that reply said was ,"Like "Today" and "PM", we're Labour through and through, and will go to any length to rubbish the Tories, even if it means distorting the news of the day"
Let's get this straight. Plod is investigating a conspiracy to fund the election costs of the Gubment by failing to disclose gifts. He is further examining if these gifts wre made in exchange both for the money and the agreement to treat the gift as a loan and therefore conceal both it's existence and it's source. This conspiracy was at the apex of the Labour Party, and was determined to conceal what was happening not only
the public at large but senior and responsible; party officials - J. Dromey etc.,
On top of this Plod is evidently now are making charges of interference with the case which can only mean , interference with evidence - in essence compuonding the offence by attempting to conceal or destroy evidence.
This is NOT, a politically motivated trick by a remote Scots Nat MP under some arcane and ancient legislation.
THAT is the failure of Newsnight (and indeed all MSM) in reporting the matter.
The other failure is to get Crick to visit a decent tailor and hair dresser and get him to polish his shoes.
Do you really think Newsnight wouldn't love to kick Blair in the balls after what happened in the Hutton inquiry ?
I think what the chaps and chapettes on here are suggesting is that post-Hutton the Beeb doesn't have the balls to do anything other than suck up to Labour. That isn't difficult for most of them because they believe all the spin and deep down they think that the Tories should be kept out at all cost.
Guido all you need to know is that Newsnight have set the famously Tory hating Crick on the Tories, now that in itelf is not exactly the move of a balanced and unbiased news programme now is it. Rather like asking the Turkey's to investigate Christmas methinks, no predecided outcome there then.
The BBC have no shame in their pursuit of their own left wing agenda and trying to turn a non story regarding nonsense emails into a good bit of Tory bashing whilst ignoring serious public corruption in the Labour party is right up their street.
Crick is a CROCK.
Just watching bbc24 and itv about that wreck , Itv people are looting , the beeb ,beachombers salvage items from shore,surely in Dorset it will be called the bounty from the sea they should know theyv'e done it for hundreds of years
occasional ranter,
Some of us don't think it's the job of the BBC news dept to "kick Blair in the balls" or "[move] in for the kill".
We would just like them to report the facts in an even-handed way, and that covers both detail and presentation.
If it cannot be trusted to set the agenda fairly, it should be forced to follow the lead of the non-statutory news media. One way to begin this process would be to split the BBC's news arm from its investigative arm, (or just to shut the latter down).
Newsnight employed Michael Crick in the mistaken belief that he's be a suitable replacement for Vincent Hanna.
As to BBC TV World, their job seems to be to persuade the world that the UK is a nation of murderers, paedophiles, rapists and binge drinkers in between repeating their own advertisements for forthcoming programmes at 5 minute intervals.
Newsnight employed Michael Crick in the mistaken belief that he's be a suitable replacement for Vincent Hanna.
As to BBC TV World, their job seems to be to persuade the world that the UK is a nation of murderers, paedophiles, rapists and binge drinkers in between repeating their own advertisements for forthcoming programmes at 5 minute intervals.
The BBC has always been left-leaning. This means putting up with slightly silly agenda's such as global warming.
However, it's now become actively pro-Labour. That's the problem and it really sticks in my throat.
Disgraceful BBC lefty bias. Again.
I love the Phil Woolas biography (link from Macchiavelli's post). The literary style reminded me of one of those Christmas card newsletters from people one never sees.
This is nothing to do with lefty bias and everything to do with Crick's ego. Newsnight waste thousands of pounds of licence-payers cash on Crick traipsing around the north after Cameron and this is the best he can come up with (incredibly old story really). Almost as useless as Cameron's tour of the north in the first place. Did he unravel a ball of wool on his way out so he could find his way back to London?
I loved the 'My wife's roots are in the North (Scunthorpe - massive palacial home!!) bit.
Barron is full of crap. Its obvious he'd issue some sort of lame excuse, he could hardly admit to bias or caving in to pressure could he?
So what is the BBC excuse for the 6 pm main news [same day, friday] leading on the previous days weather?
it's cock-up not conspiracy. newsnight broke the story with dromey, and despite there being a significant number of ex-labour student types working on the show, i don't think one can claim that there's a fifth column operating. their instincts would be to beat the other bbc outfits, not to respond to some agenda of giving the govt an easy ride.
What is the reasoning again that any ownership of a tv set results in paying for BBC pap? The only other poll tax-like charge I can think of is for the RAI (Italian BBC, but running all news stories 24 - 36 hours later than the rest of the world).
There isn't any point to the BBC any more; it was never much good at news; but
No Dick Barton, no Children's Hour and "Hello children everywhere", no proper World Service with irreplaceable East European emigres' input, (though the plutonium or whatever it was nearly matched the poisoned furled umbrella on Waterloo Bridge), no decent accent - I liked that voice, I don't speak like that but it works for making the the official line believable, - oh, who cares....
Someone should tip off Michael Crick about Cllr. Bob Piper's use of "mong".
Wonder if that will make the lead on Newsnight?
I noticed that too. It might be noted that Radio 4's news programme at 10pm on Friday led with the news that Jade Goody had been evicted from Big Brother. This was on BBC Radio 4, not tabloid ITV!
The Ruth Turner story was probably too intellectual for BBC journalists. They seem to spend all their time watching Big Brother. They are currently failing to find out anything of interest about the shipwreck off Devon. Who owned it? Where's it registered? Where's it come from? Was it chartered? If so who by. Where's it going to? Who owned the cargo? What's happened to the captain and crew?
The BBC story is that the nasty British are stealing things off the beach.
Cameron says...
my wife is a northerner , salt of the earth , its her tough northern no nonsense take on life that allows us to cope with having a disabled child ,Have I mentioned him this week?
Only yesterday a chap in a cloth cap came up to me and said "Mr Cameron Sir, win for us , win for the real people of britain , and thankee kindly Sir for reversing the Lexus off me leg"
A true northern salt of the earth type who didnt so much as whimper as the paramedics removed his leg.
Northerners are also at the cutting edge of green issues , many of them only wash once a month in order to save precious resources we molycodled Londoners have a lot to learn from them.
"ZAC , HI !
YAH , its truly shit up here cant wait to get back
The traffics facking awful could you send the copter?"
The sensationalist CBB shit that afflicted the BBC and Sky (never saw ITN)was almost certainly, a conveniant distraction from the serious shit of Turner. The BBC news department, are not red-topped sensationalists by nature (just Red maybe)They'll shift the agenda again when the Tories are next in power, you can bet on that. Goody and co, won't be getting a look in, if there are even tiny twigs, that the Beeb can turn into huge sticks to beat the Tories with. It's not difficult to find other things to report on, other than serious domestic political news. The BBC have become very adept at doing that inteh last ten years.
Good to see you bbc types taking time out from your busy programming schedules to enlighten us peasants on Guido's board.
When can we expect to be allowed to reciprocate and post our comments on the bbc board ?
Or will it still be a case of censorship rules OK there !
geezer,
It's a pity more people didn't watch channel 4s hidden camera reality program where they found a group of racists! (In a mosque).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtf0p2ScGPg
shoggart (I trust you are not the KimQuimm cast-off?) that is an incredibly selective biography of the only Labour MP who makes Tony Blair seem relatively honest.
If anything they should stop acting like PC-lick-spittles and run real stories.
It just shows even the best of them can be duped by this PC nonsense.
"it's interesting but that's all it is."
The prize for the biggest understatement on this site, goes to.....LookyLooky Congratualtions! Pleasae accept this voucher that you can cash in at Millbank for either an MBE or a Mandelson reach-around.
Would you be saying the same of a Conservaive scandal? I think not.
Guido, smack on botty time [no, not that kind of smack...]. You know darn well that Mr Barron is more than happy to receive your two-minute documentary, on a subject of your choice, filmed on a top quality 'phone camera' for screening on 'OhMyNewsnight'.
So now you have simply no excuse for criticising Newsnight for not giving ample coverage to the story of 'Ruth Turner' and her arrest, so long as you are ready, willing and able to film it yourself. Perhaps you could creep round to her apartment in the dead of night, complete with a 'canary' and await the next arrival of the 'boys in blue'...
If you would like an unbiased eyewitness account of the wreck of the Napoli you can find one on my blog today, albeit a little late - I was recovering from the hangover.
Anonymous 2.50, EVERYTHING the BBC does has a left wing bias because the BBC employs only lefties.
It's quite possible to work at BBC news and go a whole year without ever talking to a Conservative voter. That's why they lose their sense of perspective. They think they'll being reasonable; their bosses agree; and so do the Blair appointed Governors. It's not that they plot (although I'm sure some of them do) how to undermine the Conservatives on a daily basis, it's just that they all share the same visceral hatred of the Tories and often all things British that there simply isn't anybody in the room to tell them reality. That's why the Devon shipwreck is all about how bad the British are and no facts about the ship. It's incompetence more than malevolence.
A synonym for 'bias' is 'wrong'. That's why their defence at the last election that they had upset both sides is so weak. If the BBC was more professional, this bias wouldn't occur. Unfortunately, it is so institutionalised that probably the only way to get rid of it now is to sack the whole lot of them and outsource it (still under the BBC brand). Fortunately, the more this unthinking bias goes on, the nearer comes the day that the BBC will be broken up: so I say go ahead Paxman, stroke Blair's wotsit, enjoy your cushy job while it lasts, because it won't do much longer!
Anonymous 5:05PM
It's at least comforting to know that the BBC is diggng it's own grave (as a publicly funded organisation anyaway)They are looking more absurd to more people, who are getting fed-up with paying for urban left-wing propaganda and 30 years of Tory bashing will come back to haunt them when their Charter is next up for renewal.
is there anything you lot wont complain about? it isnt the news, its a current affairs programme.
newsnight inevitably want people to watch the whole programme. they're not going to hit us with their best stuff first then wait for everyone to switch off at the boring tittle tattle that comes later. its a magazine programme, not the news.
Indeed, it has taken on fast show proportions, Boutros Boutros David Mills
Powell to be questioned.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=430466&in_page_id=1770
.......which was an exclusive and highly pertinent to the Conservatives' attempts to portray themselves as a compassionate party of government.......
So the fuckers at Newsnight/BBC are not even trying to portray themselves as politically unbiased now?
Does Cameron have a plan up his sleeve for the BBC ome lection time? Let's hope so and get rid of the fuckers once and for all and make them make their own way in the world without their iniquitous tax and then let's see the lefty fuckers squeal when they have to play to the tune of the market or start stacking shelves in Tesco.
Anonymous said...
is there anything you lot wont complain about? it isnt the news, its a current affairs programme.
newsnight inevitably want people to watch the whole programme. they're not going to hit us with their best stuff first then wait for everyone to switch off at the boring tittle tattle that comes later. its a magazine programme, not the news.
Then why is it called NEWSnight then you fucking crippled moron?
Sick of BBC prolefodder? Then don't pay the TV tax!
Go to:
tvlicensing.biz
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Peter H: you have moderated your language! Is this because your mater has now joined Guido's posse? If so, what is her nom-de-plume? On second thoughts, maybe she's as free with the expletives as her sprog - maybe you imbibed 'em at t'nipple.
Just because one of the Newsnight presenters (and partner)goes on regular holidays with the Scottish Labour Premier does not necessarily mean that the Newsnight team are full of Labour supporters.
But the fact that she was not fired illustrates the fact that the BBC Editors and Managers certainly are all Labour supporters.
The BBC can never regain its Editorial independence until it stops being reliant upon the government of the day for approval of its licence fee. It has to wean itself off the licence fee monopoly and into a slimmed down future based on subscriptions, programme sales and advertising.
Good to see you've made the 'Editors' Blog', Guido !
If only Nixon had had the sense to throw woodward & bernstein off the trail with a red-herring e-mail exchange between two non-entities!
"The BBC can never regain its Editorial independence until it stops being reliant upon the government of the day for approval of its licence fee."
Do us a favour. The Beeb had it in for Thatcher the day she was elected. Remember how it embraced 'alternative comedy' taking third rate stand-up out of the pub back room and giving an audience of millions? Strange how the day after the Blair coronation the whole genre became passe.
Y'know Carl, Bob this epoch-shattering and historic watergate stuff you're investigating is good but it doesn't compare to this irrelevant e-mail exchange our bloodhounds have uncovered between two good 'ol boys!
I see Tim Ireland's carrying an "I believe in the BBC" logo in his sidebar.
Says it all doesn't it?
>UPDATE : Peter Barron blogs "I don't rule out the possibility that it was simply a misjudgement." Quite.
I think "fuck up" is a more apt description.
Wimps.
Mr Homo
Tim also believes in New labour and politicians in general , says it all really doesnt it?
Did you know that he posts using a prod attached to his head?
He hits the keys by nodding over the keyboard.
I am new to your site.A bit media and London obsessed.I couldn't care less about the "honours" affair.What sort of moron wants one anyway?Mr is good enough for any man.As to politicians we feed their vanity with the never ending media obsession with their squalid lives.Most people I know think they are a bunch of s***s.Liars,scoundrels and pocket liners all.Vote again?You must be joking.We have let these politicos and their hangers on wilfully set out to destroy the independence,culture and identity of an ancient nation.The only time they will be worthy of our attention is when they are dragged blubbing through Traitor's gate to face charges of treason.
But keep giving them a hard time on your site.
best wishes
Crick's a sanctimonious cock who has made a career out of presenting non-stories in a sneery 'look at me aren't I fabulously funny' style, while Barron's a moron with no news sense. He even describes Guido as 'an anonymous chronicler'.
Anonymous? Guido? I've read bloggerheads - well, a couple of lines before I fell asleep anyway - and I KNOW. If the extraordinarily complicated link to guido's real identity is not at the bottom of this post then it has clearly BEEN CENSORED!!!!!!!
I wrote to complain to Newsnight. No reply and I've complained to the BBC through the usual channels.
As Hitch would say: See You Next Tuesdays!
Had the "cripple" e-mail been sent between two Labour councillors it would have merited, at best, a footnote at the end of the programme, while if a Tory aide had been arrested you can bet your bottom dollar it would have dominated the news from the start.
The day the Tories get even handed treatment from the BBC is the day
I win the lottery.
Arise, Lord Michael!
Peter Hitchens' mum (at any rate if we can believe him) is the depraved old woman who spotted a chimpanzee wanking. I think her take on affairs would be interesting.
What makes you think BBC types would get jobs stacking shelves ot Tesco? That demands common honesty.
I've alway suspected Tm's judgement was slightly 'eccentric' to say the least after he named Dim Spice 'Red' Dawn Primarolo as his favourite Minister on his blog . Nearly choked on my tea. Dawn is a former Bennite who now personifies New Labour arrogance in power (IR 35, Tax Credits, Mapeley) she refused to answer a difficult PQ on the grounds that it would cost too much!
Dr Alistair McDonnell (SDLP): "how much was spent in Northern Ireland on advertising working tax credits in each of the last five years."
The Paymaster General, Dawn Primarolo responded that "information could be provided only at disproportionate cost."
So there you go!
Michael Crick is a lifelong MUFC fan, What the mighty Arsenal did to them Sunday gladdens my black little heart
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/polls/story/0,,1996535,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=11
'Declining public trust in Tony Blair is dragging down wider public support for Labour, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today.'
No thanks to the keen journalistic minds at Newsnight.
Before Gord's hubris gets ahead of him:
'Labour's lead on the economy is slipping - five points ahead of the Conservatives compared with 20 points at the last general election.'
'Minister's fling with BBC girl who booked him for Newsnight'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=430645&in_page_id=1770
'BBC has held an inquiry into the role of Newsnight producer Thea Rogers, who booked Mr Purnell to appear on the show - and who just happened to be in the middle of a fling with him at the time.'
From the daily mail so the usual health warnings apply:
'Minister's fling with BBC girl who booked him for Newsnight'
'Last night Mr Purnell, regarded as one of the brightest young stars of the Blair government, insisted he had done nothing wrong in using his ministerial car to take Miss Rogers out for dinner, but Tory MP Mike Penning said: "That's not for him to decide. Only his permanent secretary can decide if there has been a breach of the ministerial code."
The ambitious Miss Rogers, who worked for Labour during the 2005 election campaign and is said to be on first name terms with Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, did not tell her Newsnight bosses that she was dating Mr Purnell at the time she was asked to book him as a guest on the show last October.
It is also understood that she may have helped brief Paxman on the line of questioning he should take in the interview. As a result, the BBC has held an internal inquiry into her role - which has cleared her of any wrongdoing'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=430645&in_page_id=1770
Fucking disgrace. As well as shagging a Labour minister and WORKING for Labour during the last election FFS, How impartial must she be!!!
The BBC, in typical fashion, lets everyone off the hook!!
'The ambitious Miss Rogers, who worked for Labour during the 2005 election campaign and is said to be on first name terms with Gordon Brown and Tony Blair'
Kind of confirms our suspicions doesn't it?
The mail (I know ) have a good newsnight story:
'Minister's fling with BBC girl who booked him for Newsnight'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=430645&in_page_id=1770
...wow, has anyone seen te explosive daily mail story on humpage and the related reportage:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=430645&in_page_id=1770
Tuscan Tony - always first with the news.
jasmin buttar, political producer, was a big labour student at oxford.
"jasmin buttar, political producer, was a big labour student at oxford."
Fat tarts often turn to left wing politics at uni. It's the disillusionment of not getting shagged rotten like their thinner contemporaries. You just have to look at Jo Brand....better not.
Wow. I didn't know so many people still bothered to watch Newsnight. Do they ever say anything except 'Fuck the working class; fuck the tories; terrorists mean well; vote Labour'?
About time that ther was a concerted effot to Out the members of the BBC news department, with obvious links to Left-wing politics, either past of present. One of the papers should do the research and publish the list. Name and Shame the fuckers. They could also produce a list with people with right-of-centre leanings, but I suspect there wouldn't be too many on that list!!
Let's see who these "impartial" people are at the BBC. But their arrogance knows no bounds, they think they are untouchable. I mean Greg Dyke was a life-long member of the Labour Party before Blair planted him as DG and they just said that he was no longer a member, now that he was DG! Oh! that means he no longer has any political convictions.!! And everyone stood by and took that crap!!
More Newsnight revelations HERE.
Newsnight producer worked for Labour in 2005 campaign, AND was dating pensions minister at the time of obvious easy ride on the programme.
How on Earth can they even pretend to be impartial.
Oh - internal inquiry has cleared her.
That's OK then...
jocko homo - I think you are being most unfair on larger ladies. Look at that delectable Kirstie Allsop. And even the scrummy Nigella Lawson is hardly a waif.
And I don't think either of them could be accused of wanting to rub up against El Gordo Brown, if you catch my drift.
Poor Ruth Turner
... but just think how pleased her Solicitor must be at recent developments
- his (or perhaps her) worries about paying for this Summer's holiday are over
Thanks for the nice post!