O/T:- Defund the bbc.

[BigFatPie]

The irony. Kuenssberg acts as a mouthpiece for Johnson and Cummings and was as soft as shyte on them during the election campaign. Will never be enough though for some people.

[upthemaggies]

Used to be a staunch defender of the BBC until the last few years or so. Apart from Radio Nottingham on matchday, MOTD and the odd rock doc on BBC4 I no longer bother with it. Can't trust it as a source of news anymore, I wouldn't miss it.

[BanjoPie]

The irony. Kuenssberg acts as a mouthpiece for Johnson and Cummings and was as soft as shyte on them during the election campaign. Will never be enough though for some people.

Unfortunately, Kuensberg is a prime example of an untalented journalist who only seeks to promote the negatives of whatever the government says or the policies it implements. She just wants to criticise the Government whatever they do and to be able to say "look at me, I made that Politician look like an idiot" Overall the BBC is biased and the quality of reporting is generally poor which is a real shame.

[Elite_Pie]

Unfortunately, Kuensberg is a prime example of an untalented journalist who only seeks to promote the negatives of whatever the government says or the policies it implements. She just wants to criticise the Government whatever they do and to be able to say "look at me, I made that Politician look like an idiot" Overall the BBC is biased and the quality of reporting is generally poor which is a real shame.

The BBC have given the government a very easy ride over their handling of the coronavirus epidemic. BBC reporters have generally meekly bowed down and allowed ministers to avoid answering direct questions and rarely held them to account. If the BBC really was as left wing as some claim, they would have ripped Boris & Co to pieces over their failings. Only Piers Morgan on ITV has come close to doing that.

[BigFatPie]

Unfortunately, Kuensberg is a prime example of an untalented journalist who only seeks to promote the negatives of whatever the government says or the policies it implements.

Yeah, that’s her problem, she criticises the government too much. Especially when she passes on verbatim titbits from her source. (Cummings).

F00k me ragged, there are some weird takes on the world.

[navypie]

Yeah, that’s her problem, she criticises the government too much. Especially when she passes on verbatim titbits from her source. (Cummings).

F00k me ragged, there are some weird takes on the world.

I'd rather not and you're not wrong there.

[Evesham Pie]

I think a lot of the problem is that journalists are primarily seeking to promote themselves. Hence the focus on opinion rather than fact and the constant pursuit of a headline grabbing angle on any story.

[upthemaggies]

Yeah, that’s her problem, she criticises the government too much. Especially when she passes on verbatim titbits from her source. (Cummings).

F00k me ragged, there are some weird takes on the world.

Quite. I'd flush the BBC down the toilet because they are now simply a propaganda machine for the government terrified of losing the licence fee.

[sidders]

Quite. I'd flush the BBC down the toilet because they are now simply a propaganda machine for the government terrified of losing the licence fee.

I'm sorry, UTM, you know I'm normally complimentary about your posts but this one makes no sense. Shouldn't there be a comma between government and terrified? It makes a big difference.

[upthemaggies]

I'm sorry, UTM, you know I'm normally complimentary about your posts but this one makes no sense. Shouldn't there be a comma between government and terrified? It makes a big difference.

I might just qualify as being the single biggest thicko here as I failed every single exam at school and got an ungraded mark in a few of them, I walked out of one exam after only a few minutes and didn't turn up for another which prompted my teacher to leave the exam room, hunt down my younger sibling and, after asking him where the hell I was, he told him "That boy is the bane of my life!" He must have felt I was capable of getting him a pass and that I was deliberately sabotaging it, which was partially true. I did feel a great sense of pride at the time at being such a spectacular failure but, currently in the process of transferring blocks of text on my site to be comparable with the database, I do get very annoyed with myself when reading stuff back. I blame Jane Austen.