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Did you wait for Howard? BBC bias and, to be quite frank, in my opinion inappropriate reporting. Peter Barron is editor of Newsnight and also writes on the Editors' Blog of the BBC News website, which often has some good articles/posts. However, this evening I've just been stunned by what Mr. Barron has written; I know it's their blog but presumed the, what seems to me, anti - Conservative bias wouldn't be so blatant. He was referring to Michael Howard's performance, mainly 'against' Alastair lying-bastard-bully Campbell, "The former Conservative leader already holds the accolade for the greatest-ever Newsnight moment"...Not a very eventful programme then, one presumes. Barron goes on to add:
...clearly reference to you know what; there are even links to watch it and the decade old 'other' incident"Howard and Campbell were live in Newsnight's studio discussing Blair's legacy, and as midnight hovered into view something of the night seemed to overtake Mr Howard"
Those are his words and I've removed the link. His post is very short but managed, from the title to the last word, to portray glee at what I can only assume he thought was another 'great' Howard-bashing moment in Newsnight's obviously poor archives. Read it HERE. I know his comments aren't really that bad but they really riled me; I was thrilled to read the comments from posters where all but 2 disagreed completely - please read the comments, it wasn't just a load of Conservative voters commenting. I hope Barron reads them and realises he's mistaken."In case you'd already gone to bed, click here for another chance to enjoy."
Other links to BBC Bias:
The BBC's commitment to bias is no laughing matter - Tom Leonard [DT LINK]
BBC Bias and complaints (chronological 1999 to present) - [Labour Watch]
The Internet Forum: BBC Bias - 5 pages [LINK]
Biased BBC (Blog Link)
S.O.
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oppugn v. - call in question; deny; resist; conflict with.
opprobrium n. - the state of being scornfully criticized.
Dear Ows,
YanıtlaSilI wasn't being nasty or anti-Conservative at all. The 1997 Howard interview with Paxman was voted by our viewers as their favourite Newsnight moment. Last night's moment had nothing to do with Howard-bashing, it was simply a great piece of TV theatre which I thought was extraordinary and therefore wanted to pass it on to others to enjoy. Where's the odium in that?
Peter
Alastair Campbell needs taking down a peg or two, all this look at me I'm raising money for charidee schtick makes me want to vomit.
YanıtlaSilMichael Howard comes across as mild mannered and thoughful, as all retired politicians do. Paxman's famous interview was laughable in the extreme but then Paxo does have an appeal to sixth formers and BBC types that flies in the face of what is generally acceptable behaviour. Did he think Howard was a idiot savant but without the savant bit.
Hello Span I'd almost given up on you ever posting again !
YanıtlaSil