´óÏó´«Ã½ in the news, Monday
| 09:27 UK time, Monday, 29 January 2007
Daily Mail: "ÂœLord Puttnam has revealed he is considering a formal approach from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ to be its chairman." ()
The Independent: Executive producer of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Current Affairs, Dominic Crossley-Holland, asks whether a programme's success should be judged by the number of complaints it receives. ()
The Guardian: Interview with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sports News Editor Mihir Bose. ()
The Guardian: Letter from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Director of Vision Jana Bennett on current affairs programming. ()
Comments
Lord Puttman to be the next chairman of the ´óÏó´«Ã½!,
This is the same man who complained about the Police arresting Ruth Turner along with Labour ministers, yet the ´óÏó´«Ã½ claim they are impartial.
How much longer must we endure the ´óÏó´«Ã½ telling us that they are not biased whilst Labour ennobled peers like Puttman are foisted on us?.
Also on the links for this blog are 2 for the Guardian and 1 for the Independent?, why is this?, I purchase the Times, Mail and the Sun and most days they have articles about the ´óÏó´«Ã½, yet hardly ever do the ´óÏó´«Ã½ mention them, and when they do the ´óÏó´«Ã½ NEVER gives a link to the original article.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is not impartial and should stop insulting our intelligence by pretending it is.
I think that the answer to Dominic Crossley-Holland's question is roughly as follows:
No complaints - bad, because nobody's paying attention.
A handful - good, it means you are high enough profile to attract the notice of the green inkers, but nobody else is complaining.
Dozens - bad, you've definitely done something wrong.
40,000+ - high five! and laugh all the way to the bank.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is at it again, yet another Labour crony to be placed in a position of power at what is supposed to be a impartial organisation.
Why does the ´óÏó´«Ã½ just be honest and change it's name to the Labour appreciation society?.
To give an example of the biased reporting that the ´óÏó´«Ã½ is now world famous for I give this nugget....
On the ´óÏó´«Ã½ world service yesterday was an attack on Prince Charles for flying to America with his entourage to pick up a environmental award, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ used an interview with Alan Millband in which he complained about the carbon footprint that Prince Charles had left by visiting the USA, yet, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ failed at the same time to mention that Millband and 4 aides flew to India two days later for a 1 day trip....double standards at the ´óÏó´«Ã½.....again.
I have just read an article about the ´óÏó´«Ã½ going to court to resist a Freedom of Information request seeking the relase of an internal report which it is suggested may indicate bias in ´óÏó´«Ã½ news reporting. Why has this not been reported on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ itself? Surely a national broadcaster seeking to prevent publication of such a report is a major news item? I make no judgment on whether there is bias but this is surely a significant news item? I can hardly find mention of it anywhere on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ site.
Does anyone else find the idea of a Sun reader criticising the ´óÏó´«Ã½s impartiality hilarious?
Thank you Saskia, you've made my day!