comment by Silver (U6112)
posted 34 minutes ago
comment by it'sonlyagame - today I feel like a supermodel (U6426)
posted 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
When gammons moan about the 'woke BBC' all they really mean is 'not Fascist enough for my liking'.
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It all started with Valerie Singleton and 'sticky backed plastic'
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There should be a Red Peter as well, for balance

comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
comment by Ten Hag Bald is Best Ball at its Facking Fines... (U17054)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 12 minutes ago
Shearer has stepped down along with Wright, in solidarity. Good man.
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Two middle aged men, not the required face for football presentation can’t wait to see how the replacements present themselves

comment by Franko Cantona 🏆 for ego only (U22187)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
comment by Ten Hag Bald is Best Ball at its Facking Fines... (U17054)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 12 minutes ago
Shearer has stepped down along with Wright, in solidarity. Good man.
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Two middle aged men, not the required face for football presentation can’t wait to see how the replacements present themselves
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Yeah. Can you get gammon interns these days?

comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Franko Cantona 🏆 for ego only (U22187)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 1 hour, 17 minutes ago
comment by Ten Hag Bald is Best Ball at its Facking Fines... (U17054)
posted 10 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 12 minutes ago
Shearer has stepped down along with Wright, in solidarity. Good man.
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Two middle aged men, not the required face for football presentation can’t wait to see how the replacements present themselves
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Yeah. Can you get gammon interns these days?
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Bacon?

Penny Mordaunt seems to know a bit about football - maybe she can step in?

Ron Atkinson must be free, throw in John Terry for a bit of punditry

I watched that clip of Fiona Bruce acting as a defence attorney for a woman beater. Sigh.

comment by it'sonlyagame - today I feel like a supermodel (U6426)
posted 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by it'sonlyagame - today I feel like a super... (U6426)
posted 1 minute ago
When gammons moan about the 'woke BBC' all they really mean is 'not Fascist enough for my liking'.
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Can't even be racist in my own country these days etc. Barry does it better
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Why is it only Tory cᴜnts take offence to the term? Is cᴜnts misogynistic, by the way?
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Could be. Pat Sharp got sacked the other day for saying he wouldn't be getting on a woman's t1ts. Apparently it was a sexual reference, even though anybody who's ever heard the term would know otherwise. Really gets on my t1ts

comment by merrysupersteve (relaxed about the situation) (U1132)
posted 18 seconds ago
comment by it'sonlyagame - today I feel like a supermodel (U6426)
posted 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by it'sonlyagame - today I feel like a super... (U6426)
posted 1 minute ago
When gammons moan about the 'woke BBC' all they really mean is 'not Fascist enough for my liking'.
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Can't even be racist in my own country these days etc. Barry does it better
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Why is it only Tory cᴜnts take offence to the term? Is cᴜnts misogynistic, by the way?
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Could be. Pat Sharp got sacked the other day for saying he wouldn't be getting on a woman's t1ts. Apparently it was a sexual reference, even though anybody who's ever heard the term would know otherwise. Really gets on my t1ts
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Did they sack him immediately? Or did they mullet over for a while?

comment by Jalisco Red (U4195)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by merrysupersteve (relaxed about the situation) (U1132)
posted 18 seconds ago
comment by it'sonlyagame - today I feel like a supermodel (U6426)
posted 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by it'sonlyagame - today I feel like a super... (U6426)
posted 1 minute ago
When gammons moan about the 'woke BBC' all they really mean is 'not Fascist enough for my liking'.
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Can't even be racist in my own country these days etc. Barry does it better
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Why is it only Tory cᴜnts take offence to the term? Is cᴜnts misogynistic, by the way?
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Could be. Pat Sharp got sacked the other day for saying he wouldn't be getting on a woman's t1ts. Apparently it was a sexual reference, even though anybody who's ever heard the term would know otherwise. Really gets on my t1ts
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Did they sack him immediately? Or did they mullet over for a while?
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🤣

comment by Robb #teamlineker (U22716)
posted 4 minutes ago
I watched that clip of Fiona Bruce acting as a defence attorney for a woman beater. Sigh.
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Laura Keunssberg claimed it was ‘quite a charge’ when someone called Boris Johnson a liar on her show.

Whilst there’s little doubt that in the last few years the BBC has become somewhat more overtly captured by Conservative voices & associated figures, this strand of bias in coverage in something of a red herring.

The BBC is a fundamental apparatus of the state. As a media organ it is critically dependent on privileged access to state & private sector sources, and its senior board are comprised of a rolling cast of figures from big finance and so on.

The BBC’s well-studied, documented & analysed news output shows little difference to the rest of the corporate media - in fact it’s often worse. It displays near enough the same systemic biases as the other for-profit print & broadcast media. I’ve detailed this numerous times over the years on this very forum.

comment by BerbaKing11 (U6256)
posted 19 minutes ago

its senior board are comprised of a rolling cast of figures from big finance and so on.
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Is this a criticism? Not sure what you mean by 'big finance' but yes, 3/17 board members have background in the financial sector. Dwarfed by those representing media or 'the arts' which imho are over-represented and hark to something the BBC perhaps aspired to be in its distant past?

As the financial sector is 8-12% (depending on source) of UK GDP is that such a misrepresentation? And in any case is it so bad versus the NED job spec? Explain.

'and so on' .....yeah..., what...?

I think it’s obvious that the point is that when the senior board is filled with Conservative figures that the BBC will end up being a reflection of that.

comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 7 minutes ago
I think it’s obvious that the point is that when the senior board is filled with Conservative figures that the BBC will end up being a reflection of that.
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Think you are being harsh? 2/7 NEDs are absolutely left wingers, 1/7 probably right given he was employed by a tory government. The others don't know but heavily arts background are usually lefties - broad brush stroke I know but I think you are way off?

BK was making the point. But Richard Sharp and Tim Davie are two of the most prominent people at the BBC are are Tories that were appointed by the government. There’s really no defence against the accusations of the BBC as a Conservative institution.

Media Bias - which I think is pretty good for this sort of thing - rates the BBC as 'left-center biased based on story selection that slightly favors the left'.

Even with today's shenanigans I can see that. Sadly it sometimes seems that the BBC manages to alienate both the right and the left in equal measure

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/?s=Bbc

Their presentation of domestic affairs and Britain’s foreign policy would suggest otherwise. But the most blatant is how they cover the Royal family. I understand why, they need present the Royal family as an institution of value to the British public, but that’s very much a conservative position.

BBC Director General Tim Davie, who was previously a Conservative Party candidate and Deputy Chairman of the Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative party, says that forcing Gary Lineker to step aside is about "delivering on impartiality"

https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/1634309703369912328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1634309703369912328%7Ctwgr%5E9239533752292f2555381ee397d8a9747f9cc480%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2F11o1y2m%2F%3Fresponsive%3Dtrueis_nightmode%3Dfalse

This really has been an own goal by the Tories.

comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 10 minutes ago
https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/1634309703369912328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1634309703369912328%7Ctwgr%5E9239533752292f2555381ee397d8a9747f9cc480%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2F11o1y2m%2F%3Fresponsive%3Dtrueis_nightmode%3Dfalse

This really has been an own goal by the Tories.
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It gets better

https://twitter.com/lawton_times/status/1634317347514118150?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw

comment by Jonathan Moore (U11781)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 10 minutes ago
https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/1634309703369912328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1634309703369912328%7Ctwgr%5E9239533752292f2555381ee397d8a9747f9cc480%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2F11o1y2m%2F%3Fresponsive%3Dtrueis_nightmode%3Dfalse

This really has been an own goal by the Tories.
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It gets better

https://twitter.com/lawton_times/status/1634317347514118150?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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What a mess

comment by Jonathan Moore (U11781)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Kobbie The King Mainoo (U10026)
posted 10 minutes ago
https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/1634309703369912328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1634309703369912328%7Ctwgr%5E9239533752292f2555381ee397d8a9747f9cc480%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2F11o1y2m%2F%3Fresponsive%3Dtrueis_nightmode%3Dfalse

This really has been an own goal by the Tories.
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It gets better

https://twitter.com/lawton_times/status/1634317347514118150?s=46&t=bPTrpdgNggCdz9igvhmVyw
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Can't wait for tomorrow's MOTD to just end already

Well played by Lineker, about time people realised what a pile of w-nk the BBC have become recently.