just saying like.....

devils advocaat and that but, when keyes and gray abused a female linesladywoman they got the boot pronto. we find out that all sorts of bbc employees had concerns about jimmy savile and nothing happened at all. even when one of their own programmes was going to run an expose it got canned and the tributes went ahead. genovese syndrome perhaps but the lack of governance is shocking. unless it runs deeper than that.

Posted By: Tombs on November 13th 2012 at 10:50:38

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BBC (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 13, 01:00:50
- It's news network is probably my most damning actually. All that claim about being (General Chat) - pants, Nov 13, 01:09:20
  - The BBC producer guidelines are extremely detailed... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Nov 13, 07:30:16
    - just saying like..... (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 13, 10:50:38
    - I think that's the most salient point really (General Chat) - norway, Nov 13, 09:35:21
    - Agreed, though the Beeb *have* been particularly bad on the NHS reforms (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Nov 13, 08:30:32
      - When it comes to news the been is left wing. However the Olympus coverage was best tv ever (General Chat) - Hulk Rules, Nov 13, 08:43:15
        
        Sigh. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 13, 08:48:27
        
        The beeb does very well at being politically neutral (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Nov 13, 08:54:11
        
        Disagree strongly with that. The middle east reporting is heavilly biased (General Chat) - pants, Nov 13, 10:35:57
        
        And I also think the Beeb are very pro European Union (n/m) (General Chat) - KentonCanary, Nov 13, 11:09:29
  - compared to Fox, CNN and Sky it?s far better though (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 13, 01:12:45
    - I'm glad you mentioned Al Jazeera. It staggered me that I had to to watch (General Chat) - pants, Nov 13, 01:28:48
      - the BBC did report it though? (General Chat) - CWC, Nov 13, 09:47:46
      - for reference, this is the journo I was talking about (General Chat) - pants, Nov 13, 01:43:00
        
        I find that Sky News has a much better network of stories than BBC. I actually find them (General Chat) - Hulk Rules, Nov 13, 08:41:40
        
        Pants, I actually do remember the Al Jazeera attack. During the heat of battle the station (General Chat) - Hulk Rules, Nov 13, 08:48:45
        
        Frankly that's a disgraceful statement to say that unarmed civilians are fair game (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Nov 13, 08:59:12
        
        In war, who is an unarmed citizen, and who is a suicide bomber (General Chat) - phrankin, Nov 13, 09:32:26
        
        A suicide bomber is by definition armed (though that might not be immediately obvious) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Nov 13, 09:39:29
        
        Opposition controlled tv station? (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Nov 13, 09:46:01
        
        Is it? And still no justification for targetting civilians (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Nov 13, 11:38:11

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