Let’s talk about BBC

[BoldonLad]

This oddball on strictly is going to end up in trouble.

Why did the BBC pick him. Are they that short of celebrity options?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l8vnzmeqpo

I have no idea who he is.

Daughter No4 did Great North Run for 5th time last weekend, she was telling me a tale about someone whose surname was "Fury", which I vaguely recognised as perhaps being significant, but, it turns out, I had the wrong "Fury", this one is a "celebrity" from Love Island (I think that is what she said), but, related to the one I had vaguely heard of.

Do I have a problem, I am obviously losing touch with reality?, and the modern world, should I get myself admitted to a Nursing Home, for my own safety?

 

[briantrumpet]

I have no idea who he is.

Daughter No4 did Great North Run for 5th time last weekend, she was telling me a tale about someone whose surname was "Fury", which I vaguely recognised as perhaps being significant, but, it turns out, I had the wrong "Fury", this one is a "celebrity" from Love Island (I think that is what she said), but, related to the one I had vaguely heard of.

Do I have a problem, I am obviously losing touch with reality?, and the modern world, should I get myself admitted to a Nursing Home, for my own safety?

I have absolutely no idea about most 'celebrities', as I don't have a TV, don't listen to pop music, and don't go to see films. I think I've got first call on that nursing home place you're after, if knowledge of popular culture (or lack of it) is the criterion.

 

[C R]

I have no idea who he is.

Daughter No4 did Great North Run for 5th time last weekend, she was telling me a tale about someone whose surname was "Fury", which I vaguely recognised as perhaps being significant, but, it turns out, I had the wrong "Fury", this one is a "celebrity" from Love Island (I think that is what she said), but, related to the one I had vaguely heard of.

Do I have a problem, I am obviously losing touch with reality?, and the modern world, should I get myself admitted to a Nursing Home, for my own safety?

You're not the only one, and I'm at least 15 years away from retirement.

 

[AndyRM]

I don't follow the program, just caught bits of some episodes. I don't think I ever saw a contestant that wasn't weird.

You get the occasional one who actually knows what they're doing, but they usually end up leaving or being kicked off quite quickly because they're viewed as "not interacting well" because they've given up trying to guide the task properly.

I watch it for the looks of regulation/despair/amusement on the designers' faces when they're asked to do something mind-alteringly stupid to a bit of branding. It's comfortingly relatable.

As for that guy, my main recollection was of extreme arrogance masking some kind of hideous secret.

 

[BoldonLad]

You get the occasional one who actually knows what they're doing, but they usually end up leaving or being kicked off quite quickly because they're viewed as "not interacting well" because they've given up trying to guide the task properly.

I watch it for the looks of regulation/despair/amusement on the designers' faces when they're asked to do something mind-alteringly stupid to a bit of branding. It's comfortingly relatable.

As for that guy, my main recollection was of extreme arrogance masking some kind of hideous secret.

Sounds like he has missed his vocation, Reform Candidate sounds like his way to go 😂

 

[bobzmyunkle]

Tim Davie - what a c*nt
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8jd108e3qo

 

[Beebo]

Tim Davie - what a c*nt
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8jd108e3qo

I don’t think the BBC can win in this situation.
Just like the UCI couldn’t win at La Vuelta.

Which ever decision they make someone will get annoyed. So fence sitting is probably the best option
Let public opinion decide.
Last year Israel did very well I seem to recall.

 

[Pross]

Tim Davie - what a c*nt
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8jd108e3qo

‘Never been about politics’. Weren’t Russia kicked out?

 

[CXRAndy]

BBC say people worried about trans toilet policy can work from home.

A solution, but not the solution.

Just install a third space or tell the trans to use the facilities according to the sex they were born with

 

[Psamathe]

Re: Current Issues from the BBC
Whilst I'm no great fan of the BBC in particular its funding model, I do feel the current outcry is being driven by those with a political agenda.

I think one of the major failings of BBC News is that to reduce costs they have moved more to providing a platform for parties rather than providing reports. Reports on event need reporters and they need to be paid whereas most with an agenda leap at the opportunity to push their agenda on national TV.

To me the "main" issue summarises the failing where one party claims it's raining whilst another argues it isn't raining. It's not the job of reporting to provide a blaanced platform for these two opposing arguments but to look out of the window and tell us if it's raining.

eg Newsnight, one of BBC's high profile "news" platforms has now degenerated into a "panel" of oppeosing ideological guests, often one from Reform and others from opponents of commercial press - and they discuss their views on a couple of selected events. Daft waste of time - are we really interested in what these individuals think? OK cheap airtime but not "reporting".

 

[matticus]

To me the "rain" issue summarises the failing where one party claims it's raining whilst another argues it isn't raining. It's not the job of reporting to provide a blaanced platform for these two opposing arguments but to look out of the window and tell us if it's raining.

eg Newsnight, one of BBC's high profile "news" platforms has now degenerated into a "panel" of oppeosing ideological guests, often one from Reform and others from opponents of commercial press - and they discuss their views on a couple of selected events. Daft waste of time - are we really interested in what these individuals think? OK cheap airtime but not "reporting".

See also this brilliant cartoon https://ncap.cyclechat.net/threads/naca-political-jokes-page.38/post-145566

 

[First Aspect]

Re: Current Issues from the BBC
Whilst I'm no great fan of the BBC in particular its funding model, I do feel the current outcry is being driven by those with a political agenda.

I think one of the major failings of BBC News is that to reduce costs they have moved more to providing a platform for parties rather than providing reports. Reports on event need reporters and they need to be paid whereas most with an agenda leap at the opportunity to push their agenda on national TV.

To me the "rain" issue summarises the failing where one party claims it's raining whilst another argues it isn't raining. It's not the job of reporting to provide a blaanced platform for these two opposing arguments but to look out of the window and tell us if it's raining.

eg Newsnight, one of BBC's high profile "news" platforms has now degenerated into a "panel" of oppeosing ideological guests, often one from Reform and others from opponents of commercial press - and they discuss their views on a couple of selected events. Daft waste of time - are we really interested in what these individuals think? OK cheap airtime but not "reporting".

True, but the BBC seems to do it's best to provide petrol to put on the fire. It is amazingly dithery when issues arise, even for a large organisation.

And this week it has managed to censure a presenter for eyerolling at an absurd Pythonesque bit of script writing, whilst trying to defend taking a chainsaw to one of the most well known and easily fact checked Trump speech. It's immediately obvious that these decisions should have been swapped around.

 

[AuroraSaab]

It's really not a lot to ask that the state funder broadcaster act with balance and impartiality when reporting, and not allow journalists to decide which angle stories will be given or who gets a platform. Most people aren't out to destroy the BBC but do think we should hold them to the highest standards.

 

[Dorset Boy]

Re: Current Issues from the BBC
Whilst I'm no great fan of the BBC in particular its funding model, I do feel the current outcry is being driven by those with a political agenda.

I think one of the major failings of BBC News is that to reduce costs they have moved more to providing a platform for parties rather than providing reports. Reports on event need reporters and they need to be paid whereas most with an agenda leap at the opportunity to push their agenda on national TV.

To me the "main" issue summarises the failing where one party claims it's raining whilst another argues it isn't raining. It's not the job of reporting to provide a blaanced platform for these two opposing arguments but to look out of the window and tell us if it's raining.

eg Newsnight, one of BBC's high profile "news" platforms has now degenerated into a "panel" of oppeosing ideological guests, often one from Reform and others from opponents of commercial press - and they discuss their views on a couple of selected events. Daft waste of time - are we really interested in what these individuals think? OK cheap airtime but not "reporting".

Well the Beeb still seems to be able to afford to send excessive numbers of presenters and pundits on jollies to major sporting events around the globe.
Perhaps if they halved the number on these jollies they could afford more news reporters.

 

[First Aspect]

Well the Beeb still seems to be able to afford to send excessive numbers of presenters and pundits on jollies to major sporting events around the globe.
Perhaps if they halved the number on these jollies they could afford more news reporters.

The issue here seems to be that they are outsourcing their investigative reporting, and then compounding this by having lots of grey executives kinda sorta having oversight. No one is singly responsible for editorial oversight so things keep falling through the cracks. Then when the shoot hits the fan, they all say it wasn't their fault.