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Football on the BBC

Discussion in 'General Football' started by Frank Castle, Mar 11, 2023.

  1. XCIV_Bantam

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    are you saying this is the first incidence of someone "breaching impartially"? what about Andrew Neil wearing a ASI tie Live on tv?



    what about Karen brady or Alan Sugar both telling their followers on twitter that they should vote conservative? or even sugar bluntly insinuate that the labour opposition leader at the time is a Nazi? what about Richard Osman or brain cox criticising tory policy? Michael Macintyre did a skit criticising the tory gov even though he hosts BBC shows..
    how is that not a breach of impartially?

    seems like to me government censorship if and when they feel like it.
     
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    I prefer to wait for the verdict before making a comment. As I said they are waving the white flag on impartiality. The more relevant debate now is whether we should have the BBC. If as you say the BBC hasn’t been impartial for years.
     
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    Funny how both the right and the left have been claiming for decades that the BBC is biased against them.
    The BBC put Farage on Question Time every other week when his party was at 4% in the polls and membership of the EU was tenth in the list of things that the electorate thought was most important. The BBC basically facilitated a Brexit movement out of nothing in the name of 'balance' and 'impartiality'.
     
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    a football presenter discussing current matters and disagreeing with them is not a breech of impartiality. it just isn't.. Imagine Andrew Neil or Bruce saying they disagreed with a labour policy saying it was akin to Stalinist Russia. Would you expect them to require to apologise?

    also the BBC has been a tory mouthpiece for years.
     
  5. XCIV_Bantam

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    I didn’t watch Andrew Neil and I haven’t watched QT for years. Impartiality is a thing of the past and the BBC by their behaviour are saying they cannot hold the line on impartiality. The more interesting debate is whether we actually need a national broadcaster. Lineker, Bruce et al can leave and go to the Pimps broadcaster Sky where they can tweet till their heart is content.

    Completely disagree with your stance on impartiality. We will have agree to disagree.

    in my view this constant dialogue about whether the BBC is right wing of left wing is symptom of a politically polarised nation, where alternative views are no longer tolerated. It is rocking our democracy and our trust in government. Women died so that I could vote and I have always voted but atm I have no idea who I will vote for in the next election. I literally don’t trust any politician, they treat the electorate with contempt between elections and lie at election time. I would like a proper debate about the BBC but given rabid way politics are discussed these days I don’t suppose that is possible.
     
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    Fair points there. For me it boils down to tribalism. This blind faith that the party can do no wrong no matter how bad it gets. And that the opposition is wrong no matter what.

    there is zero nuance these days and no one is willing to admit fault really. Its always the blame game these days.

    Everyone thinks criticism of the government is an attack on from the left. When it isn’t at all. I don't go around with my lefty blinkers on looking for people to blame. I do assure you if labour were doing the same now i would still have the exact same position i have now on the matter.
     
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    In a show of support to Gary Lineker, Bradford City FC have announced that they will continue their 10 year boycott of Match Of The Day.
     
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    **so funny**so funny**so funny
     
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    I certainly haven’t seen any bias on the editorial of the BBC but the suspension over freedom of speech was definitely politicaly motivated
     
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    Notice MOTD had more viewers than normal on Satday night when no one was presenting it. :laughing:
     
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