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| Thread ID: 127918 | 2012-11-22 00:40:00 | "The BBCs 'dirty little secret lands it in a new scandal" | B.M. (505) | PC World Chat |
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| 1313896 | 2012-11-22 00:40:00 | HERE (www.telegraph.co.uk) The old BBC has stooped to new lows. I almost feel sorry for the suckers who believed this rubbish. About as sorry as I feel for those with their baths still full of water waiting for the Y2K bug. :D The Media certainly has a hell of a lot to answer for. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1313897 | 2012-11-22 01:53:00 | I know what you mean. The orange light came on in my car last week. I immediately thought it was running out of petrol. But then I thought "Don't be alarmist. It'll come right" And sure enough, it went off again. I've been driving now for several days... Those alarmists have a lot to answer for |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1313898 | 2012-11-22 02:38:00 | The BBC started to go downhill after 1959 when Sir Ian Jacob retired and was replaced by Hugh Greene. Jacob was the last of the 'old school' Director Generals in the mold set by John Reith. "Reithianism The term 'Reithianism' describes certain principles of broadcasting associated with Lord Reith. These include an equal consideration of all viewpoints, probity, universality and a commitment to public service. It can be distinguished from the free-market approach to broadcasting, where programming aims to attract the largest audiences or advertising revenues, ahead of - and, in practice, often contrary to - any artistic merit, impartiality, educative or entertainment values, that a programme may have." en.wikipedia.org It was Greene that introduced 'Top of the Pops' on TV to try to counter the crap that ITV was putting over and which led to Jimmy Saville and all that nastiness, and to boot it under his stewardship the BBC radio 'Childrens Hour' program was scrapped. In Reiths day the BBC radio news announcers had to wear dinner jackets, and regional accents were frowned upon :) After all if the news had been read by a Glaswegion like 'Taggart', or a Derbyshirean like Cicero, or a Brummy like me, no one else in the country would have understood a word :thumbs: |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1313899 | 2012-11-22 02:51:00 | a Derbyshirean like Cicero Huh. Snap. I think that's probably the only thing we have in common, though. ;) Thanks for the potted history, Terry. |
Zara Baxter (16260) | ||
| 1313900 | 2012-11-22 03:47:00 | Huh. Snap. I think that's probably the only thing we have in common, though. ;) Thanks for the potted history, Terry. I hope that is all we have in common.;) Do you remember Terry, my friend Boris Moiseiwitsch, he is the one chap I don't mind pronouncing Maori correctly, he pronounces English correctly too. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1313901 | 2012-11-22 04:28:00 | Hmmmmm, lets look into Christopher Brooker a bit shall we and find out a bit more about the man who... Christopher John Penrice Booker (born 7 October 1937) is an English journalist and author. In 1961, he was one of the founders of the magazine Private Eye, and has contributed to it since then. He has been a columnist for The Sunday Telegraph since 1990. He has taken a stance which runs counter to the scientific consensus on a number of issues, including global warming, the link between passive smoking and cancer and the dangers posed by asbestos. www.guardian.co.uk No further questions your honour.... |
globe (11482) | ||
| 1313902 | 2012-11-22 04:29:00 | I hope that is all we have in common.;) Do you remember Terry, my friend Boris Moiseiwitsch, he is the one chap I don't mind pronouncing Maori correctly, he pronounces English correctly too. Indeed. National Radio when we arrived here in the 70s reminded me of how the BBC used to be in the 50s. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1313903 | 2012-11-22 04:51:00 | Indeed. National Radio when we arrived here in the 70s reminded me of how the BBC used to be in the 50s. His father was Benno. www.youtube.com |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1313904 | 2012-11-22 05:09:00 | His father was Benno. www.youtube.com Thanks for that link. Back in the the day on National Radio, it could be switched on at random and most likely some light classical music would be heard. Now if it is randomly switched on it is pop that will be heard as a program break fill in. I came across this photo of RNZ news readers, including your friend Boris, posted by Robert Taylor, together with several others, "Pictures taken in the 80's shortly before the government axe fell", it takes one back: www.flickr.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1313905 | 2012-11-22 05:19:00 | BBC's Expertshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atfNL0_KAcs | Cato (6936) | ||
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