Everyone at the BBC has Political opinions, but they put those aside when they do the job.
Things must have changed then at the BBC, because whenever Michael Cooke was on the air, or whenever Vincent Hannah or Vincent Kane was doing an interview, it was patently obvious to all as to which political party their loyalties lay, and it was not the Labour party.
Everyone at the BBC has Political opinions, but they put those aside when they do the job.
Things must have changed then at the BBC, because whenever Michael Cooke was on the air, or whenever Vincent Hannah or Vincent Kane was doing an interview, it was patently obvious to all as to which political party their loyalties lay, and it was not the Labour party.
Journalistic integrity and objectivity only become issues when the journalist
doesn't
concur with the Tories, the City and/or MI5. Otherwise such manifestations of bias are merely "personality" meant to "enliven" the "discourse".
I wonder if anyone could have gotten away with calling Churchill or Eden a liar? All things considered, Snow was rather lucky when he questioned the verity of the government's claims in 1982 during the Falklands conflict. But that might be because the Blair government has been better at handling evidence of scandal than the Thatcher government was.
Everyone at the BBC has Political opinions, but they put those aside when they do the job.
Things must have changed then at the BBC, because whenever Michael Cooke was on the air, or whenever Vincent Hannah or Vincent Kane was doing an interview, it was patently obvious to all as to which political party their loyalties lay, and it was not the Labour party.
Rubbish. How do you know which way these people voted.
You have fallen into the same trap. Assuming hard questioning shows support for a cause.
Usually you will find interviewers are harder on those they support in order to prove a lack of bias. Some suggest that is what got the Labour supporting Dyke and Davies in so much trouble.
Everyone at the BBC has Political opinions, but they put those aside when they do the job.
Things must have changed then at the BBC, because whenever Michael Cooke was on the air, or whenever Vincent Hannah or Vincent Kane was doing an interview, it was patently obvious to all as to which political party their loyalties lay, and it was not the Labour party.
Journalistic integrity and objectivity only become issues when the journalist
doesn't
concur with the Tories, the City and/or MI5. Otherwise such manifestations of bias are merely "personality" meant to "enliven" the "discourse".
I wonder if anyone could have gotten away with calling Churchill or Eden a liar? All things considered, Snow was rather lucky when he questioned the verity of the government's claims in 1982 during the Falklands conflict. But that might be because the Blair government has been better at handling evidence of scandal than the Thatcher government was.
Hardly. Blairs government has been one of the worst ever at handling information. They are so obsessed with spin that they have lowered the publics trust in them and Politicians generally to an all time low. Anyone who can turn full victory in a judicial report into a situation where the are losing the argument in polls by 9-1 is truly disastrous.
Mr. Roy Hughes (Newport, East) stated:
On Sunday nights over recent weeks, BBC Wales has been running a series of programmes about the state of Wales after 16 years of Conservative government. It is known as the "Kane" programme, because that is the name of its distinguished presenter, Mr. Vincent Kane, who has not exactly made a reputation for himself as a Labour supporter.
Years ago the late Vincent Hannah, journalist and BBC reporter was an active participant on the CompuServe message UK politics forum
Guy Chapman, UK
As for Michael Cooke, if you never heard his show on BBC Radio Sheffield, then you cannot appreciate the way in which his support for the policies of the Conservative Party were indicated.
Mr. Roy Hughes (Newport, East) stated:
On Sunday nights over recent weeks, BBC Wales has been running a series of programmes about the state of Wales after 16 years of Conservative government. It is known as the "Kane" programme, because that is the name of its distinguished presenter, Mr. Vincent Kane, who has not exactly made a reputation for himself as a Labour supporter.
What is that supposed to prove, apart from my point about how politicians always believe that anyone questioning their actions supports the other side.
OOPS, I am getting careless - when domain names were first introduced, it was customary to denote top level domain names in upper case, viz .EDU, .COM, .MIL, .GOV, .NET, .ORG.
