The One Show

I don't understand all this nonsense about the BBC being a mouthpiece for the Tory party. The paranoia of the hard done by left. If the Labour party gets negative coverage because it's in disarray, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S IN DISARRAY. It's a good story, just as it was a good story when the Tories were tearing themselves apart. The BBC was accused of being pro-Remain around the referendum and now they're pro-Hard Brexit?

Above all, if they were going to be impartial, it would be in favour of Labour as they are the most pro-BBC.

There are elements of the BBC which have sympathies towards the Conservative and UKIP parties which has shown in their editorial output. (South East Today especially have given enough airtime to UKIP officials and stories that would persuade the electorate to vote for the far-right party).

Now I wasn't expecting hard line questioning from Baker and Jones, but it was clearly pre-approved questions that got them on the show in the first place of which none had any relevance to voters.

Personally I think the BBC and May's campaign team have woefully underestimated The One Show's demographic, yes they might not be politically aware as those who watch Newsnight, but what they got was nothing of significance. At least North Korea knows how to spin their 'Dear Leader' into a godlike figure.

The BBC - damed if they do, damned if they don't. That's actually called being impartial.

For every complaint I hear that the BBC is a Tory mouthpiece, I hear another that they're biased towards the "lefty liberal elite". People can't make their minds up which way they're (supposedly) biased. Which tells me they're doing a good job of being neutral.

Less amendments - more a re-arrangement of existing elements. Not the first time they've done this. When Ellen Degeneres was on they rearranged the portrait screens in a similar manner. (Those screens are normally in the performance area at the other end of the studio - but are used for sofa items quite often too)



I suspect security, and to avoid any visible banner or placard waving through a window?

We'll see if Corbyn gets the same line of inane fluffy questioning that Mr and Mrs May had this evening before that part of the BBC can even be considered impartial.

Admit it, the BBC sometimes gets it wrong and they did tonight.

Of course Corbyn will get the same sort of questions. It's THE ONE SHOW. Were you expecting hard line political questioning? They'll get that in the other various programmes they're doing.

The whole point of The One Show doing this was to attempt to get to know the leaders better as people, rather than their politics.

No they didn't. The line of questioning was totally appropriate for the type of programme it is. No one expects hardline political questions on the One Show. Corbyn will be treated exactly the same in a few weeks. No matter what you think of particular politicians they are human and it's not a bad thing for the public to see this side of them, especially at election time.

It seems like you have a chip in your shoulder.

I mentioned earlier that I wasn't expecting hardline questioning of May on her fox hunting comments earlier, yet it was a 25 minute borderline propaganda programme of which anyone with half a brain really doesn't care if May keeps the red box in the bedroom or not or what Philip May keeps in his part of the cupboard.

Nobody is denying that May is human, but at election time, even the C2DE's who watch The One Show deserve some form of political discussion between asking banal questions, even if it's done in a lighter form. This Morning and The View in the states can do it, so can The One Show for an election campaign.

Brexit was partially won because of misinformation online and on television. This rubbish doesn't help.

We got nothing apart from Philip May has a tie area in the cupboard. I know more about my next door neighbour than Theresa May's favourite food.

You're saying the BBC has misjudged the demographic, but I think you've misjudged the situation.

The One Show doesn't do politics or current affairs in the same way This Morning does, and certainly not like The View. It's a fluffy show and you're missing the point that in terms of the media schedule for this election campaign it is being used to show a more human side to the leaders. That is The One Show's involvement alongside the debates and grittier interviews that are planned as part of the campaign.

I can't help but think if they'd had Corbyn on first you might be more appreciative of the situation.



Ah yes, Brexit won because of stupid people, and so will the Tories I presume?

I'm not a Corbynista thank you. I'm a centrist who has voted for all three of the main parties. I'd be here debating about the editorial of this programme even if Corbyn had the same level of banal questioning.

Going back to when Cameron was on the programme, Matt Baker despite his usual level of sycophantic interviewing still managed to give him more of a rougher time than May got tonight.

This was a carefully co-ordinated piece of Tory produced fluff approved by Lynton Crosby of which the PSB went fully with to get them to go on the programme.