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John Hilley on 'lofty liberal' defence of the BBC.

Posted by johnlilburne <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=johnlilburne' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 24, 2022, 3:01 pm

https://johnhilley.blogspot.com/2022/01/double-deception-of-public-as-teetering.html

Well put....nm

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 24, 2022, 9:29 pm, in reply to "John Hilley on 'lofty liberal' defence of the BBC. "

Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021

New Zealand "liberals" believe in the BBC's integrity and independence.

Posted by Morrissey <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Morrissey' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 24, 2022, 10:43 pm, in reply to "John Hilley on 'lofty liberal' defence of the BBC. "

In 2013 the BBC doyenne Lyse Doucet came to this country, and was interviewed for Radio NZ's Mediawatch programme....

LYSE DOUCET: I welcome criticism—as long as it’s not done to score a point or because someone has an agenda. … When I get negative Twitter messages, unless I think there is an agenda and I have no control over that, I respond with kindness. Some people are on a certain campaign… I always say journalism is story-telling. I listen to our competitors. I listen to Al Jazeera, and Russia Today.

COLIN PEACOCK: [snorting] But some of those are backed by the state, aren’t they, in a way that is different to the BBC obviously….

More for masochists here...

https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2019/01/liars-of-our-time-no-27-lyse-doucet-i.html

Are they in a time warp

Posted by Keith-264 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Keith-264' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 25, 2022, 1:16 am, in reply to "New Zealand "liberals" believe in the BBC's integrity and independence."

or is it the terrible vista that judging COMbbc on its merits will open?

Clio the cat, ? July 1997 - 1 May 2016
Kira the cat, ? ? 2010 - 3 August 2018
Jasper the Ruffian cat ? ? ? - 4 November 2021

No, they're simply the Kiwi equivalents of Jon Sopels and Nick Bryant.

Posted by Morrissey <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=Morrissey' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 25, 2022, 5:23 am, in reply to "Are they in a time warp"

They croak out their complacent and self-satisfied commentataries at a snail's pace, and are rarely contradicted on air, no matter how audacious or foolish their comments might be...

https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2018/01/colin-peacocke-defender-of-john-key-and.html

https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2019/05/incredibly-jeremy-rose-contends-that.html

https://morrisseybreen.blogspot.com/2020/04/david-farrar-attacks-morgans-for.html

Jon Sopel, that is.

There's only one of him, thank God.

Totally agree. Only the Newsnight Voldemort thing - looks tongue in cheek.

Posted by marknadim <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/info/user=marknadim' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 25, 2022, 9:30 pm, in reply to "John Hilley on 'lofty liberal' defence of the BBC. "

UNLIKE their backdrop of red Corbyn on a red Moscow skyline, amid a discussion of the Russian poisoning threat - all tight-lipped and serious.

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