On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 04:23:41 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

Last night the BBC TV news had an item about the cuts in the education
budget. The story was that the government had decided to cut millions
of pounds from the last government's proposed education budget, but no
mention was made of the fiscal reasons was given, so it sounded as if
they'd done it for their own reasons. This item was illustrated by a
series of shots showing abandoned school buildings, including some
that looked as if they had suffered mining subsidence and were about
to be pulled down.

At the end of Newsnight they showed the front pages of the papers. The
Times led with a report just out saying that the IPCC reports on
climate change (upon which many governments based their climate change
policies) have been shown to be alarmist and biased. Newsnight chose
to ignore this and commented on the picture story instead before
moving swiftly on.

The Now Show was even more blatantly leftist then usual.

Why are we obliged to subscribe to this left wing organisation? It's
like being made to buy the Dailey Worker.

You seem to be ignoring the extent to which the BBC and other news media
are "steered" by press releases and PR people from various
organisations. The story about the effects of cuts in the education
budget could not be ignored. It is part of the present government's
policy making. It is neither right nor left wing to report the possible
effects of the proposed cuts. The government is not proposing to do away
with publically funded education. It simply needs to reduce expenditure.
It is perfectly legitimate for the news media, including the BBC, to
report on the possible effects of various cuts. This will help to keep
the public informed (or not totally ignorant) about what is going on.

What it comes down to is "How big do the cuts need to be?" and "Where
can cuts be made least harmfully?".

When it comes to commenting on old school buildings or on the report
about the IPPC report it is no contest. Not only the viewers but the
ill-educated muppets in front of the TV cameras in the studio can
understand old school buildings but not the complexities of scientific
studies of climate change.


--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)