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.

Bill

On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:23:41 -0700, 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

So , nobody's aware of the fiscal reasons then? Are you really saying the
situation needs to be rehearsed before any news item about cuts ?
Considering that many disagree with the scale and speed of the planned
cuts , it could be argued that this government is indeed doing it for
their own idealogical reasons - that's how I see it.

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.

"By and large, the IPCC has delivered a formidable summary of the current
state of knowledge. It's not flawless but it is the best we have, and the
best we can aim for is to further improve it," Nature quoted Maarten
Hajer, director of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
in Bilthoven, which carried out the investigation, as saying.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...-cetera/Dutch-
review-supports-key-warnings-of-IPCC-report/articleshow/6134513.cms

On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:33:50 -0500, Gareth Owen wrote:


"By and large, the IPCC has delivered a formidable summary of the current
state of knowledge. It's not flawless but it is the best we have, and the
best we can aim for is to further improve it," Nature quoted Maarten
Hajer, director of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
in Bilthoven, which carried out the investigation, as saying.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...-cetera/Dutch-
review-supports-key-warnings-of-IPCC-report/articleshow/6134513.cms

There is another article at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100705/ap_on_bi_ge/climate


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

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)

In article ,
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

The *alleged* fiscal reasons.

That we need billions of pounds of cuts is just a political view.
To say that's why they were necessary would be buying the Tories'
line. The truth is that they are taking advantage of the recession
to pretend that the country has to balance its books as if it were
an individual, and excuse the cuts in services that they couldn't
get away with otherwise. Unfortunately the BBC is so right wing
that it doesn't tell us that.

-- Richard

On 2010-07-06, Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
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

The *alleged* fiscal reasons.

That we need billions of pounds of cuts is just a political view.
To say that's why they were necessary would be buying the Tories'
line. The truth is that they are taking advantage of the recession
to pretend that the country has to balance its books as if it were
an individual, and excuse the cuts in services that they couldn't
get away with otherwise. Unfortunately the BBC is so right wing
that it doesn't tell us that.

Wow. The BBC is simultaenously accused of left AND right wing bias
in the same report.

I guess that means the coverage was balanced?

--
David Taylor

On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:23:41 -0700, wrote:

so it sounded as if they'd done it for their own reasons.

Of course they have done it for their own reasons.

They would certainly not be enacting policies based on other party's
and not those reasons of the National Front, Faux Labour,
Communist Party (Marxist-Lenninist) or other parties.

This item was illustrated by a series of shots showing abandoned
school buildings

The BBC have a long history or using inappropriate footage and
sound effects to skew the viewer's perception.

Newsnight chose to ignore this and commented on the picture story
instead before moving swiftly on.

Was the report about the report reported in a report by other
reporters in other BBC news and current affairs programs?

The Now Show was even more blatantly leftist then usual.

That must not be too difficult since the program wheb they
had a love in and shewed blatant support for David Cameron.

Even more important is the question why are you watching
trash like The One Show, when you could be watching something
more informative such as BBC 4 World News or Channel 4 News
or the new soap on BBC Alba?

It's like being made to buy the Dailey Worker.

Obviously you have never read the Daily Worker. It makes
the BBC sound quite conservative and reactionary.

On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:57:18 +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote:

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.

With cuts to the BBC budget and reduction in staff for news and current
affairs, the BBC is being gradually reduced to a service where they
just read out the press releases as facts because there are insufficient
staff to investigate and reasearch the story.

The *alleged* fiscal reasons.

That we need billions of pounds of cuts is just a political view.
To say that's why they were necessary would be buying the Tories'
line. The truth is that they are taking advantage of the recession
to pretend that the country has to balance its books as if it were
an individual, and excuse the cuts in services that they couldn't
get away with otherwise. Unfortunately the BBC is so right wing
that it doesn't tell us that.

That's seems a great position - get big enough, run up debts and forget
about them. Just like credit cards, a county's debts cost money and the
higher the interest, the greater that extra cost is.

In the ideal world, we have no debts and all our income (taxes mainly) go
straight to services. In the exact opposite the people servicing our debt
up the interest rate and most of our taxes go on paying interest and very
little on services.

That doesn't even begin to address the issue of our aging population and the
fact that since its inception, the state pension has always worked on a "rob
Peter to pay Paul" basis with no investments being built up to support it.

Now I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my pocket, and there are times I've
run up a debt (mortgage and car) and there are also times when I SHOULD have
run up debt but didn't (I didn't tour Europe whilst a student) but at every
juncture I was ready and able to pay that debt. Sadly the Labour government
seem to have forgotten that last step - how quickly we solve this is a point
for much debate, but it has to be solved so that we can start using taxes to
pay for services, and not for ever increasing debt and interest payments.

Paul DS.

On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:28:50 +0000, David Taylor wrote:

I guess that means the coverage was balanced?

No. In fact the BBC does not necessarily have to be impartial.

The last time I heard the "official" line, was that overall
in its program content, the BBC has to appear to offer a
overall balance from just the two main parties, with maybe a word
in edgeways from the Liberal Democrats, over the course of
its program output.

Did this news report about cuts to the education budget
also include any comments from FauX LaboUr or other parties
which are represented in the Westminster Parliament?