tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post1347352736208745069..comments2024-03-20T16:27:56.522+00:00Comments on Norfolk Blogger: Why did the BBC allow the Norwich North debate be hijacked by Tory Councillors ?Nich Starlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-4143758672619498232009-07-24T10:06:35.188+01:002009-07-24T10:06:35.188+01:00Perhaps the LibDem speakers were so dull they were...Perhaps the LibDem speakers were so dull they were forced to find other speakers who had a spark of enthusiasm...<br /><br />...who just happened to be tories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-91256469348896650502009-07-23T16:33:21.019+01:002009-07-23T16:33:21.019+01:00I attend programmes like this quite frequently and...I attend programmes like this quite frequently and have occasionally be asked by my political party to allocate the places we are alloted by the BBC. <br /><br />I would be surprised if it didnt work similarly in Norfolk. So you can expect that each party was given an allocated number of seats(usually a small percentage of the total audience) and allowed to give them out freely. If the conservatives dominated the debate as you say then I can only suggest that one of the following happened.<br /><br />1. Conservatives phoned up and pestered the BBC for tickets on an individual basis.<br />2. Members of the Conservative party were there representing different groups who also get a ticket allocation.<br />3. The Labour delegates didnt show and their seats were reallocated<br />4. The Labour delegates didnt speak whilst the conservatives did and appeared to dominate the programme.<br /><br />As for the issue of Liberal Democrats recieving poorer coverage all I can say is that I sympathise. In a recent by election my own party was glossed over by the media. Thankfully we won the by-election and gave everyone a bit of a shock but it didnt stop our underrepresentation in the media. I have been of the opinion for a long time that television media is not interested in detail it wants a simple two horse race to present to the public. <br /><br />Not a lot to be done about I am afraid.Redpath for Union Overlordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032650914912841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-79187032848919216362009-07-23T10:10:58.122+01:002009-07-23T10:10:58.122+01:00Whatever your political views, it is clear the BBC...Whatever your political views, it is clear the BBC never gives proper coverage to the Lib Dems. I would ask you to watch the introductions of the conadidates on the BBC clip just to see the level of bias in the report.Nich Starlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237390959601973501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-36538825491916303832009-07-23T09:43:03.676+01:002009-07-23T09:43:03.676+01:00Very strange. Since the bbc is Gordon Brown orient...Very strange. Since the bbc is Gordon Brown orientated it begs the question of if Reading had any NuLabor members, or were they all in hiding.<br />Stating the bbc is Tory biased is an oxymoron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-75965937667990385042009-07-22T13:21:10.841+01:002009-07-22T13:21:10.841+01:00Why no UKIP candidate?
Complain!Why no UKIP candidate?<br /><br /><a href="http://faustiesblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/bbc-excluding-ukip-from-election.html" rel="nofollow">Complain</a>!Faustyhttp://faustiesblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-55771229061202768292009-07-22T10:12:59.245+01:002009-07-22T10:12:59.245+01:00Do you have a different BBC in Norfolk then? In t...Do you have a different BBC in Norfolk then? In the rest of the world this political mouthpiece is a self-confessed left leaning government rent a crowd - and you accuse them of Bias towards the Tories.<br /><br />What you mean I expect, is that they didn't weren't all over your LibDeb like a rash. Crass dummy spitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-39968509554917318972009-07-21T15:34:29.809+01:002009-07-21T15:34:29.809+01:00I've been unnerved for some time by what seems...I've been unnerved for some time by what seems like a definite BBC editing out of the Lib Dems inpolitical debate and a very obvious pro-Tory edit by the increasingly celeb "opinioncasters" who tell us what to think about the news every night, rather than the news as news. The BBC have gone tabloid to be more like ITV!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33696095.post-48418542250987465742009-07-21T14:33:26.850+01:002009-07-21T14:33:26.850+01:00Rupert Read made an error picking on the Conservat...Rupert Read made an error picking on the Conservatives it seemed.Augustus Eldridgenoreply@blogger.com