You have to love the way this report from the BBC characterises the role of the BBC in the Lineker affair as "Sticking to its guns on impartiality", given the suggestion that its chairman i… (View Post)

Exactly what I was saying. It's not that the BBC thinks its broadcasters shouldn't push a political line. It's that the BBC thinks they should push the political line the BBC tells them to. (View Post)

As you'll have seen by now, Shearer has also "stepped back". The way things are going, Match of the Day will be presented by a tub of lard. If lard is still available in the shops. (View Post)

Frankly, if the BBC wants to survive, it should make some programmes worth watching, and not assume it can survive by charging people to watch other companies' programmes. Just think how the value of… (View Post)

Seriously, have you listened to, watched or read anything from the BBC in decades? Fifty years ago the BBC may have thought its duty was to be factual and objective. Nowadays, it clearly thinks its m… (View Post)