bickster Posted May 28 Moderator Share Posted May 28 30 minutes ago, DaoDeMings said: even though he was a millionaire FTFY according to his bank anyway 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Genie Posted May 28 Popular Post Share Posted May 28 4 hours ago, wishywashy said: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Our local Reform candidate has been replaced, due to some racist posts he made online. Imagine being too racist for Reform. Anyway the guy who replaced him is an ex Tory council candidate, who attends every general meeting of the council to basically ask questions about why we allow transgender people to exist? What a time to be alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 29 Author Share Posted May 29 2 hours ago, dAVe80 said: Our local Reform candidate has been replaced, due to some racist posts he made online. Imagine being too racist for Reform. Anyway the guy who replaced him is an ex Tory council candidate, who attends every general meeting of the council to basically ask questions about why we allow transgender people to exist? What a time to be alive. The problem is they’re making their own lives more and more difficult. Now they need to prove they’ve got a brown trannie friend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 29 Moderator Share Posted May 29 Why are the BBC yet again giving airtime to the owner of a Political Ltd Company who isn't standing in the election during a general election. Reform Ltd have over 600 candidates who are actually standing to get elected get one of them on say once during the election as Refom's allocation of appearances 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted May 29 Moderator Share Posted May 29 2 minutes ago, bickster said: Why are the BBC yet again giving airtime to the owner of a Political Ltd Company who isn't standing in the election during a general election This, thisity this. Drives me nuts, it’s not just the beeb, either. They can’t stop themselves and they **** should. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 29 Author Share Posted May 29 The BBC are totally obsessed with him. We had a ‘local’ news programme a couple of evenings ago, he had equal billing with the tories and labour. Plaid (who will get a couple of MP’s) weren’t featured, the LibDems weren’t featured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 (edited) He brings ratings. Thats the simple answer whether you like him or not. Thats all the BBC bastards care about Edited May 29 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 29 Administrator Share Posted May 29 43 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: He brings ratings. Thats the simple answer whether you like him or not. Thats all the BBC bastards care about Why would the beeb care about ratings? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 On 28/05/2024 at 15:43, wishywashy said: Jesus Christ. The laugher. Broken country The most insidious thing about that is the implication that being islamaphobic and anti-semitic are somehow contradictory and that caring about one makes you the other. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 9 minutes ago, limpid said: Why would the beeb care about ratings? Thats all they care about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 29 VT Supporter Share Posted May 29 24 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Thats all they care about But you haven't answered @limpid's question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 12 minutes ago, mjmooney said: But you haven't answered @limpid's question. Was that a serious question BBC are a media company - they care about clicks, shares and viewership to suit their agenda. Farage gets them that as he is controversial figure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 29 Administrator Share Posted May 29 7 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Was that a serious question BBC are a media company - they care about clicks, shares and viewership to suit their agenda. Farage gets them that as he is controversial figure Media companies care about those things as it's how their revenue model works. That's not true for the BBC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 14 hours ago, limpid said: Media companies care about those things as it's how their revenue model works. That's not true for the BBC. How so ? Yes they make their money from tv license Why would they do interviews with fiends like andrew tate then for example? And bring farage on ? They know it gets them publicity. Thr right wingers will tune as they love him and the left wingers will go social media complaining about what he has to say as they hate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 30 Administrator Share Posted May 30 6 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: How so ? Yes they make their money from tv license Why would they do interviews with fiends like andrew tate then for example? And bring farage on ? They know it gets them publicity. Thr right wingers will tune as they love him and the left wingers will go social media complaining about what he has to say as they hate him. Through a misguided interpretation of "balance" and "entertainment" as per their charter. I don't see how your argument addresses that "ratings are all they care about". How does their choice of interviewees demonstrate this? Did they publish the viewing figures for those interviews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 10 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: And bring farage on ? They know it gets them publicity. Thr right wingers will tune as they love him and the left wingers will go social media complaining about what he has to say as they hate him. You don't have to be left wing to complain about some self serving, racist windbag being given way more air time than his racist views deserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Just now, limpid said: Through a misguided interpretation of "balance" and "entertainment" as per their charter. I don't see how your argument addresses that "ratings are all they care about". How does their choice of interviewees demonstrate this? Did they publish the viewing figures for those interviews? Well at the time everyone wanted a interview with tate at the time- the BBC got it but unfortunately they removed it from YouTube so i cant see the views on it (they did a edited version) for which tate embarrassed them by releasing full footage) People like farage get clicks - the farage brand QT one on youtube alone has 2.3m views from a clip. Another vs eddie lizzard has same number. These controversial heads bring viewership. If you bought a bore like reese mogg foe example thats not bringing viewers in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 5 minutes ago, markavfc40 said: You don't have to be left wing to complain about some self serving, racist windbag being given way more air time than his racist views deserve. True but most people that complain about anything farage says are die hard labour supporters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted May 30 Administrator Share Posted May 30 11 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Well at the time everyone wanted a interview with tate at the time- the BBC got it but unfortunately they removed it from YouTube so i cant see the views on it (they did a edited version) for which tate embarrassed them by releasing full footage) People like farage get clicks - the farage brand QT one on youtube alone has 2.3m views from a clip. Another vs eddie lizzard has same number. These controversial heads bring viewership. If you bought a bore like reese mogg foe example thats not bringing viewers in So your headline example has no published figures? I think you are going to have to make a case to demonstrate that the BBC cares about YouTube play stats. It's not like you can turn them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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