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Kathy Gyngell: How dare they? BBC robs the poor to feed millions to its fat-cat presenters

BBC Bias, Licence Fee | by Kathy Gyngell

Guest post from Kathy Gyngell – this first appeared on The Conservative Woman LITERALLY, how dare they? BBC arrogance and entitlement knows no bounds. Yesterday, because it has to, the corporation published its very own Rich List of its on-air and front-of-house staff…

BBC BIAS DIGEST 16 SEPTEMBER 2020

BBC Digest | by David Keighley

BBC ANNUAL REPORT REVEALS FALL IN AUDIENCES AND REVENUE: Daniel Martin (Mail 16/9), said that figures in the BBC’s annual report showed that the number of people paying the BBC licence fee had fallen by 237,000 to 25.9 million over…

BBC BIAS DIGEST 15 SEPTEMBER 2020

BBC Digest | by David Keighley

BBC SENIOR MANAGEMENT ‘FACES CULL’: Anita Singh (£ Telegraph 15/9) said that in revealing the contents of the BBC annual report (on 15/9), new director general Tim Davie would – according to a ‘source’ – say that he was planning…

BBC Bias Digest – 14 September 2020

BBC Digest | by David Keighley

CONSERVATIVE MP: ‘BBC SHOULD BE DEFUNDED’: Simon Osborne (Express 14/9) said the Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns had called for the BBC licence fee to be scrapped, and had urged prime minister Boris Johnson to use his Commons majority to push through…

BBC BIAS DIGEST 13 SEPTEMBER 2020

BBC Digest | by David Keighley

BBC ‘PUT WOKE TO BED’: Faith Ridler (Mail on Sunday 13/9) reported that Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia had been sung last night at the last night of the proms following the ‘furious backlash’ over the…

BBC BIAS DIGEST 12 SEPTEMBER 2020

BBC Digest | by David Keighley

MAITLIS ‘CHUCKS ROTTEN EGGS’ AT FORMER BREXIT MEP: Craig Byers (Is The BBC Biased? 12/9), noting that Emily Maitlis was back presenting BBC2 Newsnight after a fortnight’s break – during which new director general Tim Davie had announced a renewed…

BBC BIAS DIGEST 10 SEPTEMBER 2020

BBC Digest | by David Keighley

ANDREW NEIL ‘CONSIDERING HIGHER PROFILE BBC ROLE’: Robert Mendick (£ Telegraph 10/9) claimed that former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil had been offered a ‘higher profile than he had before he was taken off air’ by new director general Tim…

BBC BIAS DIGEST 9 SEPTEMBER 2020

BBC Digest | by David Keighley

BBC ‘WOMEN’S HOUR HAS MADE ITSELF REDUNDANT’: Allison Pearson (£ Telegraph 9/9), noting that ‘talented’ presenter Emma Barnett had been appointed as the new main presenter of BBC Radio 4 Women’s Hour, replacing Dame Jenni Murray, commented that the programme…

BBC BIAS DIGEST 8 SEPTEMBER 2020

BBC Digest, Uncategorised | by David Keighley

DAVIE ‘HAS FIGHT ON HIS HANDS’: Former BBC producer and news executive Robin Aitken (£ Telegraph 8/9), in a wide -ranging assessment of the scale of the challenge facing new director general Tim Davie, argued that the task ahead was…

Tim Davie: Reformist or PR Hype?

BBC Director General | by David Keighley

Is Tim Davie genuinely a reformer? His regime as new BBC director general took off at an apparent breakneck speed from September 1. In his first three days in office, he reversed the decision not to include the sung version…

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