tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post116959550431306243..comments2024-03-29T09:13:55.008+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: Read The Whole ThingLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1169748283379534212007-01-25T18:04:00.000+00:002007-01-25T18:04:00.000+00:00I simply cannot think of any story that would be i...<I>I simply cannot think of any story that would be impacted by privacy law unless it were a story be told for mere sensationalist value</I><BR/><BR/>Personally i think any privacy law hould <I> exclude </I> those in public office or mediaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1169676332689173982007-01-24T22:05:00.000+00:002007-01-24T22:05:00.000+00:00Thank you, Laban! I found nothing to disagree wit...Thank you, Laban! I found nothing to disagree with.<BR/><BR/>I do wish he had suggested disbanding the BBC. It serves no purpose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1169651250330420882007-01-24T15:07:00.000+00:002007-01-24T15:07:00.000+00:00The BBC should not be biased to the right or the l...The BBC should not be biased to the right or the left, it should be IMPARTIAL, and be sure to give equal time to the diverse range of viewpoints.<BR/>Sadly, it is not doing that.<BR/><BR/>BBC's news coverage should tell me what is happening, not what to think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1169649497316656232007-01-24T14:38:00.000+00:002007-01-24T14:38:00.000+00:00Whilst I have a great deal of sympathy for most of...Whilst I have a great deal of sympathy for most of Dacre's argument, he is still shilling for his job and this is apparent in his disdain for a "privacy law".<BR/><BR/>His comments on a privacy law "by the back door" simply does not tie in with his idea of "decent" journalism, I simply cannot think of any story that would be impacted by privacy law unless it were a story be told for mere sensationalist value, a.k.a. yellow/gutter journalism.<BR/><BR/>It is nothing to do with right or left wing stories to report about royal indescresion, cuckolded husbands or even where politician's children go to school, he is trying to make a case for sensationalist journalism, the bad kind we can do without.<BR/><BR/>Dacre is part of a rotting industry, who is attempting to point at the more decrepid chucks to distract attention from his own piss poor rag. Whilst it is true that eventually the left liberal dominated media will disintegrate, but it wont result in a power right wing press like 1970s America, rather it will come from the internet, in blogs like this.<BR/><BR/>I'll tell the Daily Mail a secret, one that'll save them over £1 million, and it only involves one job being replaced by a monkey and a highlighter pen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1169641710352998482007-01-24T12:28:00.000+00:002007-01-24T12:28:00.000+00:00..just know that he's a Guardian hate figure.A rea...<I>..just know that he's a Guardian hate figure.</I><BR/><BR/>A reason to commend him, if nothing else!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1169641379337234352007-01-24T12:22:00.000+00:002007-01-24T12:22:00.000+00:00Re the BBC:why don't we stop paying our license fe...Re the BBC:why don't we stop paying our license fee for a year or two?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1169635940841448732007-01-24T10:52:00.000+00:002007-01-24T10:52:00.000+00:00Never have read anything of Paul Dacre's before; j...Never have read anything of Paul Dacre's before; just know that he's a Guardian hate figure.<BR/><BR/>His speech though was just spot on; honest and refreshing, quite unlike any NU-Labour cant. Not however widely reported as far as I can see (now that's a surprise).<BR/><BR/>Makes me feel that the Daily Mail may be unjustly maligned. I wonder whether Polly Toynbee will give him any credit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1169632028269108202007-01-24T09:47:00.000+00:002007-01-24T09:47:00.000+00:00He has a short version on the Guardian's CiF, and ...He has a short version on the Guardian's CiF, and see the vitriol his article attracts from the robots in the comments section.<BR/>Bin Laden write a column? No problem. Those who support beheadings or suicide bombings write columns? No problem. But get the Daily Mail editor to write a column, and the knives come out. Nick Cohen writ large.<BR/><BR/>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1997288,00.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1169631756796777392007-01-24T09:42:00.000+00:002007-01-24T09:42:00.000+00:00I was aware of this lecture and saw a brief quote ...I was aware of this lecture and saw a brief quote from it somewhere. Thanks for enabling me to read it in its entirety. It's hard to see how the BBC will ever change though. Any change that does happen seems unlikely to be voluntary.Harry Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299538663895557942noreply@blogger.com