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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Telegraph
Posted by: Steven Rose
Date/Time: 12/11/25 17:41:00

Nick Robinson's monologue demonstrates much that is wrong with the BBC:

1) a contempt for the rules on impartiality,  on the assumption that his personal opinions equate to 'facts'

2) a refusal to accept criticism, even to the extent  of questioning whether the BBC had 'got anything wrong' in the 'Panorama' programme

3) a willingness to impugn the motives of critics, implicitly accusing a BBC governor of mounting a coup against the BBC.

The problem seems to be that in recent years parts of the BBC have been captured by a new breed of leftist ideologues whom the older generation have been reluctant to restrain, probably out of fear of being targeted themselves. Mark Urban, the BBC's former diplomatic editor, recounts how veteran managers struggled to maintain standards of impartiality in the face of a young 'progressive' workforce that would, for example, object to inviting JK Rowling to appear on a panel because she was a 'bigot'. But instead of admitting that they have failed to uphold standards, managers like Tim Davie and veteran presenters like Nick Robinson prefer to propagate conspiracy theories about dark forces intent on destroying the BBC.


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         Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 17:36:00 Steven Rose
         Reply10/11/25 17:39:00 Michael Ixer
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               Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 18:45:00 Ivonne Holliday
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                     Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 19:14:00 Ivonne Holliday
                     Re:Re:Reply11/11/25 13:43:00 John Hawkes
                  Re:Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 19:52:00 Gerry Boyce
                  Reply10/11/25 20:09:00 Michael Ixer
                     Reply10/11/25 20:34:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re:Reply10/11/25 20:36:00 Steven Rose
                        Reply10/11/25 22:15:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re:Reply10/11/25 20:41:00 Ivonne Holliday
                        Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 20:54:00 Steven Rose
                           Re:Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 21:07:00 Ivonne Holliday
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 21:33:00 Steven Rose
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 22:01:00 Ivonne Holliday
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 23:11:00 Steven Rose
                                       Reply 11/11/25 01:01:00 Sue Hammond
                                          Re:Reply 11/11/25 16:35:00 John Hawkes
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply11/11/25 08:11:00 Ivonne Holliday
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 23:33:00 Gerry Boyce
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply11/11/25 08:17:00 Ivonne Holliday
                                          The Telegraph 11/11/25 13:27:00 Sue Hammond
                                             Re:The Telegraph 11/11/25 16:34:00 Ivonne Holliday
                                                Re:Re:The Telegraph 11/11/25 16:47:00 John Hawkes
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                        Reply11/11/25 17:12:00 Michael Ixer
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            Re:Re:Re:Reply11/11/25 18:07:00 Steven Rose
               Reply11/11/25 23:27:00 Michael Ixer
                  Re:Reply11/11/25 23:53:00 Steven Rose
                     Reply12/11/25 00:58:00 Michael Ixer
                        Re:Reply12/11/25 08:49:00 Steven Rose
                           Reply12/11/25 10:22:00 Nicholas Evans
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                     Re:Re:Reply12/11/25 11:13:00 John Hawkes
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                     Reply12/11/25 11:12:00 Michael Ixer
                        Re:Reply12/11/25 11:41:00 John Hawkes
                        Re:Reply12/11/25 11:42:00 Gerry Boyce
                           Re:Re:Reply12/11/25 12:28:00 John Hawkes
                        Re:Reply12/11/25 11:51:00 John Hawkes
                           The Telegraph 12/11/25 13:15:00 Sue Hammond
                              Re:The Telegraph 12/11/25 13:35:00 Steven Rose
                                 Re:Re:The Telegraph 12/11/25 13:39:00 Michael Brigo
                                    Re:Re:Re:The Telegraph 12/11/25 14:42:00 Steven Rose
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:The Telegraph 12/11/25 15:05:00 Gerry Boyce
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Telegraph 12/11/25 15:41:00 John Hawkes
                                    Re:Re:Re:The Telegraph 12/11/25 15:22:00 John Hawkes
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:The Telegraph 12/11/25 15:42:00 Michael Brigo
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Telegraph 12/11/25 17:41:00 Steven Rose
                           Reply12/11/25 18:13:00 Michael Ixer
                              Re:Reply12/11/25 19:38:00 Gerry Boyce
                                 Re:Re:Reply12/11/25 20:54:00 Steven Rose
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