It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.

Any particular reason why there is not a single mention in it (website,
radio, TV, etc) of the story that was on the front page of pretty much
every newspaper in the country over the weekend about Corbyn & Co's
involvement (or more) with Eastern Bloc spies during the cold war?

Just wondering...

In article ,
JoeJoe wrote:
It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.

Any particular reason why there is not a single mention in it (website,
radio, TV, etc) of the story that was on the front page of pretty much
every newspaper in the country over the weekend about Corbyn & Co's
involvement (or more) with Eastern Bloc spies during the cold war?

Just wondering...

It's in the website on "front pages from the press". I can only see it on 2
front pages - Telegraph & Mail.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England

On 19/02/2018 09:39, charles wrote:
In article ,
JoeJoe wrote:
It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.

Any particular reason why there is not a single mention in it (website,
radio, TV, etc) of the story that was on the front page of pretty much
every newspaper in the country over the weekend about Corbyn & Co's
involvement (or more) with Eastern Bloc spies during the cold war?

Just wondering...

It's in the website on "front pages from the press". I can only see it on 2
front pages - Telegraph & Mail.

We live in a democracy the last time I checked.

The leader of the opposition is accused of very serious matters, backed
by personal testimonies (possibly by a fantasist), and relevant
documents, and the BBC don't think that it was relevant to comment on it
at all? Some democracy they must believe in over there...

You may choose to ignore the reporting in The Mail, but what about the
Telegraph? It was also referred to in the Guardian, The Sun, the
Mirror, etc - some on their front page, at least where I buy my Sunday
paper from (but I know that there are regional variations).

"JoeJoe" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 19/02/2018 09:39, charles wrote:
In article ,
JoeJoe wrote:
It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.

Any particular reason why there is not a single mention in it (website,
radio, TV, etc) of the story that was on the front page of pretty much
every newspaper in the country over the weekend about Corbyn & Co's
involvement (or more) with Eastern Bloc spies during the cold war?

Just wondering...

It's in the website on "front pages from the press". I can only see it on
2
front pages - Telegraph & Mail.

We live in a democracy the last time I checked.

The leader of the opposition is accused of very serious matters, backed by
personal testimonies (possibly by a fantasist), and relevant documents,
and the BBC don't think that it was relevant to comment on it at all?
Some democracy they must believe in over there...

It *was* discussed on The Papers

But it doesn't make it to The News, because as an unconfirmed report it
doesn't meet the threshold for being "News". The Beeb having previously
been criticized for reporting unconfirmed stories that turned out to be
wrong have corrected that mistake, and here you are now expecting the poor
practice again.)

and discussions of newspaper headlines isn't what the News slot is for

tim

On 19/02/18 09:39, charles wrote:
In article ,
JoeJoe wrote:
It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.

Any particular reason why there is not a single mention in it (website,
radio, TV, etc) of the story that was on the front page of pretty much
every newspaper in the country over the weekend about Corbyn & Co's
involvement (or more) with Eastern Bloc spies during the cold war?

Just wondering...

It's in the website on "front pages from the press". I can only see it on 2
front pages - Telegraph & Mail.

Thats because its all moved on from Jezza.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/polit...en-livingstone

What everyone knew is now 'news' - that the Left were and always have
been financed by 'foreign interests'...



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the right place whilst your head is in the clouds and your hand is in
someone else's pocket.

In article ,
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
What everyone knew is now 'news' - that the Left were and always have
been financed by 'foreign interests'...

You live and learn Trump is in fact left wing.

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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On 19/02/2018 10:25, tim... wrote:


"JoeJoe" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 19/02/2018 09:39, charles wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* JoeJoe wrote:
It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.

Any particular reason why there is not a single mention in it (website,
radio, TV, etc) of the story that was on the front page of pretty much
every newspaper in the country over the weekend about Corbyn & Co's
involvement (or more) with Eastern Bloc spies during the cold war?

Just wondering...

It's in the website on "front pages from the press". I can only see
it on 2
front pages - Telegraph & Mail.

We live in a democracy the last time I checked.

The leader of the opposition is accused of very serious matters,
backed by personal testimonies (possibly by a fantasist), and relevant
documents, and the BBC don't think that it was relevant to comment on
it at all? Some democracy they must believe in over there...

It *was* discussed on The Papers

But it doesn't make it to The News, because as an unconfirmed report it
doesn't meet the threshold for being "News".Â* The Beeb having previously
been criticized for reporting unconfirmed stories that turned out to be
wrong have corrected that mistake, and here you are now expecting the
poor practice again.)


Strange then how they did report the allegations of sexual assault by
certain female actresses/celebrities against certain Hollywood men. None
offered any supporting evidence when they were reported to the BBC, and
many were denied by those accused.

I am not suggesting for one moment that they were not valid allegations
and that they should not be followed, but there is absolutely no
difference between the two when it comes to your argument.

Care to try harder?

On 19/02/18 10:25, tim... wrote:

It *was* discussed on The Papers

But it doesn't make it to The News, because as an unconfirmed report it
doesn't meet the threshold for being "News".Â* The Beeb having previously
been criticized for reporting unconfirmed stories that turned out to be
wrong have corrected that mistake, and here you are now expecting the
poor practice again.)


BBC website has some 10 stories on various aspects of the Trump-Russia
allegations. Is that different?

Apart from Trump being right wing...

Tim Watts wrote:

On 19/02/18 10:25, tim... wrote:

It *was* discussed on The Papers

But it doesn't make it to The News, because as an unconfirmed report it
doesn't meet the threshold for being "News". The Beeb having previously
been criticized for reporting unconfirmed stories that turned out to be
wrong have corrected that mistake, and here you are now expecting the
poor practice again.)


BBC website has some 10 stories on various aspects of the Trump-Russia
allegations. Is that different?

Apart from Trump being right wing...

All American presidents are right wing war-mongers. It is part of the
core job description. Slight differences in domestic policies have
little impact on us. But the thing about Trump is that he is
uproariously funny, and any news source would want to take advantage of
that.
--

Roger Hayter

"JoeJoe" wrote in message
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On 19/02/2018 10:25, tim... wrote:


"JoeJoe" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 19/02/2018 09:39, charles wrote:
In article ,
JoeJoe wrote:
It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.

Any particular reason why there is not a single mention in it
(website,
radio, TV, etc) of the story that was on the front page of pretty much
every newspaper in the country over the weekend about Corbyn & Co's
involvement (or more) with Eastern Bloc spies during the cold war?

Just wondering...

It's in the website on "front pages from the press". I can only see it
on 2
front pages - Telegraph & Mail.

We live in a democracy the last time I checked.

The leader of the opposition is accused of very serious matters, backed
by personal testimonies (possibly by a fantasist), and relevant
documents, and the BBC don't think that it was relevant to comment on it
at all? Some democracy they must believe in over there...

It *was* discussed on The Papers

But it doesn't make it to The News, because as an unconfirmed report it
doesn't meet the threshold for being "News". The Beeb having previously
been criticized for reporting unconfirmed stories that turned out to be
wrong have corrected that mistake, and here you are now expecting the
poor practice again.)


Strange then how they did report the allegations of sexual assault by
certain female actresses/celebrities against certain Hollywood men. None
offered any supporting evidence when they were reported to the BBC, and
many were denied by those accused.

The BBC rules on credibility look at number of sources

If it's only one you don't run it

If it's dozens, you do

tim

On 19/02/2018 14:16, tim... wrote:


"JoeJoe" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 19/02/2018 10:25, tim... wrote:


"JoeJoe" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 19/02/2018 09:39, charles wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* JoeJoe wrote:
It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.

Any particular reason why there is not a single mention in it
(website,
radio, TV, etc) of the story that was on the front page of pretty
much
every newspaper in the country over the weekend about Corbyn & Co's
involvement (or more) with Eastern Bloc spies during the cold war?

Just wondering...

It's in the website on "front pages from the press". I can only see
it on 2
front pages - Telegraph & Mail.

We live in a democracy the last time I checked.

The leader of the opposition is accused of very serious matters,
backed by personal testimonies (possibly by a fantasist), and
relevant documents, and the BBC don't think that it was relevant to
comment on it at all? Some democracy they must believe in over there...

It *was* discussed on The Papers

But it doesn't make it to The News, because as an unconfirmed report
it doesn't meet the threshold for being "News".Â* The Beeb having
previously been criticized for reporting unconfirmed stories that
turned out to be wrong have corrected that mistake, and here you are
now expecting the poor practice again.)


Strange then how they did report the allegations of sexual assault by
certain female actresses/celebrities against certain Hollywood men.
None offered any supporting evidence when they were reported to the
BBC, and many were denied by those accused.

The BBC rules on credibility look at number of sources

If it's only one you don't run it

If it's dozens, you do

I would say that one ex-Czech agent testimony + records from Czech
intelligence agency confirmation his account that Corbyn did invite him,
as claimed, to meetings in the House of Commons is more than one source
(even in Dianne Abbot's world).

I am not suggesting that the story was true, just that it definitely has
at least as much weight as many others reported on the BBC.

On 19/02/2018 09:32, JoeJoe wrote:
It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.


Horse****.

BBC is simply the broadcasting wing of the Guardian.

On 19/02/18 09:32, JoeJoe wrote:
It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.

Any particular reason why there is not a single mention in it (website,
radio, TV, etc) of the story that was on the front page of pretty much
every newspaper in the country over the weekend about Corbyn & Co's
involvement (or more) with Eastern Bloc spies during the cold war?

Just wondering...

The BBC aren't perfect but thankfully they don't do complete ********
like the Daily Mail does, and that story is ********.

The Tories have only bad news about the NHS, bad news about education,
bad news about housing and homelessness, bad news about social care, and
bad bad news about brexit and the economy. No wonder they are desperate
and have made up some cock and bull nonsense about Corbyn.

Corbyn is a member of the Privy Council, which means he would have been
subject to the very highest level of scrutiny by MI5 already. But
somehow the Sun's hacks know better. Even the czechs have confirmed that
it's ********.

TW

Well since I heard about it on a bbc radio station I think your argument is
flawed. it was on World service certainly. However so was something about
Boris and some things he said years back that might also be construed as
controversial. You have to remember in all things, to listen widely. I
always did at the time and I don' think it was a secret that some labour
people courted the communists to see if common ground could be formed.

I just do not like the guilty by implication type of story we get these
days.
Brian
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"JoeJoe" wrote in message
...
It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.

Any particular reason why there is not a single mention in it (website,
radio, TV, etc) of the story that was on the front page of pretty much
every newspaper in the country over the weekend about Corbyn & Co's
involvement (or more) with Eastern Bloc spies during the cold war?

Just wondering...

On 19/02/18 14:16, tim... wrote:


"JoeJoe" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 19/02/2018 10:25, tim... wrote:


"JoeJoe" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 19/02/2018 09:39, charles wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* JoeJoe wrote:
It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.

Any particular reason why there is not a single mention in it
(website,
radio, TV, etc) of the story that was on the front page of pretty
much
every newspaper in the country over the weekend about Corbyn & Co's
involvement (or more) with Eastern Bloc spies during the cold war?

Just wondering...

It's in the website on "front pages from the press". I can only see
it on 2
front pages - Telegraph & Mail.

We live in a democracy the last time I checked.

The leader of the opposition is accused of very serious matters,
backed by personal testimonies (possibly by a fantasist), and
relevant documents, and the BBC don't think that it was relevant to
comment on it at all? Some democracy they must believe in over there...

It *was* discussed on The Papers

But it doesn't make it to The News, because as an unconfirmed report
it doesn't meet the threshold for being "News".Â* The Beeb having
previously been criticized for reporting unconfirmed stories that
turned out to be wrong have corrected that mistake, and here you are
now expecting the poor practice again.)


Strange then how they did report the allegations of sexual assault by
certain female actresses/celebrities against certain Hollywood men.
None offered any supporting evidence when they were reported to the
BBC, and many were denied by those accused.

The BBC rules on credibility look at number of sources

If it's only one you don't run it

If it's dozens, you do

tim



So...alloit takes for 'credibility' is a left wing conspiracy all
agreeing to lie.

OK. That figgers.


--
"If you dont read the news paper, you are un-informed. If you read the
news paper, you are mis-informed."

Mark Twain

On 19/02/18 16:39, TimW wrote:
On 19/02/18 09:32, JoeJoe wrote:
It claims to be the voice of impartial news in this country.

Any particular reason why there is not a single mention in it
(website, radio, TV, etc) of the story that was on the front page of
pretty much every newspaper in the country over the weekend about
Corbyn & Co's involvement (or more) with Eastern Bloc spies during the
cold war?

Just wondering...

The BBC aren't perfect but thankfully they don't do complete ********
like the Daily Mail does, and that story is ********.

MP's are going to call Sarkocy to give evidence:

"The Daily Telegraph can disclose that MPs intend to call Mr Sarkocy to
give evidence in Parliament about his meetings with several Labour
politicians, as part of an inquiry into the influence of foreign powers
on British democracy."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/...sparent-links/



Corbyn is a member of the Privy Council, which means he would have been
subject to the very highest level of scrutiny by MI5 already. But
somehow the Sun's hacks know better.

It would appear so:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7745966.html


Even the czechs have confirmed that
it's ********.


Your source please?