The BBC Fail thread

  • Please bear with us on the new site integration and fixing any known bugs over the coming days. If you can not log in please try resetting your password and check your spam box. If you have tried these steps and are still struggling email [email protected] with your username/registered email address
  • Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!
Miggins said:
As much as I criticise Hamilton for his lack of support skills and questionable decisions there's no doubt in my mind that given the car he would blow everyones doors off in a head to head F1 race. A bit more patience and he would've won Cananda by a country mile.
Click to expand...

Now that's what I call objective! :D

(joke)
 
In Benson's defence, in his 'blog he's entitled to be as biased or speculative as he likes - indeed, the BBC probably encourages a bit of personality there and you do have the facility to reply on the same page. I don't think criticising his 'blog is especially relevant.

His BBC news articles, however, are a completely different matter and should be largely impartial (I think they mostly are), error-free (they're definitely not) and version controlled. He has a bad habit of rewriting his articles when he realises something he reported is wrong or shows up his lack of knowledge. If you look at Guardian articles you can read the article history and see when it was revised, although you can't see what was changed. The BBC has no such facility. It tells you when the web page was last updated but not whether this was the first version or a subsequent revision.

Even not606 tells people when someone has edited their comments and moderators can compare every version of a post.

PS. George Clooney is an emotional actor, not a character actor. He gets paid to be George Clooney in every film he does (except maybe the odd Coen Bros film).
 
On an upcoming light-hearted F1-based special of Fighting Talk (a radio show), Jake Humphrey is scheduled to host.

Now look, I think that Jake gets more stick than he deserves. I tend to find that he's about as exciting as the season: in his first two years he did very well, but he's hardly trying this year. But even at his best, is Jake really more suitable for that job than... oh, I don't know... the BBC's light-hearted F1 radio anchor?

Even worse is that FT goes out live between 11 and 12 on Saturday, meaning that Jake will be ad-libbing even more than usual during the qualifying show.
 
Miggins said:
As much as I criticise Hamilton for his lack of support skills and questionable decisions there's no doubt in my mind that given the car he would blow everyones doors off in a head to head F1 race. A bit more patience and he would've won Cananda by a country mile.
Click to expand...

Agreed, all thing's being equal, which they are not, obviously, Hamilton would beat anyone I have ever seen drive a F1 car, and I mean anyone, since mid - late sixties.
 
As to actors Di Niro must be one of the most over-rated in ability, every film he's in he's always in 'are you looking at me?' mode, Pacino on the other hand is for me is one of the best, with Di Caprio and Hanks + few others.
 
Miggins said:
As to actors Di Niro must be one of the most over-rated in ability, every film he's in he's always in 'are you looking at me?' mode, Pacino on the other hand is for me is one of the best, with Di Caprio and Hanks + few others.
Click to expand...

I don't get what's happenend to Di Caprio. He used to really suck, but now he is one of the best around. Maybe he took acting lessons.
 
Well at least the BBC has got something right, the weekly Mark Webber column seems like a good idea and an interesting read. It also seems like Webber has got an idea of what to do after he retires from F1.
 
Mifune said:
Well at least the BBC has got something right, the weekly Mark Webber column seems like a good idea and an interesting read. It also seems like Webber has got an idea of what to do after he retires from F1.
Click to expand...
Nice one, Mifune. <ok> Impressed with the effort Webber put in - it's quite a long article.
 
I saw this the other day and I thought the same thing about Webber wanting to do media work. Whilst I'm certainly not opposed to the idea, does the current BBC set-up need another person, or do you get rid of someone?

Brundle and Coulthard are doing a sterling job in the commentary box, webber wouldn't be the right type to anchor it, so Humphrey is staying, so unless EJ is planning on quitting I can't see where Webber would fit in, I think having 3 'pundits' would be too crowded and you'd get more talking over each other.
 
Andrew Benson said:
The Spaniard was cautious about his title chances after the race, as well he might be given Vettel's 92-point advantage over him - nearly five clear wins.
Click to expand...

<doh>
 
Mifune said:
Well at least the BBC has got something right, the weekly Mark Webber column seems like a good idea and an interesting read. It also seems like Webber has got an idea of what to do after he retires from F1.
Click to expand...

oh no, more self publicising and 'pity me' **** from the Aussie whinge-bag
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom
Back