tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post8502539133393884022..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Every picture tells a storyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-28251778686338210592010-01-10T12:28:14.093+00:002010-01-10T12:28:14.093+00:00One of the many sad things about the decline of th...One of the many sad things about the decline of the BBC is that if you are critical of the BBC you are immediately assumed to be on the side of the Murdoch commercial lobby.<br /><br />This mistaken assumption is repeatedly made by the pro-BBC <i>Guardian</i> and by its pro-BBC columnists like Marina Hyde, who like many <i>Guardian</i> journalists is also a BBC contributor -http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jh4f5. <br /><br />The headline on Marina Hyde's column yesterday screamed <i>'Fans of the tame, rejoice – TV's Beige Age is on its way' - </i><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/08/fans-tame-rejoice-beige-age<br /><br />If it is has four legs, a tail and barks, it is a dog. Irrespective of whether it is broadcast by the BBC or Rupert Murdoch. <br /><br />Marina Hyde and others seem unable to grasp that increasing anti-BBC sentiments are not motivated by competitive agendas. They are motivated by the desire to end the narcissistic, profligate and creatively disastrous era of Marc Thompson, Alan Yentob, Roger Wright and the rest of the current BBC magic circle.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-26722984607159976682010-01-10T08:42:13.864+00:002010-01-10T08:42:13.864+00:00'Also the photo is of a Ferrari 599 not a Test...<i>'Also the photo is of a Ferrari 599 not a Testarossa'</i><br /><br />Gee, the level of expert knowledge among my readers never ceases to amaze me.<br /><br /><i>'Simply cut & pasted'</i> - that really sums up the BBC in 2010. <br /><br />Thank goodness there is still some original thinking elsewhere.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-61591956652083207742010-01-10T07:50:49.257+00:002010-01-10T07:50:49.257+00:00Also the photo is of a Ferrari 599 not a Testaross...Also the photo is of a Ferrari 599 not a Testarossa.<br /><br />I think you'll find that the story is simply cut & pasted from a US news site with no editing, hence the currency issue.Alex and Justinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402382716121451762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-8829342928806450862010-01-09T13:50:37.915+00:002010-01-09T13:50:37.915+00:00More from the BBC's creative training board he...More from the BBC's creative training board here - <br /><br />http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6973992.ecePliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-6489398417333058662010-01-09T11:54:23.592+00:002010-01-09T11:54:23.592+00:00Or is the switch from Swiss francs to American dol...Or is the switch from Swiss francs to American dollars a sloppy editing error on the BBC website? - the Swiss franc and US dollar are almost at parity. <br /><br />But I think not - the conversion rate used in the story is exactly that for sterling to dollars, not to Swiss francs.<br /><br />Whatever, the story should never have run like that.<br /><br />On a more positive front Arthur Honegger is portrayed on the Swiss 20 franc note -<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_HoneggerPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.com