stagboy Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Botham in today's Telegraph Demolishes BBC and Packham. Worth a read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Most of us will not wish to pay to subscribe to the Telegraph. Could you please copy and past the article? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stagboy Posted January 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Behind a paywall, but here is a synopsis. It is directed at the new BBC director general, who has recognised that the BBC needs to be more neutral. After accusing the BBC of being "woke" and out of touch, citing recent research, Lord Botham says the the corporation is losing the trust of the countryside in particular Packham as just one example. He says Packham uses his BBC platform (funded by the licence payer), to promote his own views, in contravention of the BBC's rules and the DG's recent stipulations. Some excerpts: He even has his own lobbying company, Wild Justice, which regularly attacks the well-thought-through ways the countryside has been traditionally been managed. His vitriol is extraordinary. He has called those who work on grouse moors "satanic", "evil" and "psychotic", and yet he claims that he "would never voice an anti-shooing agenda". Huis BBC influence allows him to push his extreme anti-countryside agenda, and he has forced gamekeepers and farmers to change how they look after nature. One gentleman told me that Mr Packham "is the greatest threat to song birds and ground nesting birds the UK has ever seen." Mr Packham has more impact on rural policy than any government minister. He is a politician dressed up as a presenter. His power comes not from being elected, but largely from his BBC role. This is wrong and it is costing the BBC its reputation. Without its patronage, he would not have anything like the influence he has today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr grumpy Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Good old beefy.we need more like him that are prepared to speak out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 Well the ***** in wareham at the moment filming some show. Must be essential Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsdad Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Most of us will not wish to pay to subscribe to the Telegraph. Could you please copy and past the article? You can probably access online with local library membership through PressReader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 BBC will make some noise then let him carry on saying he don't work for the BBC. The BBC should either be turned inside out and be totally impartial, or unfunded and have no laws in their favour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 6 hours ago, strimmer_13 said: Well the ***** in wareham at the moment filming some show. Must be essential Hello, I thought under this lockdown only essential travel ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 minute ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, I thought under this lockdown only essential travel ? Exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted January 11, 2021 Report Share Posted January 11, 2021 27 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, I thought under this lockdown only essential travel ? Essential travel ......................................unless you are going for a walk at the end of the essential travel ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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