Yet more proof of BBC left/liberal bias

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On Jul 31, 8:27 pm, "Fred X" wrote:
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:54:04 +0100,

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The Saturday Play (R4 2.30pm Saturday) was very entertaining, but it
was also an hour of almost undiluted socialist clap trap. I don't mind
that, but will they put on a play next week that's an hour of right
wing clap trap, just to even things up? I very much doubt it.

So a play about a famous Socialist (George Orwell) was socialist? Would
you also accuse a play about Hitler of being undiluted fascistic clap
trap?

Fred X

The play included several monologues extolling socialist values.
That's fine, but can you point me to a play about a famous right wing
figure with a similar amount of propagangist baggage?

I heard one about Woodhouse the other day.

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On Jul 31, 8:27 pm, "Fred X" wrote:
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:54:04 +0100,

wrote:
The Saturday Play (R4 2.30pm Saturday) was very entertaining, but it
was also an hour of almost undiluted socialist clap trap. I don't mind
that, but will they put on a play next week that's an hour of right
wing clap trap, just to even things up? I very much doubt it.
So a play about a famous Socialist (George Orwell) was socialist? Would
you also accuse a play about Hitler of being undiluted fascistic clap
trap?

Fred X

The play included several monologues extolling socialist values.
That's fine, but can you point me to a play about a famous right wing
figure with a similar amount of propagangist baggage?


Can you name any?

The writers that come immediately to my mind are
Evelyn Waugh and Kingsley Amis. Both have received at
least as much recent media coverage as Orwell, though
they were really social conservatives and not known
for writing directly about politics. Amis was also an
ex-Communist who moved to the right. Perhaps Orwell
would have followed the same path if he'd lived
longer. After all, isn't he most famous for
satirising communism?

Truly "right-wing" public figures do not generally get
sympathetic media coverage. Almost invariably, they
are seen as opportunists with no real convictions
other than a desire for power and a lack of scruples
over exploiting popular anxieties.

On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:54:04 -0700 (PDT), "
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The Saturday Play (R4 2.30pm Saturday) was very entertaining, but it
was also an hour of almost undiluted socialist clap trap. I don't mind
that, but will they put on a play next week that's an hour of right
wing clap trap, just to even things up? I very much doubt it.

I'm sure you could write an hour of right wing clap trap.
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In article , Mark
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On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:54:04 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

The Saturday Play (R4 2.30pm Saturday) was very entertaining, but it
was also an hour of almost undiluted socialist clap trap. I don't mind
that, but will they put on a play next week that's an hour of right
wing clap trap, just to even things up? I very much doubt it.

I'm sure you could write an hour of right wing clap trap.

Surely what he has posted here recently adds up to that, at least. :-)

Slainte,

Jim

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On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:25:27 +0100, Jim wrote:


Truly "right-wing" public figures do not generally get
sympathetic media coverage. Almost invariably, they
are seen as opportunists with no real convictions
other than a desire for power and a lack of scruples
over exploiting popular anxieties.

Gosh, I wonder why that would be

On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:26:19 +0100, Albert Ross wrote:

On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:25:27 +0100, Jim wrote:


Truly "right-wing" public figures do not generally get sympathetic media
coverage. Almost invariably, they are seen as opportunists with no real
convictions other than a desire for power and a lack of scruples over
exploiting popular anxieties.

Gosh, I wonder why that would be

It does raise the question of who do one consider to be a truly
"right-wing" public figure.

On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 16:16:24 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:26:19 +0100, Albert Ross wrote:

On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:25:27 +0100, Jim wrote:


Truly "right-wing" public figures do not generally get sympathetic media
coverage. Almost invariably, they are seen as opportunists with no real
convictions other than a desire for power and a lack of scruples over
exploiting popular anxieties.

Gosh, I wonder why that would be

It does raise the question of who do one consider to be a truly
"right-wing" public figure.

Tony Bliar.
Andrew Lloyd Webber.

to name but two.

In the 1997 election a lot of right wing celebs including Lloyd Webber
said they would leave the country if Labour won. I'm still
waiting.....
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "
saying something like:

I don't mind
that, but will they put on a play next week that's an hour of right
wing clap trap, just to even things up? I very much doubt it

I thought they'd covered Mein Kampf years ago?