Monday morning again, and let's start in the usual
way with a story that you probably won't be covering today, or any other
day...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2106177/Now-theres-bonus-deadbeats.html
Now there's a bonus for deadbeats
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2106177/Now-theres-bonus-deadbeats.html
Now there's a bonus for deadbeats
... The report, by veteran commercial radio
executive John Myers, is yet to be published but I’m told it reveals an
extraordinary arrangement with regard to BBC staff wages. Apparently, any
employee at one of the 40 local radio stations (which employ a total of 3,000
people) who has gone five years without promotion will receive a cheque for
£4,600 — which is described as ‘disappointment’ money. So let’s get this right.
You are hopeless at your job and are given no incentive by your bosses to
improve because you will still automatically pick up a nice bonus
cheque.
I've been disappointed by the BBC for years, so where is my cheque?
I've been disappointed by the BBC for years, so where is my cheque?
I think today's items can be dealt with quickly
today as not one of them is relevant to me...
1) SYRIA - The wife of a British photographer trapped in Syria says everything should be done to get him out, but what if that risks other lives? : Are you expecting me to have any sympathy for a journalist? Dream on. He knew the risks. But what are you going to do about his situation? Oh yes, absolutely nothing. But you are going to talk about it, which is nice. Meanwhile, innocent civilians are being killed in Syria, yet they are not as newsworthy as a journalist who went there of his own free will - apparently. Next...
2) SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS - The lambing season is already underway in some places, but farms have been hit by the Schmallenberg virus, carried by midges from Germany : As I type this, I can look out of my window and see sheep in the field across the road from my home. The virus sounds horrible, and I can sympathise with the farmers involved. However, I am not a sheep farmer and I have learnt all I need to know from the DEFRA web site (http://www.defra.gov.uk/animal-diseases/a-z/schmallenberg-virus/). Next...
3) SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY - Has the government’s workfare scheme effectively been taken apart by the Socialist Workers Party? Some say it’s a rotten policy and that’s fair enough, but others say they’ve had too much influence : There is, as you well know, another organisation that has had too much influence on the "workfare" scheme. That organisation is your beloved BBC which seems to be hell-bent on rubbishing workfare at every possible opportunity. This has grown to the extent that an MP is now making a formal complaint (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2106601/Tories-order-police-halt-workfare-demos-MP-makes-formal-protest-BBC-bias-favour-hard-Left-militants.html) about biased BBC workfare reporting. I can only hope that her complaint goes further than the mythical Audience Log where most of mine end up. I remain self-employed and would not qualify to join the workfare scheme. Next...
4) CHIMNEY FIRES - After a spate of chimney fires in Devon — 39 in a week! — we find out why they start and how to prevent them : One of the things that is needed for a chimney fire is a chimney. Can you guess how many we have? Let me give you a clue: It is a round number less than one.
The Jeremy Vine Show - believe us when we say "journalists are special"
UPDATE:
1) SYRIA - The wife of a British photographer trapped in Syria says everything should be done to get him out, but what if that risks other lives? : Are you expecting me to have any sympathy for a journalist? Dream on. He knew the risks. But what are you going to do about his situation? Oh yes, absolutely nothing. But you are going to talk about it, which is nice. Meanwhile, innocent civilians are being killed in Syria, yet they are not as newsworthy as a journalist who went there of his own free will - apparently. Next...
2) SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS - The lambing season is already underway in some places, but farms have been hit by the Schmallenberg virus, carried by midges from Germany : As I type this, I can look out of my window and see sheep in the field across the road from my home. The virus sounds horrible, and I can sympathise with the farmers involved. However, I am not a sheep farmer and I have learnt all I need to know from the DEFRA web site (http://www.defra.gov.uk/animal-diseases/a-z/schmallenberg-virus/). Next...
3) SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY - Has the government’s workfare scheme effectively been taken apart by the Socialist Workers Party? Some say it’s a rotten policy and that’s fair enough, but others say they’ve had too much influence : There is, as you well know, another organisation that has had too much influence on the "workfare" scheme. That organisation is your beloved BBC which seems to be hell-bent on rubbishing workfare at every possible opportunity. This has grown to the extent that an MP is now making a formal complaint (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2106601/Tories-order-police-halt-workfare-demos-MP-makes-formal-protest-BBC-bias-favour-hard-Left-militants.html) about biased BBC workfare reporting. I can only hope that her complaint goes further than the mythical Audience Log where most of mine end up. I remain self-employed and would not qualify to join the workfare scheme. Next...
4) CHIMNEY FIRES - After a spate of chimney fires in Devon — 39 in a week! — we find out why they start and how to prevent them : One of the things that is needed for a chimney fire is a chimney. Can you guess how many we have? Let me give you a clue: It is a round number less than one.
The Jeremy Vine Show - believe us when we say "journalists are special"
UPDATE:
Just noticed on your Twitter feed that the first story
has changed and the photographer trapped in Syria is no longer news. I bet his
wife will be delighted! Anyway, we now have this drivel instead:
EYESORES - A bungalow with a beautiful view has been put up for sale on the island of Anglesey. The only trouble is – the estate agent’s photo doesn’t show a horrible huge TV mast behind it. However, maybe your lovely house is next to an eyesore but you just don’t care. Find out more in this article from the Telegraph : It isn't, and if there had been an eyesore here I am sure that I would have seen it before purchasing. Meanwhile, I am sure the estate agent will be grateful for the free publicity. And it is LLANDONNA, and not LLANDONA as you put on Twitter.
EYESORES - A bungalow with a beautiful view has been put up for sale on the island of Anglesey. The only trouble is – the estate agent’s photo doesn’t show a horrible huge TV mast behind it. However, maybe your lovely house is next to an eyesore but you just don’t care. Find out more in this article from the Telegraph : It isn't, and if there had been an eyesore here I am sure that I would have seen it before purchasing. Meanwhile, I am sure the estate agent will be grateful for the free publicity. And it is LLANDONNA, and not LLANDONA as you put on Twitter.
Surely when they view the house then they will see the TV aerial and decide if its a problem.Im sure alot of people think BBC buildings are eyesores! THIS IS NOT NEWS.
ReplyDeleteJournalist knew the dangers so why shoold other people risk their life to save him.
Anyone remember the YTS scheme back in the 80's.I do as I did one.£35 per week plus Bus fare expenses.I worked in an office for a year and then got took on permanently by same company and stayed for another 18 months before changing jobs.I was living at home (as was 18 at the time) and never thought about going on dole.
Cant see what the difference is other than the name and worked fine for me as this scheme has for the worker youth.
On the subject of poor quality journalism, Richard Dawkins had a few things to say about the newspaper coverage of his debate with ABofC Rowan Williams.
ReplyDeletehttp://richarddawkins.net/articles/645108-no-blood-on-the-carpet-how-disappointing
Particularly brilliant is the mention of past debates between clerics and scientists such as the 1860 debate between Aldous Huxley, auther of Brave New World, and Bishop Sam Wilberforce.