The BBC's had a pretty bad week, North and South of the border. We look at the suggestions that Robbie Gibb, the right-winger on the BBC board, has led a bit of a coup to get rid of the Director General and Head of News. What happens next? Does the license fee payer have to cough up millions to compensate Donald Trump for apparent hurt to his reputation?
We discuss that, plus the hurt to Yesers in Scotland and that there has hardly been a mention of the lack of trust, visible and measurable in Scotland as a result of handling of the Indyref. We examine some of the most outragous examples of BBC Bias and recall the protests. We also look also at prisons and the problems in England with the mistaken release of dangerous offenders. We also discuss planned early release in Scotland. What's that about, and why are our prisons filled to bursting?
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Watch the Scotland’s Lost Forests Film
Forest film write up in the National https://www.thenational.scot/news/25610918.lesley-riddoch-launched-new-film-scotlands-missing-forests/
London Calling: BBC bias during the 2014 Scottish independence referendum
https://youtu.be/TXQYuLUAbyw?si=H1mN3ZCRFDsKLcnB
Scotcast about BBC bias on Panorama starts with Senior Producer Natalie Higgins and Martin Geissler
Then Brian Taylor and Liz Lloyd on IndyRef
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002m077
YouGov Media Trust findings
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/45744-which-media-outlets-do-britons-trust-2023