As the Guardian reports, last night:
Thousands of nurses, midwives, doctors, physiotherapists, cleaners, porters and other NHS workers were thought to have attended [a rally to save the NHS], with marches from the headquarters of the British Medical Association near Euston and St Thomas's hospital in south London converging on Westminster.
Watch the video here.
But where were the BBC at a time when the greatest institution in the UK is being wilfully destroyed? They had a report on halal meat in France instead, in turn a sop to the far right in that country who have made this an election issue.
As someone suggested ion Twitter, it increasingly eels like the BBC is now the British Broadcasting Conservatives. What's worrying is that the disconnect can only fuel tension as the reality of life fails to be reported and addressed in the media.
The demand on the NHS is rising as more and more turn to it in despair - a trend, I'm told, noticeably increasing this year. And yet soon it won't be there for such people. They'll be denied care as they're going to be denied homes and have already been denied jobs. And then, no doubt, a private police force will be used to oppress them.
It's hard not to worry about the turn towards extremism down which the Tories are taking us.
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What an amusing lot of paranoia.
But I look forward to you campaigning for the BBC to be abolished.
Abolished?
Heaven’s no
Reformed, yes
They BBC have made a brief report on it, but it was buried. I had to look to find it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17289988
And then they didn’t actually report it – that was written in anticipation – pure laziness
I no longer watch the ‘news’ on the BBC – it is far too biased in favour of the establishment. An example is the reporting of Putin’s election – we should examine our own ‘democracy’ , which frankly is not working very well for the majority, before we criticise governance in other countries.
While breakfast AM on Radio 4 is informative as for example the Alzheimer’s & NHS discussion today a lot less can be said about the Eddy Marr Show at 5PM which I hear has now began to irritate others too with its silliness and certainly not a record of the news. The BBC has allowed this programme to be semi-entertainment show for Mr Marr and not a record of the day’s event let alone any sensible discussion or analysis.
Ignore all the usual complaints about whether the BBC exhibits left-wing or right-wing bias (and although I know it’s a cliche, the fact that it manages to pee off both sides is probably evidence that it is broadly neutral) and concentrate on the main issue which is that their news presentation is basically designed for kids. Huge graphics like in a school textbook, presenters standing up prancing about the studio, trivial news stories, a website with news content that is so vacuous it is impossible to find any depth to these topics.
There is an honourable exception for the World Service which is still excellent, and the Today programme on Radio 4 is usually acceptable, but other than that the whole organisation is dumbed down.
When have the BBC, or for that matter, any broadcaster, produced a programme about alternative economic theories? When have you ever heard Marx or Henry George, or even the real Keynes, discussed? No, the whole economic output is based on acceptance of neo-classical rubbish.
You’re right
And it’s shocking
Am on a basic State Pension with little savings and thought that as I had paid my Nat Ins stamps from the age of 16-60 I would always get free medical care, if the Bill goes through and privatsation takes place I will not be able to afford the fees, so am not looking forward to having to go into hospital or care home as my health deteriorates.