Tag Archives: BBC

A Bad Marching Season Is A Good One.

Posted on February 22, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Last night on BBCs “The View” Chris Ryder and Brian Feeney warned that it would be a bad marching season. Of course there is the potential for widespread violence and even deaths. And I am aware I speak in relative … Continue reading →

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Why Is Local TV …Crap?

Posted on February 21, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

As Father Jack Hackett said….”what’s that gobshite doing on the television?” …Stephen Nolan…again. Going back to circa 1960…..it’s a rule of thumb that ALL local television is crap. The Troubles rescued local TV….made stars out of Eamonn Holmes, Gloria Hunniford … Continue reading →

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BBC Spotlight …Fair?

Posted on February 20, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So on 7th March 2013, we have a bye election in Mid Ulster and BBC Spotlight stages a “Special”. And the five panelists are Mitchel McLaughlin (Sinn Féin), Mike Nesbitt (UUP), Arlene Foster (DUP), Steven Agnew (Green) and Bernadette McAliskey self … Continue reading →

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BBC At War…With BBC

Posted on October 23, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I am not sure what the current chaos in the BBC proves. No news organisation likes being the story. Sky News looked at times………extremely uncomfortable …when reporting on the Phone Hacking Scandal. And the BBC has at times looked uncomfortable … Continue reading →

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Alas Poor Newt

Posted on October 19, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Seemingly the latest victim of Tinternet is Newton Emerson. Something he said on Facebook apparently. SDLP reported it to the BBC where he has a regular Freelance gig….and the Beeb sacked him. There wasa time when Newton Emerson was a … Continue reading →

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Savile Row

Posted on October 11, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Has anyone else noticed that last week News Channels were routinely referring to “Sir Jimmy Savile” and this week they are merely referring to “Savile”? Indeed even the officer heading the police inquiry seems to have informally stripped Jimmy Savile of … Continue reading →

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(Jimmy) Savile Inquiry

Posted on October 2, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

There are many uncomfortable aspects to the allegations surrounding Jimmy Savile which have been emerging in the past 48 hours. The first is that Jimmy Savile is dead and neither he or his alleged victims will get any Justice. Jimmy … Continue reading →

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Hooray Harry

Posted on August 22, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

For those who are unclear about the “Heir and the Spare”………Harry is the younger one. Naked pics of him online. Makes ya wonder. If the Internet had been around in the later years of the Nineteenth Century……when the “Prince” of … Continue reading →

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“Great Britain and Northern Ireland”?

Posted on August 2, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

The Gold Medal for Wishful Thinking should surely go to BBC Norn Iron sports reporter Stephen Watson who curiously refers to the Great Britain Olympic Team as “Great Britain and Northern Ireland”. He refers to Team Ireland. Alas there is … Continue reading →

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Hazel Irvine

Posted on July 30, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Possibly the worst thing about realising that it is Olyympic Yeat….2012, 2008, 2004 whatever is realising that there will be far too much of Hazel Irvine presenting Olympic coverage on BBC. Several years ago Hazel was the new person taking … Continue reading →

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