Dark Day for HorseRacing

Disgraceful how the BBC news tonight ended their report with reference to the fall and saying how 'dangerous' the sport can be. IT was a report on the return of live sport and should not have had an ill-informed opinion tagged on the end. I hate the BBC with a passion.

A despicable organization

They've been in so many battles with different individuals and organizations over the years. Rotten to the core. They should've been shut down after all that Savile filth came out.

Agud day for Johnie.......



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BkGCkwJCWE

Needless to say these left wing do-gooders calling for a ban on horse racing have zero knowledge or insight into the industry. I am all for animal welfare and promoting safety within the sport but it is time we stopped pandering to these pathetic cretins. The tree hugging, hippy liberals who want racing banned spout so much bile we shouldn't even give them air time. They sugar-coat their arguament and say it's about stopping cruelty to animals. Let me tell you now, it has absolutely nothing to do with this at all. They have a very different agenda they are trying to persue... they need to be called out for what they are.

As for the BBC, it has become a Mickey mouse outfit, a cesspit full of sneering elites who look down their noses at the rest of us whilst they read the Guardian. An rancid organisation if there ever was one and certainly no longer fit for purpose

It would seem some people on social media want to live in a risk averse society, where everybody stays in their homes (except for a bit virtue signalling at 8 o'clock every Thursday evening - of course with someone on hand to film you, 'did you get that cameraman/'), and nobody dies.

They have a very different agenda they are trying to persue


What is their agenda, kemoh?
I often here left wingers have this 'agenda' the bbc have this 'agenda' but no one actually says what this agenda is

The BBC big up the sports that they televise (a decreasing list every year) or broadcast on 5live. Racing gets a bit of positive spin for Aintree, Ascot and Cheltenham on the days they broadcast live commentary but criticism the rest of the time. A sport that I would ban but the BBC have the rights for is Boxing which the Beeb now think is wonderful. This myth that the BBC is free of adverts is rubbish. They advertise themselves at every opportunity.

Not a fan of the BBC myself. They are a disgrace at times and should be scrapped, well the fee should be.

What did the BBC say that was wrong or incorrect yesterday?

your last sentence is well made..scrap the license and replace program adverts with commercial ones..no difference to viewing

my comment refers to sage

I see the Daily Mail/Fox News chaps are out in force.

They'd rather that the BBC report their alternative version of the news/facts.

Where was the inaccuracy in the BBC's reporting, please?

We usually get a high percentage of anti BBC on here. Rancid organisation. They may not tell untruths but they leave out any news that does not suit their agenda. Watch Euronews to see how Covid has affected other EU countries.

The 'news story' was a sport (whichever one it happened to be) returning after a largely healthy population had been placed effectively under house arrest.

Now you ask about agendas.

If you accept that horse racing is a risky sport both to horses and jockeys and all always will be due to its nature, then the death of a horse is *not* news.

If you have an agenda to discredit or destroy the sport, the death of a horse becomes 'news' at every opportunity.

So we should watch this Euronews and there was me thinking all these anti BBC people were pro brexit.

Thank god the blindfold came off that loose horse's head, or we might have be in store for an even darker day.

Zacly

GEORGE B spot on

We will never change public perception because the majority of the public are ignorant of the facts and lap up the rubbish fed to them by the

media.

The BBC are one of the many propoganda arms of the elite freak criminals whose objective is to control everything you think, say and do.  Is that not obvious to everyone by now?

Blimey, this forum is overloaded with flat earth conspiracy theorists.

Who said anything about a flat earth?

"So we should watch this Euronews and there was me thinking all these anti BBC people were pro brexit."



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Can anyone with an anti BBC opinion name a better TV station(s) or organisation ?

Go on, anywhere in the world?



When ever I ask this question, it always appears to be in invisible ink as no one seems to be able to see it give a sensible answer.

Norge tv

TBH is the campaigners have failed at getting races like the GN banned, I'd say good luck in trying to do the same with flat racing...!

*if

Horses get used as battering rams for the police... no mention of that on the BBC

So fack em

flushgordon1

    Norge tv


Thankyou for you answer flushgordon.

Although I initially was very surprised that someone holding an anti BBC opinion should pick a TV station from such a strongly socialist country, and
with such a mega amount of recent non European immigration ( Pop 5.3m, with 900,000 immigrants ) as I was under the impression that most of those who didn't like
the BBC  was because they claim it is to left wing. But you have chosen a TV station from a very left wing country.

I was uninformed as to their program content so did a quick google to find their most popular programs, which I didn't find, but I found a list of all
their programs in alphabetical order. Below is the list of all the programs they show for the letter "A".

The vast majority of it seems to be reality TV, from USA.  If that's your thing then sure I hope you enjoy Norge TV as much as you want.

But is it better than the BBC?
hmmmmm it doesn't seem to cater to many people with an IQ of over 100, and interestingly, Norway has the highest average IQ in the world at 104

anyway, this content is in your opinion, makes it a better TV station than the BBC

Original title	Country	title	Genre
Airline	GBR	Documentary
Aliens in America	USA	Sitcom
Alt for Norge	NOR	Reality
American Gothic	USA	Horror
merican Princess	USA	Reality TV
America's Funniest Home Videos	USA	Home videos
Amish in the City	USA	Reality TV
The Apprentice	USA	Reality TV
The Associates	CAN	Legal drama
Average Joe	USA	Reality TV
Average Joe: Hawaii	USA	Reality TV
Average Joe: The Joe Strikes Back	USA	Reality TV

Whether the BBC is better or worse, or whether you like it and others don't, isn't the issue. The problem is that I have to pay for it under the threat of jail.

If you like it, then good for you. But don't keep making me pay for your pleasure.

Screaming, how very nice of yuo to join in the conversation. It must be a decade or more since we last met at one of the Magicians Xmas events.


Your point on the BBC's revenue is a conundrum indeed, and ever increasing one that becomes more pertinent as the modern world changes the way media is consumed.

I have no answers as to how it's funding should change, so I shall not join in the discussion on that.



All I am asking is that the people who are quite happy to express a strong opinion on the BBC being "a Disgrace", "having an agenda", "rotten to the core" etc etc.

Would they please express their opinion on what TV station is better than the BBC?

It would truly help their argument if they could name any examples of what they perceive to be good and proper TV station for the British people.


All the very best

You forgot the 10 0 clock porno.

I have no idea who you are, and I've never attended a Xmas event with any Magicians in my life.

Let's compromise. I'll carry on paying for you to watch the BBC, if you pay my sub to Racing TV. Fair's fair. You asked for the names of TV channels which are better then the BBC's, and I've given you one: Racing TV. The evidence? I watch Racing TV, but not a thing on any of the BBC's channels. Therefore it must be better.

Escapee....many on here have described people at the BBC as communists so maybe they should call it the Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation.

the magician was a poster on here

It would truly help their argument if they could name any examples of what they perceive to be good and proper TV station for the British people.

That sounds you're looking for something a bit like the output on Fernsehen der DDR in September and October 1989.

more atmosphere on the limekilns on a Monday morning

The truth is they are totally obsessed with the BBC as it dares to question right wing politicians and actually hold them to account. Corbyn of course also did the same so for me they seem to have got it just about right.

Great stuff, sparrow. So you won't mind paying for it. And if you won't mind paying for it, then you don't need the licence fee, do you?

Escapee, better at what? I have the choice of BBC, the freeview channels and anything on Sky including Sky sport, Eurosport and BT sport and also RUK. The only things I sometimes watch on BBC are the local news at 6.30 plus Countryfile and Antiques Roadshow on a Sunday evening. For that I am paying £450 as in addition to my house with 2 occupants, I have 2 holiday cottages next door for each of which I have to pay a full license for an average of 20 weeks occupancy but zero occupancy at the moment. I tried to cancel one license on their website but was told nobody was working at the moment so I am still paying for nothing. Total cr**ks. As Screaming says, you are required by law to pay for something you may never use. I would estimate my use at Sky news and sports including racing 55%, Bloomberg news 10% BT sport in normal times 10%, RUK 10%, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 5% and the three BBC channels 10%. So even paying £90 a month for Sky is better value for me than BBC.

The last thing I watched on any of the BBC channels was the second Thor film two or three Christmases ago. It really would have been better value to have bought the DVD, I reckon.

And being deaf means I'm forced by law to pay for hearing people getting free use of all those radio stations too.

My Mistake Screaming, I have obviously misremembered our meeting.

Another mistake I seem to have made is seeking objective discussion based on facts or general consensus, rather than subjective discussion that merely express
personal preferences.

Asking what is someones favourite TV station is a different question to what is a better TV station than the BBC.

(obviously there are different criteria one can apply to derive "better" but I thought it best to make the question as short as possible)

Do we really need the BBC anymore? What does it actually provide us that we cant get on free to air channels?

Everything that no one would willingly pay for.

Or rather, everything that no advertiser would pay for.

The BBC scores just 1.1 from more than 6,00 reviews on trustpilot, shocking.

BBC produce nothing but utter trash

They couldn't even produce some good fear doom during the pandemic, SKY won the award for that

BBC are a joke

SontaranStratagem


"BBC produce nothing but utter trash

They couldn't even produce some good fear doom during the pandemic, SKY won the award for that

BBC are a joke"

Says someone named after a BBC character.


If people think you might be an idiot, sometimes it is better not to open ones mouth and remove all doubt (oscar wilde)

Escapee

It was when the show was good, nowadays its utter tripe like all their stuff

I think the BBC (and most of the media tbh) pander to the stay at home do nothing types. They love to run anyone or anything down that is making an effort to achieve something for themselves. They particularly love those on the furlough that are relishing the 'stay at home' virtue signalling nonsense while they get their money for doing nothing (not everyone on furlough is like that of course). In reality they will achieve nothing other than inflicting a few irritations. It's a great week for racing and a dark day for the lazy ****s.

I don't get the defence of the BBC by some with the line 'name me a better TV station'. That is irrelevant.

They are all bad and just become some are worse than the BBC doesn't make the BBC any better, or easier to stomach.

Given the number of horses that race against the number that fall, horse racing is only marginally dangerous. Yes, the results of a fall can be terrible but, and Sparrow take note, consider the following.

When motor racing returns the BBC may well carry a report. Let's suppose (but hope it doesn't happen) there is an accident in practice or in the race itself. Will the BBC tag on a final line saying 'let's not forget motor racing is dangerous because such and such...' I bl**dy doubt it. There was no need for that final line on the Newcastle report on Monday. It wasn't relevant to the story of live sport returning. It was gleefuly put in by a horse racing producer or journalist, no doubt young, who thinks they are on a higher intellectual level than the rest of us.

"Better" is a meaningless word when judging TV channels. We all have our own preferences. I have never watched a soap in my 55 years as an adult consumer which makes me atypical but I do watch news programmes and anything to do with wildlife (the one area where the BBC has done a very good job) The point that Escapee does not seem to grasp is that in every other area, consumers have a choice to pay for a product or do without it. The license fee is unique in that if you want to watch ANY TV programmes, you have to pay the BBC £154.50 whether you watch any of their output or not. How would you feel if you had to pay Jaguar £154 a year (they have a very good product) before you begin to choose what make of car you wish to drive.

Will the ITV new contract to show Racing go ahead? Changing public perception is almost impossible imo. You cant stop horses clipping heels. Luckily for us it doesnt happen very often.

Honestly though. I see in the future horses racing in their own lanes.