Filth

[fpb]

If the BBC were an organization with any respect for decency, Jonathan Ross would have been sacked on the spot, and Russell Brand blacklisted for life. Once upon a time, a man caught doing anything half as dishonourable would have been quietly approached by colleagues and left alone in a room with a tot of brandy and a loaded pistol.

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[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

Uh oh,who are these guys and what did they do?

[filialucis]

I second the question.

And I love your icon. :)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

This: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/terence-blacker/terence-blacker-when-did-bullying-become-acceptable-975457.html

And I have gone for the description to the most left-wing, pro-BBC newspaper in Britain. This is not a party matter: everyone is outraged.

[starshipcat.livejournal.com]

Stomach-turning.

Unfortunately, there is a substantial audience who thinks that smutty talk is hilarious, and that it's even funnier when the person being talked about is in no position to defend him- or herself.

Otherwise, why would a whole pack of so-called comedians like Andrew Dice Clay have made such careers of talk that ought to have gotten their mouths washed out with soap when they were of an age that it might have done some good.

[filialucis]

Thanks for the link... I think. What an inexpressibly revolting story. :S

[fpb.livejournal.com]

"Inexpressibly revolting" just about sums it up. The most horrendous fact about it is that this kind of ambush is apparently standard practice among radio jocks. The fact that I never follow those broadcasts explains, I suppose, why I find it so outrageous. But it is not myself alone - millions upon millions of Britons are disgusted and protesting, which gives me some slight hope.

[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

Thanks, it's just so concise, isn't it? ;)

[fpb.livejournal.com]

This: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/terence-blacker/terence-blacker-when-did-bullying-become-acceptable-975457.html

And bear in mind that I deliberately went to the hardest-left, most unsympathetic, most pro-BBC newspaper in Britain.

Russell Brand is the British "comedian" who so endeared himself with Americans recently by telling them that the were morons if they voted for McCain.

[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

I would hope they get fired, but unfortunately this kind of stuff is stock in trade for a lot of "morning show" radio DJs over here. The one that comes to mind right now is the two DJs in NYC who instigated someone to have sex in St.Patrick's Cathedral. Those two did get fired, I believe.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

The trouble is that these two are hand in glove with management. The BBC is doing everything in its power to defend them.

[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

If there's enough public complaints it might override that? That's what happened to the guys I mentioned above.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

You talk as if the BBC were sensitive to public complaints. They aren't. They are not paid for by the pubic, but by a tax - a "canon" - on every TV set in the country, and if you don't pay you go to jail. Even kennahijja, a German leftie with no love for private media businesses, is outraged at the idea.

[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

That's....words fail me. If I lived there I probably wouldn't have a TV set, rather than pay the tax. I already get people saying "OMGyoudon'thavecable!!!1" to me on a regular basis, but I refuse to pay for extra channels when most of my favorite shows are on network (=free) channels.