QT Audience...

Threepwood · 27 Apr 2012 at 23:39

The Halk said:
I honestly didn't know until now that anyone who had an interest in politics voted Green. I genuinely thought that every single person who had ever voted for them had run through the thought process of "I hate politishuns, there all nasty I like babbies and kittuns lol."

Great job. 10/10. Maturity is obviously your forté!

Tyron · 27 Apr 2012 at 23:41

QT has always been a joke, Dimbleby never makes them give a straight answer.

swillsy · 27 Apr 2012 at 23:42

I agree its a joke how crash and unrealistic these left wing nuts are but its been gonig on for years and its not funny anymore

Tyron · 27 Apr 2012 at 23:44

Oh and I love how Dimbleby always claims they don't know the questions but they're able to know all the figures straight off the bat, they never stutter or stumble and look at papers infront of them when they talk.

Sure it's not rehursed... :rolleyes:

Castiel · 27 Apr 2012 at 23:45

The Halk said:
I used to think they had a social democrat bias, but I no longer think so.

I think they just try for sensationalism and their idea of balance is to pick two people from the opposite side of an issue, which implies the truth is in the middle. They don't seem to care if one of them is a scientist who supports the proven by scientific method peer reviewed opinion while the other one is a creationist nutter.

I have yet to see any BBC topical programme that has that kind of bias or advocates or implies equality of opinion with regards Creationism/Evolution.....

In this age of 24 hour News the BBC, like any other broadcaster is under pressure to get viewing figures....I don't particularly agree that the News is sensationalist to any great degree, and the Topical/Political/Current Affair program's seem to be evenly balanced for the most part and the audiences are simply representative, and at the moment, due to the economic situation they are more in tune with socialism than conservatism for obvious reasons.

The Halk · 27 Apr 2012 at 23:51

Castiel said:
I have yet to see any BBC topical programme that has that kind of bias or advocates or implies equality of opinion with regards Creationism/Evolution.....

I chose that as a way to illustrate their balanced thinking.

Castiel said:
In this age of 24 hour News the BBC, like any other broadcaster is under pressure to get viewing figures....

They shouldn't be. We have plenty of news sources that do that, the BBC is there to be a public service and should be there for news, not opinion.

Castiel said:
I don't particularly agree that the News is sensationalist to any great degree, and the Topical/Political/Current Affair program's seem to be evenly balanced for the most part and the audiences are simply representative, and at the moment, due to the economic situation they are more in tune with socialism than conservatism for obvious reasons.

I just don't agree with you there at all. Their coverage of financial issues, for example, is staggeringly poor and they seek to dramatise things at every single opportunity. I've lost count of the number of times my dad has copied me into an email he's sent to the BBC complaining about their coverage being opinion not news, and misleading.

As for Panorama? It's a crying shame that an institution of investigative journalism has been destroyed like that.

Number_25 · 27 Apr 2012 at 23:53

I remember some of the QT's before the election, full of right-winged knob-heads.

Swings and roundabouts.

The Halk · 27 Apr 2012 at 23:55

Number_25 said:
I remember some of the QT's before the election, full of right-winged knob-heads.

Swings and roundabouts.

No, not at all. In fact that goes to illustrate my point.

I don't care that it's left wing or right wing nutters that are there. I care that it's nutters and that what should be a valuable tool for democracy is turned into a disgrace all in the interests of higher viewership and drama.

Number_25 · 27 Apr 2012 at 23:56

The Halk said:
No, not at all. In fact that goes to illustrate my point.

I don't care that it's left wing or right wing nutters that are there. I care that it's nutters and that what should be a valuable tool for democracy is turned into a disgrace all in the interests of higher viewership and drama.

Don't watch it then.

Problem solved.

The Halk · 27 Apr 2012 at 23:57

Number_25 said:
Don't watch it then.

Problem solved.

No, the problem isn't solved. The problem is that QT is being wasted, the solution isn't to throw it away. What kind of nonsense is that?

Number_25 · 27 Apr 2012 at 23:58

The Halk said:
Anyone see QT this week? The audience seems to be hand picked socialist worker nutters.

Does the BBC now try to recruit trolls for QT to make it more confrontational and dramatic, rather than informative and productive?

Key demographic?

Number_25 · 27 Apr 2012 at 23:59

I may biased as I am as about as left-winged as a sane person can be, but I seriously think that questions must be asked about how the country is being ran.

QT isn't really a good form to do it in as it's made for television (drama and confrontation).

The Halk · 28 Apr 2012 at 00:02

Number_25 said:
I may biased as I am as about as left-winged as a sane person can be, but I seriously think that questions must be asked about how the country is being ran.

QT isn't really a good form to do it in as it's made for television (drama and confrontation).

It wasn't always about drama and confrontation. I'm guessing by left wing you mean socialist, rather than left wing as in liberal...

I don't care that it's got a left wing bias at present, I care that it's gone to the dogs. I would expect the challenges against the government to come from the political spectrum where the government isn't....

Threepwood · 28 Apr 2012 at 00:04

Seriously, try 'Any Questions?' on R4 instead.

Number_25 · 28 Apr 2012 at 00:05

The Halk said:
It wasn't always about drama and confrontation. I'm guessing by left wing you mean socialist, rather than left wing as in liberal...

I don't care that it's got a left wing bias at present, I care that it's gone to the dogs. I would expect the challenges against the government to come from the political spectrum where the government isn't....

I think that what people are most peeved off about is hearing a man who has never lived in any sort of financial 'discomfort' telling people that "We're in it together!"

Grinds my gears.

But back to QT, I've always considered it a way of people asking real problems which affect real people.

Still a bit gash nevertheless though.

Castiel · 28 Apr 2012 at 00:05

The Halk said:
I chose that as a way to illustrate their balanced thinking.

Which is sensationalist in itself, is it not. Are you not guilty of what you accuse the BBC of doing?

The Halk said:
They shouldn't be. We have plenty of news sources that do that, the BBC is there to be a public service and should be there for news, not opinion.

The BBC is not merely a News Ticker, it is also there to offer a platform for expert and public opinion....you might not agree with those opinions, but the BBC is not being biased by allowing them.

The Halk said:
I just don't agree with you there at all. Their coverage of financial issues, for example, is staggeringly poor and they seek to dramatise things at every single opportunity. I've lost count of the number of times my dad has copied me into an email he's sent to the BBC complaining about their coverage being opinion not news, and misleading.

I disagree, the coverage has been reasonably presented for the most part, I for one want opinions and viewpoints from different political, social and public spectrums, I don't want to simply hear tha we are in recession, I want to hear why we are and from different perspectives.....if you are so against the BBC then watch another channel, there are enough of them or there is always Points of View in which to express yourself....

The Halk said:
As for Panorama? It's a crying shame that an institution of investigative journalism has been destroyed like that.

Again, a program like Panorama is going to be controversial and investigative journalism is not an exact science.......for the most part it is far superior to Dispatches for example and so I again disagree with your criticism, or rather the sweeping nature of it.

The Halk · 28 Apr 2012 at 00:13

I should be clearer when I say not opinion, I mean dressed as news. I also have not accused the BBC of bias - in fact I've said they are not.

Number_25 · 28 Apr 2012 at 00:13

I don't consider QT as news?

Castiel · 28 Apr 2012 at 00:17

The Halk said:
I should be clearer when I say not opinion, I mean dressed as news. I also have not accused the BBC of bias - in fact I've said they are not.

It does come across that you are incensed somewhat by the BBC and feel it is biased toward Labour (Socialist) politically in it's editorial....

I have yet to see any real evidence of what you are claiming, for the most part I find the BBC to be a very good source of news and current affairs, any bias in the editorial is generally that of the speakers themselves rather than the policies of the BBC or the Newscasters themselves.

Castiel · 28 Apr 2012 at 00:18

Number_25 said:
I don't consider QT as news?

It isn't. It is a political discussion forum.