BAA, humbug!

Golly, I am having to tread the April Fool plank carefully today. They're everywhere!

But sorry, no, this is not another, late dig at the T5 debacle.

It's about your mates and mine: For we like sheep*

I actually posed the question a few days ago to the BBC:**

Kevin Spacey opines that the BBC is not a commercial organisation and seems to be a tad selective with who or what it 'supports' with its 'advertising'. Bless.

Tricky one I know, especially with the arts. When does getting informed turn into undue promotion?

However, having just watched some fluff slot on dating... again... might I ask if the BBC retains a commercial interest in the company of the ex-BBC employee wheeled out every week to 'comment', but also promote his dating website?

And I got an answer! You won't believe it. But I can't print it in public so please email info [at-darnspammers] junkk.com to find out what.

*I just realised how that reads. Maybe it's for the Welsh/NZ audiences.

**By the by, check out the HYS postings and see how many in agreement with KS there are... and where the one putting the BBC's POV across that was highlighted came from. Just saying's all..

Addendum - Newsnight

'Yesterday it was Kevin Spacey... today it's Ben Elton's turn to attack the BBC.'

Of course the biggest joke is the system that decides which comments to 502 er... moderate out.

What's with the martyr attempt?

The BBC is a multi-billion organisation of tens of thousands. Through personal experience I think that a lot it produces is excellent entertainment, and are there are many dedicated to, for instance, objective, informative journalism.

However some, mainly at the top, are not.

Yet when a critique, excuse me, attack, of certain aspects comes in, from any quarter, the corporate knee jerks are to close ranks and try and turn it into a polarised issue that embraces all.

It is a technique that would do your good mate Dubya proud.. 'if you are not with me, you must be against us'.

It's hard enough not to think of BBC as a single, collective group think entity at the best of times, but when those who write the editorial cannot separate out individuals and their actions from the consequences how are the rest of us meant to?

in case you missed it

April Fools penguin joke

Must be down to the unique way the BBC is funded.

I thought it was superb.

However, I am amazed at the rather odd relationships that exist with my licence-fee funded national broadcaster these days. This required an ad agency to create and a production company to execute and digital agencies to 'seed'? Was it pro bono? Or is there another funding/revenue relationship at work here?

Anyway, I was totally fooled. I really thought our Tel was flown up to the icy wastes with a full crew, and all ready to get my dander up about the carbon consequences.

So now if they can do this here, can we expect the same every time they feel the need to have a reporter with icicle boogers in a branded puffer standing on something white to tell us something beastly is happening to the icy wastes... because of folk flying all the time to exotic locations?

It's going to be a loooong day

Shell, BP and Esso combine to launch new environmental 'A Fuel' with record £5bn budget

Fun, mind:)

Addendum/a:

Gizmag - BigBelly solar-powered garbage compactor - They got me! I don't know if it is or not a wind up, I mean solar, I mea... how much energy does it take to comapct trash???!

'Dose crazee 'mericans!

Guess which one is for real?

Once More for Gore?

Gore to recruit 10m-strong green army

Come to think of it, which would a) give him more votes or (they are different) b) more power or (they are really different) c) more opportunity to swan around the world meeting nifty folk and being adored?

Answers on a dimpled chad...