tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post5250633626619755638..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: BBC Backstop Bum Steer BUSTEDTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-59655125210548613702019-08-22T21:22:38.939+01:002019-08-22T21:22:38.939+01:00Alexander The Great Piffle reminds me of the chara...Alexander The Great Piffle reminds me of the character Peeperkorn in Thomas Mann’s “Magic Mountain” whose “personality” diverts attention away from those who would use logic and reason in debate.<br /><br />A perfect front man for those venal characters in the wings waiting to profit from His Waffle Highness. robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-44116145477074919532019-08-22T21:15:03.358+01:002019-08-22T21:15:03.358+01:00Bum steer?
That is a potty thing to say.
Don't...Bum steer?<br />That is a potty thing to say.<br />Don't mind me, captain. You know my name. Knobertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-89411632823641954242019-08-22T20:34:52.751+01:002019-08-22T20:34:52.751+01:00So based on some random bloke called David Brown y...So based on some random bloke called David Brown you're upset because the BBC said "could" instead of "maybe"? The two would can be interchangeable at times. Apart from that David Brown got it wrong as well.<br /><br />If you read an actual German newspaper she said ""we have said we would probably find it in the next two years, but maybe we can do it in the next 30 days, why not?"<br /><br />https://www.thelocal.de/20190822/did-merkel-really-give-hope-of-a-brexit-agreement-with-uk-in-30-days<br /><br />Cheap shot at the BBC Tim.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13748104179041124015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-12194766186891036362019-08-22T15:34:08.040+01:002019-08-22T15:34:08.040+01:00The BBC; at best disingenuous, at worst totally an...The BBC; at best disingenuous, at worst totally and utterly repugnantMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569732807130090838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-55608793874595860162019-08-22T12:58:02.445+01:002019-08-22T12:58:02.445+01:00A modern languages graduate writes...
There is on...A modern languages graduate writes...<br /><br />There is one important word spoken by Merkel that's been omitted from the "within thirty days" statement. That word is "<i>vielleicht</i>", or "<i>perhaps</i>" in English and is present in all the pertinent Merkel quotes reported by the German press.<br /><br />She used that word in addition to the conditional tense. Auntie reports she said "<i>could</i>", whereas the verb she actually used was "<i>müsste</i>", i.e. "<i>would have to be</i>".Steve Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075595969939640945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-43476518644937082242019-08-22T11:49:38.989+01:002019-08-22T11:49:38.989+01:00R4 Todays entire Brexit discussions this morning w...R4 Todays entire Brexit discussions this morning were predicated on this “mis-translation” of Merkel’s words to the point where in an interview with David “Walter Mitty” Davis, he basically said “I told you the German’s would cave in” and even went as far as claiming it was now up to the EU to come up with the solution in 30 days.<br /><br />But as one twitter account has already asked, is this more of a failure of comprehension? I would bet good money that even if the translation had come across more accurately Davis and his ilk would still only be listening to what they want to hear.<br />Gulliver Foylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06895810504041451255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-40940713918679500092019-08-22T11:39:39.597+01:002019-08-22T11:39:39.597+01:00According to Peter Oborne in the Mail, Johnson tri...According to Peter Oborne in the Mail, Johnson triumphed in Berlin. If that was a triumph, what would a failure be like? Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12536283325894194176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-72275233708306689352019-08-22T10:47:10.046+01:002019-08-22T10:47:10.046+01:00Anybody who expects BBC "News" to "...Anybody who expects BBC "News" to "...give out the correct information..." is living in cloud cuckoo land. How many more examples are required of slanted "reports" or outright lying? The fact is the BBC is at least as bad as the rest of print and broadcast media. The only difference is it is more mealy-mouthed. All of its propaganda clerks go to the same training Uriah Heep gulag where any sense of moral truth is removed intravenously.<br /><br />Occasionally one of the clerks lets the reality slip out. For instance, Clive Myrie once said during a "press preview", "I only read this stuff". For which he probably had his collar felt by the Hall-Hall Gestapo.<br /><br />The clerks are, of course, bribed. They "earn" in proportion to their "reliability". For another instance, I have yet to hear even a half-reasonable explanation why a rotting water melon like Huw Edwards is paid half a million pounds per annum.<br /><br />The BBC conflict with other media is merely a right wing faction fight. Both factions are full to bursting with lying gobshites. Small wonder an emerging generation either ignore them or consider the whole motley crew a laughing stock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com