Thread: I am not one of the passionate BBC haters, but...

Quote: Originally Posted by mRebel As I said on the previous page, I did post about it immediately. As I was saying about your endless misrepresentation of others. i wasn't misrepresenting you. i was just surprised that the site just happened to have a problem for a very short time, just as you looked at it, after me referring to it. and seeing as you're as good as anyone at misrepresenting what people have said, perhaps you should...

Quote: Originally Posted by slow motion I hope it is a 0845 number, but I recall it used to be a 0870 number which are infamous for companies receiving a cut of the phone call costs. Hence the campaign for lower cost alternatives for contacting the same companies - Say no to 0870 . http://www.saynoto0870.com/ The number used to cost 5p per minute, which is NOT premium rate!

Quote: Originally Posted by iain i wasn't misrepresenting you. i was just surprised that the site just happened to have a problem for a very short time, just as you looked at it, after me referring to it. and seeing as you're as good as anyone at misrepresenting what people have said, perhaps you should learn to practice what you preach? where, for example, have i ever told anyone on here to piss off? i'll tell you right now, i...

Quote: Originally Posted by hendero The BBC=U2 logo, the dedicated page on the BBC website, and the mini concert on the rooftop of one of the BBC's offices. Along with the interviews and performances. All of which led multiple newspapers to print articles criticising the level of exposure the publically-funded BBC gave to one of the world's biggest rock bands as they were releasing a new album. Oh for goodness sake. Artists perform...

Quote: Originally Posted by hendero Sadly, and especially if one writes anything other than fulsome support of the BBC, yes. Quote: Originally Posted by Vertigo93 Jesus, I thought you had more nous than that. A poster with 16 posts zeroes in to have a go at another poster - why is that not rude, whereas my calling him out as a sockpuppet - which is incredibly likely - is rude? If someone with only a handful of posts suddenly accused you of...

Quote: Originally Posted by iain in this instance all i'm doing is not commenting on something i haven't seen. if you and others want to have a go at me over it, that's up to you. but i certainly can't be arsed writing to anyone about it. I don't want to "have a go". I've explained my interest, I can't comment on anyone else. Quote: what happened to my comments above being "fair...

Quote: Originally Posted by Elasticband But there again would you define Cliff Richard and the Shadows as "Rock & Roll" in the true sense of the word, more as you suggest "pop" I'd have thought... I would suggest that R&R became popular in this country in the mid fifties with Bill Haley and Rock Around The Clock and Elvis Presley with Heartbreak Hotel... John Lennon claimed that before...

Quote: Originally Posted by hendero The BBC=U2 logo, the dedicated page on the BBC website, and the mini concert on the rooftop of one of the BBC's offices. Along with the interviews and performances. All of which led multiple newspapers to print articles criticising the level of exposure the publically-funded BBC gave to one of the world's biggest rock bands as they were releasing a new album. Giving them more publicity.

Quote: Originally Posted by Vertigo93 But they're not included precisely because they haven't sampled the channel. No they didn't sample the channel (or maybe they did and just turn away before 3 minutes) but they are included in the average viewing figure which your budies have lifted of the barb site and have been using to make certain claims with for months now, to which i have challenged them for proof as to the...

maybe I need to read back, and see how it came up