Iain Duncan Smith attacks BBC correspondent for 'peeing all over British industry' - Polidicks

[quote] Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith's department has made a formal complaint to the BBC claiming its coverage of the Government is biased, it has emerged. The former Tory leader launched a scathing attack on the corporation and singled out the broadcaster's economics editor Stephanie Flanders for the harshest criticism, accusing her of "peeing all over British industry". BBC officials last night defended the organisation's record of impartiality and Ms Flanders' reporting. But Mr Duncan Smith claims the broadcaster diminishes the role of the Government in good news stories but "dumps" on it when the story is bad. The minister appeared to be particularly angered by coverage given earlier this week to unemployment figures after there was an unexpected drop in Britain's jobless. His department has formally complained to head of news Helen Boaden about the broadcaster's "carping and moaning". He told the Mail on Sunday: "The BBC is locked to the reading of the economy that is run out of Ed Miliband and Ed Balls' office. They think if only you spend and borrow more money you can create growth everywhere. "This is the general tenor of everything that comes out of the BBC. They expected the (employment) figures to be flatlining. "They convinced themselves youth unemployment would continue to rise, but when it fell they were in a complete quandary. "Stephanie Flanders poured cold water over the whole thing. She said: 'Of course this is good news, but it could be because we aren't productive enough'." The jobless total fell by 46,000 in the quarter to June to 2.56 million, an unemployment rate of 8%, and the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance last month was 1.59 million, down by 5,900 on June. Mr Duncan Smith added: "If the unemployment figures had gone up, we would have been on the BBC TV News at Six and Ten and would have got the blame." He added: "When the news is good, the BBC view is 'Get the Government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it'. "When the news is bad, (it's) 'Let's all dump on the Government'. "Last month, there was a marginal rise in youth unemployment so they centred on that. "This time it came down so they cast doubt on the figures. (Flanders) said it could be industry is so bad they have to take on two people where one person could do the job. "She was peeing all over British industry and the private sector. It was terrible. Our private industry is unbelievably robust compared to much of Europe." A BBC spokeswoman said: "BBC News is confident our coverage of this story was impartial, fair and balanced, reflecting a wide range of views. Indeed Mr Duncan Smith expressed his position on several BBC outlets. "Stephanie interrogated numerous aspects of the figures in her analysis. She echoed questions raised by many experts, including the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England as well as noting the rise in the number of people in work was good news." A DWP spokeswoman said: "The department made a complaint regarding the coverage of the employment figures on the Six O'Clock News and News at 10. The Secretary of State has made his views clear in the Mail on Sunday."[/quote] [url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/iain-duncan-smith-attacks-bbc-correspondent-for-peeing-all-over-british-industry-8061246.html[/url] "Don't you [i]dare[/i] criticize us!

And she's totally gay and ertarded too and my dad is the head of the BBC and will get her banned

God forbid the media criticize the government.

[quote]"When the news is bad, (it's) 'Let's all dump on the Government'.[/quote] Well there's a quote I find out never to use.

Pot kettle black... again. When the news is bad, the Tories always blame it the previous Labour government.

I'm Conservative myself, but even I am starting to get a bit frustrated with some of the stupid things the current government is saying/doing.

Is there something wrong with the word 'piss'? Cause 'peeing' just doesn't work as well as 'pissing'.

british politics aka "[insert party here] WAS WRONG WHEN IT MADE THAT BAD DECISION!"

[QUOTE=Bobie;37313725]british politics aka "[insert party here] WAS WRONG WHEN IT MADE THAT BAD DECISION!"[/QUOTE] Can you name any other democratic country that doesn't have political parties which act in the same way?

[QUOTE=David29;37314120]Can you name any other democratic country that doesn't have political parties which act in the same way?[/QUOTE] no, i shall reword my statement. democracy aka "[insert party here] WAS WRONG WHEN IT MADE THAT BAD DECISION!"

[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;37313637]Is there something wrong with the word 'piss'? Cause 'peeing' just doesn't work as well as 'pissing'.[/QUOTE] As a British gentleman, I am disgusted by such words, I almost fainted when they used "pee" over "urinated".

[QUOTE]A DWP spokeswoman said: "The department made a complaint regarding the coverage of the employment figures on the Six O'Clock News and News at 10. [B]The Secretary of State has made his views clear in the Mail on Sunday[/B]."[/QUOTE] I'm glad he chose such an impartial place to present his views.

[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;37312538]God forbid the media criticize the government.[/QUOTE] BBC has always been a bit left-wing while claiming it's unbiased and just reporting events. Recently they would endlessly report for a fortnight from 'various sources' abut how figures such as those of unemployment would increase, then when they improved would perhaps put it in the lunchtime bulletin and that would be the end of it. Seems a bit unfair. Okay, the coalition isn't exactly popular (because it's a coalition), but it's not like they're seriously doing anything they can to not get elected again. If the BBC (or anyone else) believe that they're clearly a bit simple.

[QUOTE=Mr. Scorpio;37313637]Is there something wrong with the word 'piss'? Cause 'peeing' just doesn't work as well as 'pissing'.[/QUOTE] I thought someone was literally peeing on a factory or something... I've never heard "peeing" used in place of "pissing" in this particular context.