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Alan C. Smith
@algingersmith.bsky.social
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Another ape in the human zoo.

#Politics #Radio4 #TheArchers #ClimateCrisis #Gardening #Comics #Film #MentalHealth
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
Plantation forestry is an ecocidal abomination across the entire planet, not just Ireland.
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‘Green desert’: the farmers winning a battle with Brazil’s wood-pulp giant
Eucalyptus production is dominated by large multinationals that convert farmland and forest into monoculture plantations
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November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Reposted by Alan C. Smith
eddwilson.bsky.social
I don't assume that Lewis Goodall gives me the whole truth. I do value the parts of the truth he offers.

goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

#R4Today
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
algingersmith.bsky.social
The Newsmax guy is on regularly and he talks in a very measured reasonable tone. But most of what he says is pure lies, coming from an alternate reality where, of course, Trump is the victim.
#r4today
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
algingersmith.bsky.social
All the things that Trump said in incitement.
Go away.

#r4today
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
Incitement: a timeline of Trump's inflammatory rhetoric before the Capitol riot
The president, his family and his allies made no shortage of disturbing remarks in the run-up t0 Wednesday’s siege
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
algingersmith.bsky.social
Oh yeah. US right wing media NEVER edits aaaanything, does it. 🙄🙄🙄

#r4today
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
algingersmith.bsky.social
So living is virtually free in 2020s UK is it? How to sound massively out of touch, Mr Writer..

#r4today #bookerprize
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
algingersmith.bsky.social
To quote Robert DeNiro....fuck Trump.

#r4today
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Reposted by Alan C. Smith
ottoenglish.bsky.social
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.

And they're marked by St George's flags

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Reposted by Alan C. Smith
arusbridger.bsky.social
This was a diagram illustrating a piece I wrote in @prospectmagazine.co.uk in January 2024. Some faces have since changed but you get the general gist …
A picture of sir Robbie Gibb’s network of influence
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
algingersmith.bsky.social
Prescott gave the game away by professing himself “shocked and alarmed” that the BBC didn’t match this Panorama with an equally “aggressive” film about Kamala Harris. That’s his idea of editorial “balance”. Maybe he should stick to corporate PR
#wato #bbcpm
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
French deference is even worse than English..

#wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
Bill Gates is a clueless fuckwit on climate.
#wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
#wato
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...
The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
As Alastair Campbell has just pointed out, leaking a document gets it more attention. Another sign of a co-ordinated attack.
#wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
Biased people like Whittingdale being invited on at moments like this is also part of the problem. He was biased when he had BBC responsibilities too.
#wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
To what end? Um I've got news for you Sarah. Some people don't like the BBC.
Ffs. You're part of the problem Sarah.
Oh good. Impartial John Whittingdale. 🙄
#wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
Funny how our other public service broadcasters don't get attacked like this.

#wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
Is impartiality possible? BBC being held to higher standards than anyone else, as usual. Channel 4 is also a public service broadcaster. That's why Spaffer wanted to nobble it.
#wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
It's funny that Prescott is concerned about the BBC on three of the biggest obsessions of the Right. Trump, Israel and trans..

#wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
The Trump Panorama went out a year ago. How many complaints were there?

#wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
'a trump-ectomy'? Can I have one of those?

#wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
Michael Prescott. Umm. Former Political Editor of the Sunday Times.
#wato
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
There's loads of bias. Just not in the direction they're suggesting.
And changing a generally pretty good DG this close to license fee renegotiation is highly dangerous. Buckle up BBC.
#r4today #timdavie
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
Pip Swallow always sounds vaguely obscene..
#thearchers
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
algingersmith.bsky.social
Yup, you've abused your position Soosan.

#thearchers
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM