Friday 25 April 2014

# 312 - WAR - BBC Proms dumbing down again.

I know this blog is  called BBC Institutional Bias but it now could just as easily be called BBC Institutionally Dumbed Down.

Following on from last years two rappers and a punk band this years proms is schedules to include pop star Paloma Faith (who is she?) Rufus Wainwright and the Pet Shop Boys.

The BBC is in a spiral of intellectual decline that mirrors the dumbed down society in which we now live.

This is supposedly being done to attracted a younger audience but why should the proms necessarily set out to attract a younger audience especially if that involves dumbed down gimmicks.

The BBC used to set the agenda now it just follows as it mirrors every popular trend and fashion.

2 comments:

  1. True and this also applies to weather forecasts - they will only be watched by people who need to know so why did they remove all the pressure charts and detail just to make it all look slick?

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  2. I hadn't thought of that but of course it is true as weather forecasts are mainly about a presentable woman waving her arms about over a backdrop of the UK while mentioning air pollution and Global Warming as much as possible.

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