Attack on Amateur Beekeepers on BBC Radio Derby – Aleena Naylor programme

[Monsieur Abeille]

Must admit I'm finding it hard to get so excited about all this. A lot of what he said made sense (eg hysteria over the importance of bee pollination and their decline), and even the bits that didn't - well he's entitled to his own opinion. I think regarding him as a threat to the amateur rather gives him more credence than he is entitled to.

Most likely he's had bad experiences lording it over hobbyists in the past and is strangely bitter.

I for one certainly wont be bothering the good inmates of Radio Derby to complain.

 

[Excession]

Must admit I'm finding it hard to get so excited about all this. A lot of what he said made sense (eg hysteria over the importance of bee pollination and their decline), and even the bits that didn't - well he's entitled to his own opinion. I think regarding him as a threat to the amateur rather gives him more credence than he is entitled to.

Most likely he's had bad experiences lording it over hobbyists in the past and is strangely bitter.

I for one certainly wont be bothering the good inmates of Radio Derby to complain.

I agree practically word for word! How strange!

 

[psafloyd]

Loved the sign off "It sounds like there needs to be a lot more research into our bees" - I think the gist of the interview was diametrically opposed to that

That was a classic example of a cub reporter (she sounded very young) fitting her sign off to what she thought he was going to say if he hadn't done one...

 

[AnotherNewBee]

That was a classic example of a cub reporter (she sounded very young) fitting her sign off to what she thought he was going to say if he hadn't done one...

Perhaps it was a sarcastic comment from an interviewer who saw right through the interviewee but didn't really want to start an argument.

 

[andycadman]

Totally agree Monsieur Abeille, Mr Spacey is perfectly entitled to express his point of view.

However, public broadcasting agencies have a duty to produce more balanced programmes with an alternative view being expressed in the same programme.

 

[AnotherNewBee]

We should also be wary of the odd civil servant, many grasping at straws to hold onto their jobs, who might just try to take this on and run with it.

 

[rockdoc]

I agree with the last post re balanced broadcasts. Despite many saying don't bother contacting Radio Derby, I did. Perhaps I should have listened, as I got a very defensive response. Accusations of copyright breaches was thrown at me until I was able to explain that it was simply a link to this broadcast that was on this web site. I tried to explain that another view point would have perhaps added value to the debate, but it was pretty clear It was not worth the trouble. This is regrettable as, in my experience of working with the BBC teams here in the south-east, balanced reporting is very important to them. Therefore, if you feel that this broadcast has failed to live up to this, please report it to the BBC commissioners, I am.

 

[andycadman]

That is the beauty of this forum, you get many points of view, some that you may not like. That is all part of freedom of speech.

This was a pre-recorded session. Radio Derby knew what was going out in advance. Therefore they could and should have included the alternative point of view in the programme.

Totally agree with you rockdoc.

 

[Chris Luck]

Therefore they could and should have included the alternative point of view in the programme.

Perhaps they didn't know that opinions in the Beekeeping world could differ so much.

Chris

 

[stoneleighhouse]

tony Spacey Beekeeper ? Nah professional bottler mate

 

[rockdoc]

I've pointed the editor of the programme in the direction of this forum. She just might get the idea of how unbalanced here programme was!

 

[AnotherNewBee]

That is the beauty of this forum, you get many points of view, some that you may not like. That is all part of freedom of speech.

This was a pre-recorded session. Radio Derby knew what was going out in advance. Therefore they could and should have included the alternative point of view in the programme.

Totally agree with you rockdoc.

Until now I've had far more respect for BBC reporting than I have for newspaper reporting (especially the tabloids). Two recent incidents (this one and a broadcast, by BBC Radio Somerset, about a breast cancer service which contained a pack of lives eventually refuted by NICE) have demonstrated that statements made by interviewees are not being checked before broadcast and - it would seem - interviewees are being allowed to publicly attack others with no defence sought or allowed.

BBC reporters are currently dragging the news and current affairs departments into the gutter.

 

[Chris Luck]

Oh yeah, I'd just love to see how they would try to present all the divergent views on here, be great listening if anyone that wasn't a bee keeper could be bothered to listen for more than 5 minutes....

...it's not as if it has anything to do with tax cuts or mass murder, in fact I reckon that if you asked the listeners some questions about the program a day later they would be hard pushed to give an accurate answer.

Chris

 

[stoneleighhouse]

it is rumoured that the Bulgarians burnt his bee shed

 

[AnotherNewBee]

As long as they were professional Bulgarians he won't be complaining.

 

[stoneleighhouse]

go to www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk search "tony spacey" article Derby Telegraph April 4th 2012

 

[andycadman]

For Your Information and to provide balance - Just received:

Dear Andy,
Thanks for your email. I’ve now had a chance to listen back to the interview in question (and the later piece with the bee keepers you mention) and spoken to the producer of the Mid-Morning programme. As you know, we did have a bee keeper on with an alternative point of view during the Afternoon show and Aleena did signpost that to listeners at the time of the first one. Also, it is not uncommon for us to ‘balance’ a point of view over time and not always internally within a programme, it depends on the circumstances.

That said, having listened to both pieces I do think that we could have more fully explored alternative views to the first and I agree that we should do that in the interests of fairness. Therefore we are going to arrange an interview (on the Mid-Morning show) with a different bee keeper in the next few days, to discuss some of the points made. Thanks for getting in touch and giving us some feedback.
Best wishes,

Gary Andrews
Assistant editor, BBC Radio Derby

 

[stoneleighhouse]

andycadman Just got the same email

 

[Ely]

Must admit I'm finding it hard to get so excited about all this. A lot of what he said made sense (eg hysteria over the importance of bee pollination and their decline), and even the bits that didn't - well he's entitled to his own opinion. I think regarding him as a threat to the amateur rather gives him more credence than he is entitled to.

Most likely he's had bad experiences lording it over hobbyists in the past and is strangely bitter.

I for one certainly wont be bothering the good inmates of Radio Derby to complain.

 

[Poly Hive]

I emailed the producers yesterday and pointed them to this thread...LOL

PH