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Is the BBC anti bikes? Does it even realise?
I have seen a few posts on twitter about the BBC and its general tone towards cycling.
reading the below made me wonder, if they even know they are doing it. So an MP submits VERY low value expenses, I am sure the paperwork costs more than the actual sums involved and you can argue why is he making car journeys of a few hundred metres. Maybe It is just me, but the way they highlight that he made a specific claim of 60p for using a bike, so F***ing what!
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Maybe complain to them? https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/complaints/forms/?reset=#anchor I'd suggest quoting transcripts to add impact to show where their "balance" was token.
Someone should write a FAQ correcting bike misconceptions (not paying road tax, riders should be registered etc.) and make every BBC producer or assistant producer sign that they have read it, particularly those on talk radio.
Sounds good.
If they have a 'momentary lapse of concentration' and start spewing crap then they get a bucket of vomit (or something similarly offensive) over their head. I bet they'll remember after the first lapse.
Peter Walker's article for the Guardian is here:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2015/jul/17/the-bbc-has...
Twitter - @peterwalker99
You really should read the article linked from this tweet too (and the others on Bez's blog):
https://twitter.com/beztweets/status/622077391016460288
The guardian has an article highlighting the comments from bbc presenters who have no clue but display bigotry towards cyclists