how about a spot of BBC ignorance, of the ‘why are we forced to pay for this tosh?‘ variety?
In Genette police file for charges our sharp-minded, ever astute BBC journos report:
Prosecutors are to consider whether to charge a man with the abduction and murder of a Devon schoolgirl in 1978.
Genette Tate, 13, vanished while cycling on her newspaper round in Aylesbeare, where she lived.
Devon and Cornwall Police, who have reinvestigated the case, will send a file to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) early next year.
It will ask the CPS to consider whether charges can be brought against Robert Black, 57, for the murder of Genette.
Britain’s longest missing person inquiry began in August 1978 when Genette’s bicycle and papers were discovered lying in Within Lane at Aylesbeare.
No trace of Genette has ever been found, but detectives discovered that Mr Black was in the area at the time she went missing.
All well and good, and then they conclude with:
Police have held three lengthy interviews with Mr Black in Yorkshire where he lives.
It’s certainly true to say that Robert Black lives in Yorkshire, but stopping the story there make one wonder if having an interest in current affairs, reading newspapers and even just watching the news is still required for BBC journalists and sub-editors these days, for you see, with a little more effort, as little even as typing “Robert Black” into Google and clicking ‘I’m Feeling Lucky!’, even the most otherwise ignorant of BBC journalists should have been able to track down Black’s current address (and hence the rest of the story):
5 Love Lane
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF2 9AG
…to be precise, where he has been resident, courtesy of Her Majesty, since his conviction in 1994 for the murders of three other young girls, Susan Maxwell, 11, Sarah Harper, 10 and Caroline Hogg, 5.
Next they’ll be trying to tell us that Gibraltar is an island!
N.B.: The BBC’s story is timestamped 18:04BST yesterday, and was featured on the front page of News Online until 02:05BST this morning, before being relegated to the West/South West corner of the England page, whilst drivel like Women ‘can’t cook to save their lives’, says celebrity chef, which has been front page ‘news’ since 10.35BST yesterday, remains.
Update: Just in case anyone thinks that publishing the above address is encouraging mob-rule, please do click on the Her Majesty link before complaining! Black is in more danger from his nearest and dearest, with whom he lives, than he is from anyone else. Nor is the matter sub-judice. Even if it were, it is inconceivable that Black’s existing record would go unmentioned in court if there is a trial. His 1994 murder trial depended on the admission of his 1990 abduction conviction as ‘similar fact evidence’.
Update 2 (3pm): The Beeboids have now sneaked back while no one was looking and stealth edited the final paragraph to read:
Police have held three lengthy interviews in Yorkshire with Mr Black.
Nice to know you’re out there paying attention, but would it have been too much to do the decent thing and mention the murder of the young girls for whom Black is currently incarcerated, as you’ve done before?
Whoah-whooah, hang on there. I’m the first to admit that the BBC is the most “pro-Islamic terrorist, anti-white English heterosexual” outlet of news going, and also it would seem that this Mr Black has a previous record, but to publish his home address in relation to an as-yet-unproven (and untried) case, that seems to be overstepping the bounds of impartiality, and to be riding roughshod over the presumption of innocence. We’re no longer in the age of the witch trials, so would you kindly take that address offline now?
Or do you want to be seen as encouraging out-and-out lynch-mob rule? That was totally irresponsible of this website, IMO, and it only serves to weaken your argument, which I generally agree with very strongly.
The police and the courts may be far from perfect, but they mostly do their jobs well, they don’t need this kind of “assistance” in ensuring that justice prevails. Conjecture, and “putting two and two together, where there’s smoke there’s fire, wink wink nudge nudge, say no more, just look at his previous” is NOT “evidence”.
Please act every bit as as impartially as you would wish certain others to act. You only stoke the fires of your detractors by doing otherwise.
OT – let’s have some fun, hot off the US presses:
Malevolent British political panderer George Galloway may be facing legal trouble over his appearance before a Congressional committee: Galloway lied about Iraqi oil payments, says Congress report. (Hat tip: Robert.)
Adendum to the above comment: Do you not realise that Mr B, if he is charged and brought to trial for the alleged offence, can rightly claim that the publication of his address on this site prejudices his right to a fair trial? If anyone believes he might possibly be guilty and hopes for him to receive justice, you are actively diminishing the chance of that ever happening, merely by publishing that address.
Tom, Tom, calm down old chap – I guess you didn’t click on the link – the one that says “where he has been resident, courtesy of Her Majesty since…”, did you?
I’m quite sure that HM Prison Wakefield is capable of protecting Black from those on the outside who would wish to do him harm… though I’m not sure if the same could be said about protecting him from his fellow tenants on the inside…
A-ha-ha-haaaa! Tom old bean, you are the flipping FRATERNITY of “drink before you think before you post”!! No, I didn’t click on that link, and OK, having done so, I am more than happy to give everyone a good laugh at the expense of my over-fiery personality! Thank you, Andrew. That is a classic!
I’ll never ever make a court judge, will I?
3rd Tom – Ouch!
But you can be forgiven for going off like that. After all, who would have thought that ‘Love Lane’ would be the address for a prison?
Re the report, I think the BBC must take people off the street, teach them to type, pay them the minimum salary possible and get them to cover stories like this.
Well, maybe that’s a bit harsh. But I like bashing them.
Tom, I’ve just about recovered from ROFL! The idea of hordes of Biased BBC readers (both of them together!) rushing round to Black’s big house at 5 Love Lane to put his windows in (or worse) is one to treasure 🙂
This little ditty featuring the CPS dovetails nicely with the story on radio 4 to which I woke up this morning. Naughtie’s soothing tones announced that we’ll be discussing the Senate Committee’s latest accusations against George Galloway with Mr Galloway himself. I thought WHAT! he’s on again. But then, right of reply etc. is what Naughtie et al would argue. Fair enough.
Now then, on 2nd November (the anniversary of Theo van Gogh’s murder) the CPS are commencing the trial of a certain Nick Griffin of the BNP. The CPS accuse Mr Griffin of inciting racial hatred early last year when he stated that he considers that muslims will attempt to bomb London and that the perpetrators will be 2nd-generation pakistanis. Whilst twelve policemen from the Yorkshire Constabulary were busily compiling the case against Griffin, a number of muslims in Yorkshire were finalising their plan of attack against London (this is not meant to be irony).
On or around the 2nd of November, will Radio 4’s willingness to grant right of reply to George Galloway be extended to Nick Griffin?
Damn, I was half-way up the M1 before I realised my mistake….
I assume you have all ordered your R4 Today presenter eggcups? Only £12 a piece….go on, you know you want too……
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/gallery/gallery_eggcups.shtml?select=02#gallery
Speaking of BBC ignorance and on to a different topic, over the weekend I am positive I heard the BBC correspondent covering Hurricane Wilma from Cancun going wild about how intense the storm was and saying something to the effect that the area had never experienced anything like this before. Never heard of Hurricane Gilbert – 202 killed in Mexico in 1988?
It was like hurricanes were an innovation – probably due to the nasty USA causing the greenhouse effect.
I rather like the idea of being able to smash a Today presenter over the head in the morning. The strange thing is that they seem to be a bit small to hold an egg properly, I always thought that they had rather big heads.
With regards to Mr Black and his potential future trial, is it not the case that previous convictions are not brought up at trial but only taken into consideration upon sentencing?
On the subject of George Galloway,its interesting to note on the BBCs news homepage,that underneath his picture and the headline about this latest scandal,is a link saying “thousands send MP support”,implying that the support is for this latest bit of news,but when you click the link its dated May 26th,and is a report from his appearence in front of the senate committee earlier this year.
Iraqis approve new constitution
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4374822.stm
Surprise, surprise. Who would have guessed it (from recent BBC biased reports) “Iraqi’s to ‘say NO’ etc etc..”
From the above link:
“Electoral commission officials told a news conference that overall, 78% of voters backed the charter and 21% opposed it in the vote on 15 October.”
Hardly a “cliff-hanger” as reported by the BBC bias news yesterday:
Fate of Iraqi charter in balance
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4372094.stm
“The BBC’s Jim Muir reports from Baghdad that the referendum has turned into something of a cliff-hanger.”
That’s why I don’t trust the BBC.
Al-BBC confirms launch http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4374130.stm
Give me strength.
As of 12.32, the Iraqi’s voting to accept the constitution by a very large majority is not the BBC’s headline. That slot is reserved for the enormously important fact of Galloway performing some more showboating for his fanatical idiotic followers.
More bias BBC reporting on Iraq prior to the constitution results:
Referendum crisis looms in Iraq
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4365906.stm
Hardly ‘informed’ journalism. Bias I call it. The BBC are so predictable. They always pick the ‘Kerry’. If you’re a gambler, back the horse the BBC aren’t backing. You’re sure to win.
If only it was “fate of BBC Charter” that was “in the balance”!
Quite, given a referendum on the continued funding of al beeb my guess is that the result would leave Hawley and Plett looking for work clearing rubble in Palestine.
OT. I listen to 5live for the football except when the unlistenable Alan Green — the voice of mince boiling on the stove as the rain patters down in Derby on a Sunday afternoon — comes on, when I switch to talksport. lately the unlistenable Alan’s bowler-hat-and -white-glove-wearing tones have been heard on that station as well, shamelessly flogging Football Manager 2006. How is it that BBC employees can use their positions, paid for by the taxpayer, to endorse products???
Re: Galloway.
A must read at the Ablution.
http://dailyablution.blogs.com/the_daily_ablution/2005/10/bbc_licencepaye.html#comments
Hell Yes! Let `em join the EU. Actually, let `em have it.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/25/turk.letters.reut/index.html
Socialism is Necrotizing,
Don’t give the EU new ideas.
Here’s something on a similar note. http://www.artlebedev.com/mandership/77/
OT
I’m still concerned that the true events in Brimingham this week have still not been reported by the BBC.
The young man that was stabbed to death, was black, and killed by 11 asian youths. This young man had nothing to do with the violence.
And yet, if that was an young man killed by a group of white youths, we wouldnt hear the end of it.
I find this double standards an insult.
Racism exists in the UK, and its about time the BBC accepted it wasnt just white people who commit offences.
I find this sheltering of certain communities unequal, unbalanced and most definately biased.
Well done BBC. You’ve shown your true colours.
I think the Beeb is having its HAL from 2001 moment as it struggles to process information completely at variance with its world view over the Birmingham race riots.
“Only white people can be racist, Dave. This new information is making me afraid, Dave. My mind is going, Dave, I can feel it.”
Ian Barnes,
Very true. I find it quite shocking that its rapidly been dropped from the news. As you say, imagine if it had been – and I shall stick my neck out a little more – an Asian youth killed by 11 white men.
Killings of this nature should be reported in full. I dont know what it has to do with skin colour/religion. But the (B)BBC seems to think it does matter.
Does this also explain the Beebs non-stop mocking of Mr Staws trip to the southern states?
Really does make my blood boil.
From Wikipaedia BBC Controversies page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_controversies
This I found quite funny:
“Zimbabwe has proscribed the BBC as a terrorist organisation.”
“militant” organisation shurely?
Of course the Beeb dropped coverage, the Beeb is racist – that’s the way they are guys, nothing to see here, move along.
OR
They’re worried someone’s going to Van Gogh the staff……
Peregrine: “With regards to Mr Black and his potential future trial, is it not the case that previous convictions are not brought up at trial but only taken into consideration upon sentencing?”
Hi Peregrine. I’ve added to my first update on the main post to cover the point you raise re. previous convictions (if you click the linked article you can start from the beginning for comprehensive coverage of Black’s barbarism, if you’re interested), and have also added a second update, now that the inevitable BBC stealth editing has taken place…
Via Instapundit:
UNSCAM UPDATE: “US Senate ‘finds Iraq oil cash in Galloway’s wife’s bank account’.” More here.
Way, way OT. Sorry.
For some reason I thought about the childrens news shown on BBC1 “Newsround”.
Has anyone else thought how worrying it is that the BBC should present its version of the news to impressionable children?
For example – I know for a fact that they poo poo the USA quite often on it.
Another – All these hurricanes could be due to global warming. If you tell kids this stuff often enough… well..
If they cant be trusted with news for grown ups (as we can see) how can they be trusted to give fair and balanced news to that age group.
Just a thought.
The silence coming from the BBC and the Commission for Racial Equality is deafening on this one. No doubt the whole UK multicultural establishment is busy trying to dream up a way to blame the Birmingham riots on the rest of Britain.
Look out for articles and news reports in the near future blaming poverty as a factor, poverty due of course to the ‘racism’ of the British state. Not forgetting to mention the alienation of the “yooth” and the ‘institutionalised racism’ of the police force of course, blah, blah, blah…..
All the same tired old clichés that have been dragged out time after time, decade after decade will be used to excuse those the left have chosen to put on a pedestal.
Scapegoats will be sought, and scapegoats will be found.
Mark Steyn is on fine form, both in style and substance, in the Telegraph.
The Beeb cuts European language broadcasts:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4375652.stm
While launching a new Arabic-language service?
What does that tell us?
O/T
Galloway
The BBC 6 o’clock news has just called the Mariam appeal a ‘charity.’
Give me strength.
It tells us that their treason against their own is complete.
In my initial comment on the Galloway news today i mentioned a link from the news homepage to a May 26th story,well thats now disappeared,just the same as the riot story at the week-end.I`m wondering if they have someone monitoring this site.
OT 9,000 Britons stranded in Mexico. Try to find this story on BBC online. While you’re at it, try and find any criticism of the Mexican authorities.
O/T
The replacement for (D)HYS has been activated with this thread:
http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=73&&&edition=1&ttl=20051025191826
What is everyone’s opinion? It seems to me like it is definitely less biased than the former way it was done.
Naturally, with Rosa Parks being a heroine for everyone in Beebland they solicit “tributes” for (D)HYS…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4374242.stm
…Not “your reaction” as they do when a rightwinger passes away.
It looks a lot more user-friendly and I like the way you can directly complain about a comment, but of course a lot depends on whoever’s editing the comments.
I’m not convinced that they will just take them as they come, with the obvious exception of hate speech and swear words, but if they do, then great.
But how the hell would anyone know if they are artificially weighting the comments to reflect their bias?
So far it doesn’t seem to be much of a change. The Iraq constitution Have your say is “fully moderated” which seems to be the same as before. It’s so ridiculous, it’s so obviously artificial with the spelling all carefully corrected. Typical socialist, they always know what’s best for you. And must keep those BBC staff in jobs (which we pay for).
Hazel
Neil, noted the same news on several other sites – cant seem to find anything on bbc online tho’. Odd.
The 7/7 bomber’s background
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4375598.stm
“A terror suspect held in connection with the 2002 Bali bombings has alleged that Khan travelled to Malaysia and the Philippines in 2001 to meet leaders of extremist Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), which is closely linked with al-Qaeda.”
So how does this fit with the BBC assertion that 7/7 was all about Iraq?
Err…, I wonder if anyone can explain this to me.
I’m listening to the director of the World Service being interviewed on Newsnight regarding the proposed launch of the BBC Arabic TV channel and I disinctly hear him talking about the importance of the BBC’s presence in this ‘market’.
I’m sorry if my economics are a bit rusty but doesn’t the word ‘market’ generally imply that some body is selling something and therefore by implication a buyer is paying for it. Well, at £20 million of our taxes I can work out who’s doing the paying and five minutes of listening to the BBC interviewing itself leaves little doubt who’s doing the selling but I just can’t find a buyer involved anywhere.
Anyway, just as well they’re pulling out of directing their propaganda at eastern europe. Shouldn’t think the Beeb’s brand of warmed-over socialist collectivism is precisely the dish of the day in those parts recently.
Eastern Europe knows the sound of communist propaganda. That’s why the Gramscian Broadcasting Corporation got no market penetration and had to run away.
The BBC comes down hard on the USA (freedom) but would teach kids that Islam is all peacefull and good (whatever the opposite of freedom is), who would want al beeb anywhere near thier kids??
I cant sleep………….
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17027882-13762,00.html
Socialism is Necrotizing,
From your link:
Khalid Mahmoud, the Labour MP for a Birmingham seat and one of four Muslim MPs in Britain, also criticised the piggy-bank ban.
“We live in a multicultural society and the traditions and symbols of one community should not be obliterated just to accommodate another,” Mr Mahmoud said.
“I doubt many Muslims would be seriously offended by piggy banks.”
Refreshing to hear this. I’ve long suspected that absurd complaints like the one about piggy banks are just a tactic to see how much of their culture western societes will be prepared to yield in order to accommodate Muslims.