Monthly Archives: May 2009

QUESTION TIME LIVE!!!

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Come along and watch Margaret a Beckett booed!!! Roll up, roll up…will someone in the audience have some ROPE handy….??

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Driven out by the Wall

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Sorry, but still with the Pope, this time from Honest Reporting, on the BBC’s Tim Franks and the “reason” he gives for the decline of Bethlehem’s Christian population. Tim Franks uses the usual technique of evoking sympathy by recounting a personal story, and he follows the plight of “Jonny” and his difficulties with the security walls.

Honest Reporting:

“Franks quoted several Palestinians who claim that Christians are leaving the city because of Israel’s security barrier. However, Franks also acknowledges that there could be another reason for the exodus.”

So while Franks does admit that some Christians are motivated to leave by fear of radical Islam but are afraid to put their views on record, he concentrates on the walls, once again mentioning the obligatory:

“Israel says the system of barriers it is building around the West Bank, sometimes cutting deep into occupied territory, is a security measure, although Palestinians call it a land grab.”


From Justus Reid Weiner, who has researched the plight of Christians in the Palestinian territories extensively:

“There are many examples of intimidation, beatings, land theft, firebombing of churches and other Christian institutions, denial of employment, economic boycotts, torture, kidnapping, forced marriage, sexual harassment, and extortion.”

“Many Palestinian Christian leaders accuse Israel of these crimes rather than the actual perpetrators[. ………]Others who are aware of the human rights crimes choose to remain silent about them.”

Plea from Honest reporting:

“The media has an obligation to report the truth. Insist that reporters tell the whole story when they cover the plight of Christians in the Middle East.”

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BBC QUESTION TIME LIVEBLOG..

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Hope you will be able to come along this evening for fun and games as Question Time liveblog commences hereon Biased BBC. This is the panel of lovelies appearing tonight. We have NuLabour stunna Margaret A Beckett, Lib-Dem failed leader Sir Menzies Campbell. Conservative wet lettuce Theresa May (what shoes will she wear?) Benedict Brogan from the in-the-news Daily Telegraph (Bet they all attack him!) and Ronald McDonald aka Steve Easterbrook, CEO of the fast food chain in the UK. (Is he bringing the snacks?)

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GET CAMERON!

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Did anyone else catch Nick Robinson just after 8am this morning providing his oh-so-biased insight into the Profligate scandal? I was struck by the emphasis he put on Conservative abuse when in fact abuse by all the parties (Yes, including those awfully nice Lib-Dems) is the issue. I also don’t think selecting Ann Widdecombe did Cameron any favours. All in all, a nice little stitch up job?

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Nice Trip?

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After vowing to fight antisemitism, but still managing to offend almost everyone with some various so-called gaffes and ill-advised decisions, the Pope’s trip treads a pitfall-riddled path.

There’s plenty of press and internet coverage of a jpost article about the Pope’s hasty exit after an impromptu speech by Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi.

Pope Benedict abruptly got up and left before the end of the event, though not before performing the obligatory ‘handSheikh’
Speculation surrounds the issue, ‘did he or didn’t he?’ that is, walk out deliberately or merely need the gents.

The incident has brought out some virulently anti-Israel bile from readers of the Catholic and other press, supporting the gist of the Sheikh’s rant. These angermongers must be the recipients and consumers of BBC news reporting, simply reacting to tales they have been told.

But on a lighter note, there are also a number of supporters of what the Pope did, if indeed he did it.

So far, on this matter, the BBC remains silent.

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PROFLIGATE -UPDATE

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It doesn’t matter if they are Conservatives, Labour, Lib-Dems – whatever. The fact is that the sheer greed of the political caste at Westminster is truly monstrous. Playing within the rules that they set, and that they policed, the enthusiasm with which they have ripped US off knows few limits. But how do you think the BBC is covering the issue? With The Telegraph providing us with details of how Conservative MP’s have had their snouts in the trough of taxpayer funded largesse, do you detect a difference in BBC reporting?

When this news broke last week and it was Labour’s dirty little expense secrets that were revealed, the BBC narrative was all about how this damaged our confidence in politicians. Instantly the issue became outward looking and was presented in terms of lost public respect for politicians. But now it is Conservative expenses the spotlight is all about the Conservatives – firmly fixed inwards. The other aspect is there is a tone difference in how this is reported. Don’t you think there was a sense of dismay when the Labour skeletons fell out of the expenses closet, whereas this last few days there is an evident delight at being able to expose the folly of the Conservatives – with a dash of class war envy thrown in.

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