Monthly Archives: May 2009

THE WAR ON DRUGS

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I suggest that any progress against those who peddle dangerous and illegal drugs is to be welcomed. So the claim by the Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) that it is making serious inroads on the cocaine market has to be welcomed. However the BBC was quick to invite Danny Kushlick, of the drug policy think tank Transform, to posit an alternative view, namely that it might be best to make all drugs legal. It’s an odd counter-balance as one could equally argue that Soca and government could do MORE to combat the narcotics trade as opposed to suggesting nothing be done. Perhaps there may be a few at the BBC who take a liberal approach to drugs?

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THE DHIMMI BROADCASTING CORPORATION

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Wonder what your thoughts are on the decision by the BBC to appoint a Muslim as head of it’s religious programming? The post – considered one of the most influential religious roles in the country – has gone to Aaqil Ahmed. What with having a Sikh producing its most popular and longrunning religious programme, Songs of Praise, the BBC seems determined to marginalise Christians.

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UN -REAL IN SUDAN

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It is a BBC meme that the UN = force for good. Meanwhile, on Planet Reality, the rest of us see it as an anti-Semitic US-hating tyranny loving moral cesspit providing jobs for the boys – especially if your name is Annan. But rather like Rwanda, Sudan is one of those names that instantly conjures up images of sustained UN failure, genocide is such a pesky irritation for grand-standing Internationalists, Yet amazingly, in this report, the UN praises itself and this is essentially a UN press release masquerading as news.

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CHANGE THE POLITICIANS

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I see that the politicians, and Labour in particular, are swarming over the BBC this morning claiming “the system” of expenses is wrong and that everything they have done is within the rules. Oh really? I don’t think so. The Labour Government has presided over this criminal abuse of OUR taxes and all that time the politicians kept mute about what they were up to. Blears says that that the public hates “this” system. No we don’t. We hate her and the rest of the free-loaders who rip us off. I’d like to see the BBC itself express rather more outrage at the sheer scale of the fraud perpetrated by ALL the politicians (Hello John Selwyn Gummer!) but it does seem genuinely taken aback by this issue. What say you?

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DV ON THE BBC

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Just to say that those who can tune in to Sunday Sequence on BBC Radio Ulster just after 9am can hear me discuss the issue of journalistic protection of sources. This is the background. My own view is that given the neo-Totalitarian desires of those little Hitlers in the local devolved Assembly, I am grateful for those journalists like Suzanne who show an independent mind and who, via their sources, reveal truth to the public that frequently annoys the political elite. That’s worthy in my book. Should a journalist protect sources in ALL circumstances? No. There is a moral obligation on all journalists and each must wrestle with this – but where innocent life can be saved, sources should be revealed. That is not the case here.

Then there are those journos who sell sleaze and who seek to protect their sources when in fact all they are really doing is to dishonour their own profession. However liberty is not best served by the Police aggressively leaning on journalists as an alternative to the police doing their own job and building a case against terrorists. Here in Northern Ireland we have a politically correct ineffective police service at the behest of politicians, if it can’t do the job we pay it for and gain convictions, maybe questions would be better directed the way of those within it’s senior ranks. Your thoughts?

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B-BBC REDESIGN – ONE WEEK ON!

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Alright then – we have now had seven days pass since the new look design has gone live. I have, of course, followed all your many comments. I thank you all for the feedback and I do value all you have to say, even when it is critical. Here’s a few updates for you;

1. I believe site traffic has risen based on our new stats.
2. More blogs have linked to B-BBC than ever.
3. Headers, colours, links etc have been sorted out as promised.
4. Some trolls have now moved on, which is a plus.

There are a few areas of outstanding business which we will sort our very shortly;

The Comments zone is not right and I want to see the haloscan system reinstated! Yes, I know it is imperfect but on balance, I prefer it. I don’t like all the anon comments we are getting as I think this just confuses. I also like the behind the scenes architectural benefits of the haloscan system. My esteemed tech colleagues are working on this so please be patient until they can resolve all this.

Once sorted, I intend to start getting B-BBC press releases up and going to various media channels, Stateside in particular where people still trust the BBC. I want to have the scale of BBC bias sent global and will seek to link to major US sites which would be sympathetic to the concept of this blog. We do pick up some great stories between us all and I figure it would be good to share these with those who may not quite appreciate the scale of left wing bias that the BBC exudes.

I realise that the blog is not perfect and we can always make it better. This will happen and in the meantime I hope you will all keep visiting, keep commenting, and keep it lively. We are doing our best and as I said this time last week – our aim is true. Stick with it.

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