14 Responses to OPEN THREAD…

  1. Teddy Bear says:
    January 6, 2010 at 3:22 pm

    It’s actually a clever ploy to ban the BBC to Iranian citizens as it gives the illusion that they’re in the same league as Kol Israel. Since Iranian citizens can still probably tune in to the world service, it makes the dhimmi BBC reporting that much more relevant by giving increased credence to the desired Iranian regime propaganda.

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  2. David Preiser (USA) says:
    January 6, 2010 at 5:28 pm

    At last.  Now if only this ruling would cause the BBC to clean up their day-to-day reporting on the issue.

    Defenders of the indefensible take note:  Once again our criticisms of BBC bias are proven correct.  Even if it is about nasty old Israel.

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  3. David Preiser (USA) says:
    January 7, 2010 at 2:56 am

    Rember how everyone was fed up with the BBC’s never-ending deluge of US Presidential election reporting, and now matter how many people complained to them the Beeboids kepts saying something along the lines of, “Yeah, don’t worry, it’s really exciting now but we’ll reduce it to a dull roar after such-and-such a hurdle has passed in the election process”?

    Well, prepare yourselves for another onslaught of domestic US political noise.  The Beeboids have noticed that a lot of Democrat Senate and House of Reps. incumbents are standing down from the elections in November.  Most horribly, this might affect the Democrat majority stranglehold on both houses of Congress, reducing their ability to ram legislation through without worrying about certain opposition tactics.  Why you all should give a damn about yet more domestic US political drudgery is beyond me.

    I bring this up because Chris Dodd, Senator from Connecticut, key figure in the mortgage financing fiasco which is the primary cause of the financial system disaster, as well as – well, I’ll let the BBC say it:


    US Senator Dodd, a key ally of President Barack Obama, has announced that he will not seek re-election in November

    Why should you care?  No legitimate reason, quite frankly.  Except the Beeboids are still obsesses with Him, want to keep you informed of His every triumph, as well as His every struggle.

    According to the BBC, Dodd’s re-election troubles are down to one allegedly dodgy loan.  Here’s some background on Dodd that the BBC doesn’t want you to know.  There’s a lot more to it than that.  Specifically, remember all those Tea Party protests the BBC didn’t want you to know about?  Except on April 15 when there were hundreds of them and the BBC could no longer pretend they didn’t exist?  But Kevin Connolly not only lied about and slandered the protesters, but insulted them with a sexual innuendo?  That’s what took Dodd down.

    Of course, Obamessiah disciple wannabe Mark Mardell must tell you what impression you’re meant to get from this.  What a shock, he says he doubts the Dems will have as much trouble as everyone’s saying.  This is the same Mardell who expressed his astonishment on air at the end of the EU elections that Europeans hadn’t stampeded towards Socialism because, as he put it, Capitalism had clearly failed.  So we all know how usefull his opinion is.  Not.  Caveat lector.

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  4. George R says:
    January 7, 2010 at 8:47 am

    “To be French”

    -Excellent airbrush reporting by BBC’s G.Hewitt: Muslims and Islam unmentioned.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/gavinhewitt/

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  5. George R says:
    January 7, 2010 at 10:22 am

    Jonathan Ross to leave BBC.

    Licencepayers to get refund?

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  6. deegee says:
    January 7, 2010 at 11:00 am

    Egypt’s Copts have a very hard life. Now they are being attacked by a building. Egypt church attack kills Copts We should note that this headline has been changed here but not in the printable version nor on the Middle East news page

    So who killed them? The report is careful not to lay blame. Officials say they suspect the attack is in revenge for the rape of a 12-year-old Muslim girl by a Christian man in the town in November. Anti paedophile activists, perhaps?

    No hint by the BBC that perhaps the rape wasn’t by a Copt. No Coptic authorities ‘say’ there is no evidence that a Copt was involved. The US Copts Association published this account of the alleged rape. Massive Riot in Egypt Over Rape Claim.

    The current unrest is due to an allegation that a 20-year-old Christian man, now in custody, kidnapped and raped a young Muslim girl. There is a discrepancy, however, among witnesses on the age of the victim. Some villagers claim the girl’s age is 12, while security sources say her age is between 18 and 30, according to Reuters.
    But whatever the victim’s age, Pastor Elisha of St. Michaels Church in Farshoot said he doubts that the Coptic young man raped the Muslim female. Elisha said an investigating officer told him that the Muslim girl “was only sure that her attacker wore a black jacket – nothing more,” according to AINA.

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  7. George R says:
    January 7, 2010 at 12:38 pm

    BBC ‘Frontpage’ makes room for Mr. J. Ross, and relegates this news about  Islamic jihadist as of lesser significance to British people.

     Headline is more accurate at ‘Evening Standard’:

    “Christmas Day plotter ‘recruited in London'”

    http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23792130-christmas-day-plotter-recruited-in-london.do

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  8. David Preiser (USA) says:
    January 7, 2010 at 5:34 pm

    Now even Robert Peston is sympathizing with the Icelanders about screwing you all over for the £3+ billion lost when Icesave went under.  Gosh, can’t really blame them, says Peston.  We’d be just as angry about having to shell out for what greedy bankers did if asked, so no complaints here.

    Once again, the BBC not only refuses to look out for the interests of the British public, but presents the Iceland position in a sympathetic light. Presumably this is so none of you will remember Gordon Brown saying:

    that he is considering legal action against the country over the collapse of its national banks.

    The prime minister said tonight that Iceland’s decision not to recompense those with savings in the bank was “completely unacceptable” and the British government would do “whatever is necessary to recover the money”.

    What about that, Robert?  Why don’t you remind your readers that your Mr. Brown not only let it slide at the time, thus increasing UK public debt, but isn’t going to do anything now.  Once again, not a single voice in support of the interests of the British public.  It’s still all blaming greedy bankers, and there’s no hint of blaming politicians for allowing their economy to be based on flimsy banking practices.  Sound familiar?  It should.

    So screw all of you because the BBC is more interested in maintaining the “blame the bankers and not the politicians” narrative.  I guess that’s cool as long as Mr. Brown escapes blame, right?

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