Dumb Jon, who’s (wo)manfully taken on the task of watching BBC Breakfast so you don’t have to, reports on the shock BBC revelation about the Battle of Britain – women were involved, too !
“This is the other thing about the BBC’s crappy reporting. Not only is the bias bad in and of itself, it also blinds them to actual points. It is genuinely interesting to hear from a – still lifey – 100 year old veteran plotter, and there is a serious point here about how the real difference wasn’t Britain’s technically meh radar, so much as that it integrated with a purpose-designed home defence system. But no: chicks fought too, that’s all you need to know. “
At the time, of course, in the bad old sexist world of the 1940s, the existence of women in air defence roles was a little-known secret.
What do you suppose the average Beebiod actually did at their expensive private school ? It certainly wasn’t science and increasingly it appears they didn’t do history either.
The BBC are probably ashamed of their part in assisting the allied victory, after all if Hitler had had enough time he could have wiped out ALL Jews and then there would be no Israel.
The BBC are gutted.
Im not I get the point of this. I dont think its a particulatly gross example of beeboid mind control, but simply history lite, circa the UK, 2010.
The level and quality of history education is appalling, the death of narrative history, “empathising” instead of historical analysis, and the whole mess compounded by dumb 20-30 something “graduates” with no understanding or grasp of history dominating the media (not just the bbc)
This is some historically illiterate beeboid sharing his/her wonder with us (lucky us) at this amazing discovery.
What IS the issue, is the historical illiteracy of a huge swathe of the population, the problem compounded by some 1.7 islamic holocaust (and other historical fact) deniers who are now here.
Added to this very dangerous blend is historical pc bullcrap now accepted at the highest levels, viz endless apologies from western leaders about slavery (still and was an islamic monopoly) colonies and other deeply dodgy and contentious historical western guilt trips.
These pseudo historical “apologies” merely reinforce an anti western narrative that segues into green fascist politics, and third world islamic fundamentalism.
History is a potent tool and weapon. We are in danger of surrendering our control of that narrative too, to the loons and trot/islamofascists out there.
Absolutely spot on Piggy !
The thinkg is PK, if it was jst stupidity, then surely random chance would mean it wouldn’t always be stupid in the same way.
This segment showcased four of the BBC’s stupid obsessions:
1/ The past was horrible
2/ Dark forces are hiding the truth, and only the MSM can set it free
3/ Grrrrllll Power (even where it’s completly anachronistsic)
4/ Doing down the fighting man: once you accept a moral equivalence between guys leading sections of three fighters against 50 109s three times a day and folks not doing that, even those doing other vital, and even dangerous, work then you accepting that combat’s no big thing, and any drive-by liberal is entitled to lecture us on how the Army are a bunch of thuggishis no-nothings.
is it on line at the moment? I cant find it.
The BBC have been repeating the excellent documentary series “The World at War ” over the last few weeks on BBC 2. Shame they didn’t make it compulsory viewing for BBC employees.
Of course the BBC could never produce something like that nowadays.
“Of course the BBC could never produce something like that nowadays.”
They didn`t then, it was made by Thames Television.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_at_War
“The series, which made use of rare colour film footage, was commissioned by Thames Television during 1969. Such was the extent of its research, it took four years to produce at a cost of £900,000 (2009 equivalent: £11.4 million[1]). At the time, this was a record for a British television series. It was first shown during 1973, on ITV.”
Woops, well that explains it, silly me !!!
Probably the finest television documentary series ever made.