Midweek and time for a new Open Thread as I can see the Monday one is already approaching the 200 mark! Happy with good old Auntie – no? Well, tell me why…
I enjoyed Toby Young’s blistering attack on Oprah Winfrey in today’s DT. Most of it could apply to the BBC:
“Above all, it is Oprah’s incontinent sentimentality that I find so objectionable, the elevation of ersatz emotion over any critical thought. For Oprah, the only test of veracity worth the name is whether something “feels” true, as though our initial emotional response to something – whether a prospective lover, a spiritual belief system or a political leader – is a more reliable guide than a careful sifting of the evidence.”
tomoMar 14, 17:19 Weekend 14th March 2026 https://twitter.com/ThePosieParker/status/2032768856146514109
tomoMar 14, 17:14 Weekend 14th March 2026 In related news: https://twitter.com/newstart_2024/status/2032837248404594793
tomoMar 14, 16:54 Weekend 14th March 2026 https://twitter.com/LairdSummerisle/status/2032569256349467041
tomoMar 14, 16:50 Weekend 14th March 2026 https://twitter.com/kingkapoor72/status/2032664506766119207
tomoMar 14, 16:37 Weekend 14th March 2026 that Mrs Blair? – she’s been keeping out of the limelight for some time? – eh? https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/2032829021466005746 Not much sympathy…
Fedup2Mar 14, 16:26 Weekend 14th March 2026 The way hegseth laid into the msm in a conference he must be their number one target – as they…
MarkyMarkMar 14, 16:11 Weekend 14th March 2026 Iran is winning – just seen the actual footage (c) BBC Hamas Verified https://www.youtube.com/shorts/in5zUBMLr7E
vladMar 14, 15:25 Weekend 14th March 2026 Wolf in sheep’s clothing would be apt for Charles.
MarkyMarkMar 14, 15:23 Weekend 14th March 2026 Hamas are now peace keepers? HA HA AH AHAH HA H ! “Hamas urges key ally Iran to halt attacks…
An antidote to Islam Not BBC (INBBC) on Israel:
GLENN BECK (Fox News):
“Beck: U.S. Policy Trouble For Israel”
( 40 min video 19 May)
http://thedailybeck.com/2011/05/19/glenn-beck-tv-show-may-19th-2011/
I enjoyed Toby Young’s blistering attack on Oprah Winfrey in today’s DT. Most of it could apply to the BBC:
“Above all, it is Oprah’s incontinent sentimentality that I find so objectionable, the elevation of ersatz emotion over any critical thought. For Oprah, the only test of veracity worth the name is whether something “feels” true, as though our initial emotional response to something – whether a prospective lover, a spiritual belief system or a political leader – is a more reliable guide than a careful sifting of the evidence.”
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100088655/goodbye-and-good-riddance-to-oprah-winfrey/
Just another one of those odd stories about the story one gets…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13413710
…and the rest you don’t get, with context that is less ‘narrative helpful’ included…
http://order-order.com/2011/05/19/milibands-made-up-coffey-morning/
Seems ‘NHS staff tell him’, and his guys tell others… who oblige with a context lite soundbite.
One is sure that Dr. Coffey will soon be the voice of the NHS, to explain the anger, and what critics are saying, etc, soon.
The BBC inclusion or exclusion of affiliations is getting rather brazen.
Mystery double poster. Sorry. Werentme.gov, honest.
And now… it’s gone! Confused? You will be.