Monthly Archives: May 2012

RACISM HERE, RACISM THERE, RACISM RACISM EVERYWHERE!

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Gosh, it seems that racism is everywhere these days in our wonderful multicultural country and just in case you had forgotten this the BBC has discovered more than 80,000 racist incidents recorded in schools across the country in the last four years. Time for a non-debate on Today…

“Sarah Soyei of Show Racism the Red Card, and Brian Lightman, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, discuss whether there is a rise in racism in schools…”

Balanced? Someone from the Racism Industry and a Trade Unionist? How about having someone on who disputes the very basis of all this race hustling? Don’t get me wrong, I think racism is loathsome but those who see it under every stone and behind every shadow are as much of the problem as the alleged racists.

THAT CONSERVATIVE DONOR…

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Well, Adrian Beecroft has committed at least two unforgivable sins. First he has donor money to the Conservative Party and…worse again, he has called Saint Vince Cable “a socialist” who has “done nothing for business.” I’ve listened to several BBC interviews on the Beecroft recommendations and the BBC line is to keep repeating the mantra  that he is a donor to the Conservative Party and ..gasp…a pal of Cameron and Osborne’s. On the BBC Nolan Show, Beecroft was demonised as just another Tory donor and his proposals were caricatured as being about wanting to just “sack workers”.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST – PART TWO

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I invite you to compare this story with this one.

The European Court of Human Rights has said individual governments can decide how to implement a ban on convicted prisoners voting. The judgement means the UK will be able to decide for itself how to resolve the long-standing row over votes for inmates.

Or then again…

The European Court of Human Rights upheld a previous ruling that a blanket ban on inmates being able to vote was unlawful.

I suppose it’s all about the angle being spun…can you guess which is the BBC story?

IVF FOR ALL!

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The BBC churned out another piece of pro-NHS drivel this morning in a “debate” between chief executive of Nice, Sir Andrew Dillon, and Justine Bold, a woman who’s spent more than £33,000 on fertility treatment at 43. You see the  upper age at which women should receive IVF on the NHS is now being increased from 39 to 40-42. Oh, and it’s also going to be available for gay people. Well, it’s not as if we are in a recession or anything and it’s certainly not as if anyone who opposes such wanton NHS profligacy is ever going to be invited onto the Today programme!

THANK GOD FOR ASBOS

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It’s been a great day for those very special BBC non debates, cunningly disguised as debates. Did you catch this simpering debate on Home Secretary Theresa May’s plan to  overhaul the way police tackle antisocial behaviour?

Community activist (ahem, DV) Lesley Pulman says anti-social behaviour has “got a lot worse” over the past decade but that Asbos were a “godsend”. “They empowered us to take ownership of our community,” she told the Today programme. She says the new measures will not make a difference because people “are too fearful to come forward”.

So, well done Labour for the ASBOS – and one in the eye for the evil May, right?

Then we have Simon Edens, ACPO “leader” on anti-social behaviour, who says that Asbos in some cases did not work as the bureaucracy “got in the way”. His drivel is spectacular, and I just love the way he refuses to talk about a Police FORCE. You can tell why ACPO chose him

So, caught between ACPO and Thank God for Asbos. Hope no criminals were listening, they would be inspired….

COMRADES UNITED

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Did you see this?

The threat of industrial action by BBC journalists and technicians during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend in June has been withdrawn. Unions had balloted for a strike over a “derisory” pay deal. But the NUJ, Bectu and Unite unions have now released a joint statement with the BBC saying they had agreed to “key principles” on pay, performance ratings and redeployment.

I wonder why UNITE get such an easy ride on the BBC…..?

THE WONDERS OF THE EURO..

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A Biased BBC reader asks for help. Any suggestions for him?

“For years the BBC told us, on travel and business programmes especially, that the Euro was wonderful and that we were denied its advantages by an unholy alliance of retired colonels, Margo&Jerry and the BNP. If I wanted to put together a compilation video of clips from all these ghastly state broadcasts, how would I go about gathering the material?”

Over to you!

BUSY AS A BEE…

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Phew, wot a scorcher! Yesterday saw almost 15,000 visits to Biased BBC. Many thanks to you all. We are now well into the relaunched site and all seems to have settled down well. I notice a few old regulars seem to have vanished in transition, no idea why! Hope they find us again. That said, all are welcome here, friend and critics, and the final interesting stat is that since we have moved to this shiny new box, a grand total of almost 500,000 visits have taken place -pretty good news in my book.