The Sunday Times says that tomorrow the BBC is going to announce its initiative to give all British Primary School children access to classical music.
It will send ‘ambassadors’ to promote the music in schools, its orchestras will visit schools, composers will talk to children and the BBC will make a documentary specifically to be played in schools.
This was first announced in October last year in Tony Hall’s ‘vision’ speech about how he saw the BBC inspiring the nation….
And then there are the Arts. You would expect me to care deeply about the Arts and you would be right.
We’ll launch a nationwide initiative to inspire school children with classical music, using our orchestras to bring the music to life.
It all sounds lovely and worthy but there are a couple of points which you could raise:
This is a Tony Hall project essentially inspired by his own interests, as admitted above, in the Arts. Nice that the licence fee providers are funding his own passion. What if he liked football or Hip Hop, would the BBC be touring the country promoting those activities and interests?
The BBC is supposed to educate, inform and entertain but surely through its broadcasting and not by sending out ‘missionaries’ to preach the message….isn’t this a bit of mission creep by the BBC and a misuse perhaps of its funding however ‘worthy’?
Hall says that classical music’s future is at risk unless more children from all walks of life have the opportunity to learn about it, music must not be for an elite or a minority.
All very poignant you might think at a time when schools are being hijacked by Muslim extremists, which the BBC refuses to recognise as a problem, and in fact does everything it can to downplay the threat posed by such activities.
The BBC obviously doesn’t value democracy, liberty, freedom of speech, freedom to leave a religion, women’s and gay rights…never mind the whole panoply of Western culure and civilisation, including music, so often banned by Muslims….or doesn’t value them enough to send squads around schools promoting such values.
Instead its journalists promote those Muslim ‘extremists’ and suggest perhaps, if that’s what the parents want, that’s what we should let them do.
‘Dateline’ from BBC London [H/T Craig at Is the BBC Biased? who has an excellent write up of the programme] is a perfect demonstration of the BBC rewriting the facts….there is a vast amount of evidence to back up the claims made about the ‘Trojan Horse’ plot, indeed the BBC even reports them at times, however the BBC when it comes to commenting on and analysing the claims it remarkably finds ‘nothing to see here’…..and drives home the age old narrative that investigating such claims alienates Muslims and radicalises them…therefore we should turn a blind eye to what the BBC declares wasn’t happening anyway.
From ‘Is the BBC biased?’:
In typical Dateline fashion, everyone agreed that Michael Gove was wrong and that his call risks hurting Muslim feelings in the UK.
Gavin Esler had started this off right at the start with his eyes-rolling-at-the-thought-of-it introductory tone, but it got worse, much worse…
The Daily Mail/Independent, ultra-liberal-Conservative guest [Ian Birrell] said it was “absurd”, “futile” and “puerile”, calling it “wedge politics”, then praising diversity and denouncing “Islamophobia”. “I think people should remember”, he said, “as studies have shown, the most patriotic people in this country are Islamic immigrants from Pakistan”. [Ian is surely the BBC’s dream Daily Mail writer. If they were all like Ian they’d love the Daily Mail].
The BBC Turkish correspondent [Safak Timur] worried about “the alienation of Muslim people in Britain” and praised diversity.
The pro-Saudi guest [Mina] agreed it risks “alienating certain people” and can be “very dangerous”.
The liberal American [Jef] called it “dog whistle” politics.
The denunciations of Michael Gove and the defences of Islam went on and on and on, and Gavin Esler didn’t make any effort to counter his guests’ opinions, instead goad them on, often backing them up, occasionally laughing at Michael Gove – though, in fairness, he very briefly remembered his duties to impartiality later and asked one question [ever so mildly] about extremism [of some unspecified kind].
I think you might agree that facts were few and far between and what the BBC is broadcasting is nothing more than Liberal chatterati angst and guilt mixed in with Muslim’s promoting their own religious and community interests.
There is a separation between what the BBC news has reported and what the BBC then feeds us as its ‘interpretation’ of that news…that interpretation filtered through their own anxieties about not admitting anything that might portray Islam negatively and hence generate concern amongst non-Muslims who will demand ‘action’.
It’s not just the BBC that plays this dangerous game of brushing uncomfortable truths under the carpet…the ‘Establishment’ all play the same game from politicians in power for only a few years and who therefore refuse to do anything that might cause a ‘riot’ on their watch, to police officers such as those who refused to tackle the Rochdale sex abusers due to their race or religion.
The Times reports that there is a ‘riot alert’ as ‘Trojan Horse anger grows….Birmingham is braced for a backlash’
It reports a ‘Whitehall source’ saying ‘We want to make sure right-wing groups aren’t going to exploit the situation.’
There doesn’t seem to be a problem with Muslim groups exploiting the situation.
It can’t be long before politicians are loosening the purse strings and doling out yet more money to ‘deprived’ communities in order to assuage the ‘hurt feelings’ and prevent the angry youth being radicalised by nasty non-Muslim white people demonising the religion of peace.
In the Telegraph Andrew Gilligan tell us in a powerful and revealing article:
‘The Truth Catches Up With The Trojan Horse Plot’
Not on the BBC it doesn’t if ‘Dateline’ is anything to go by.
Here is the BBC’s most recent verdict from Gavin Esler on the Trojan Horse claims :
‘The education secretary Michael Gove has reacted to the row about alleged Muslim extremist infiltration of schools in Birmingham, allegations so far unproved.’
‘The allegations are so far unproved.‘??????
No…they have been proved and the evidence is vast and telling.
The BBC is deliberately misleading the public on this issue, an issue of enormous importance and impact upon the future of this country.
Once again it’s good we are funding not only Tony Hall’s pet projects but his ‘journalists’ prejudices and Pravda-like attitude towards the truth.
Gavin Esler and Dateline London & their guest selections and what the resultant ‘panel’ concoct would be laughable if not so insidious.
Remember well the featured episode here a fair while back when Prezzo Kirchner was trying to distract the natives from her handling of the economy. Discussing the British defensive response (last time they failed to beef up things started badly and got worse before being resolved) Gav & his collection of specially-selected global pundits decided it was the UK & the Falklanders ‘sabre-ratting’.
I don’t know why it’s not called Esler’s Fifth Columnists as he seems to be the cherry topping off his guests’ graceless critiques of the country playing host to them.
I’d cite the Buddhas of Bamiyan as a graphic example of what the muslims will do to our national heritage if they ever get to be in sufficient power; and they aren’t that far from achieving it. They’d destroy all of our art, music, philosophy, science, in short our knowledge base; and the bbc would be converted to a standard muslim mouthpiece, churning out islamic ‘prayers’ and propaganda. The gays and atheists in the bbc will be lucky if they only lose their jobs. I keep saying this but I just can’t understand the mentality of these socialists/communists who hate the rest of us so much that they’d rather have their natural enemy take over. Deathwish is the word that springs to mind. Socialists are demented and someone or some body needs to stop their progress and soon; I don’t want to live in their world and they most certainly won’t be allowed to because the muslims will see to that.
And for some information, just read this. This isn’t me spouting islamo-realism, this is someone who knows what he’s talking about :
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/5020/egypt_s_new_govt_calls_for_anti_christian_measures
‘at a time when schools are being hijacked by Muslim extremists, which the BBC refuses to recognise as a problem’
This was your narrative before the Ofsted report even came out, and for anyone who has followed the BBC coverage, bears no relation to reality.
Depends I guess on whether you live in the real reality or your reality.
And as your reality is that there are no Muslim governors hijacking schools perhaps you get your reality only from the BBC…perhaps you actually write it.
I see. Disagree with your take on the BBC coverage, and I’m a supporter of Muslim extremism. Gotcha.
“I’m a supporter of Muslim extremism.”
If you read Alan’s reply again (slowly) you will find that Alan was already working on the assumption that you are a moron.
“This was your narrative before the Ofsted report even came out”
And as Alan had to resort to deliberately misquoting BBC articles to reinforce his narrative, one suspects he knows that he’s on shaky ground. He does seem not to care, though…
‘for anyone who has followed the BBC coverage’
Ah, the problem is explained.
Which is more than you appear to have attempted, beyond saying what you think isn’t, isn’t because you think it is isn’t
Not unusual of course for anyone who follows BBC coverage.
Disposable 80’s movie sidekicks is a rich seam though.
Your list must be long, but distinguished.
And speaking of sidekicks & wingmen… shocked, one tells you, shocked….
You would rather someone doesn’t follow the BBC coverage, but criticises it anyway? I suppose there are plenty in Biased BBC who fit the bill there…
This will sadly frustrate Mr. Anderson, Agent S, but I will allow this reply, if mostly using the medium of (possibly edited – hey, if Newsnight can do it) cut & paste of another…
First up there’s the oddly sanguine complementing now apparently acceptable levels of pseudonymous aliases that were bad (hobbled Albaman for a while, for which thanks), until they’re tickedy boo. Beyond that…
Why should I answer the questions of someone who’s only trying to deflect attention away from BBC behaviour?
Don’t answer questions, then. Just pretend that you’re above such things, sneering from on high. Oh wait, that’s what you already do.
Now why is it, if you’re so important that everybody must agree with you or incur the wrath of a patronising put down – why are you afraid to put your real name to anything? Is it because that would demonstrate you don’t have the credentials to match your “I know it all” online persona?
‘Don’t answer questions, then. Just pretend that you’re above such things, sneering from on high’
What’s good enough for the Goose, as it were?
Have a great evening, Scott.
As Danny once used in another parting gift that must have caused dark looks at the debrief… some of us have friends and family to spend time with.
Quisling Scott, here’s a question for you to answer. It is correct that you tweeted you found the muslim bomber of Time Square ‘kinda hot …’ as an ‘edgy’ expression which conflated sexual and political approval. This was done because you realised none of your lefty mates have no profound objection to muslim violence. They see it as anti-white, anti-western, and therefore justified. However, you would never have tweeted that you found Anders Brevik ‘kinda hot …’, because your lefty friends would have disapproved because they would not have accepted a distinction between sexual interest and political approval. They would have said they are the same, and you would agree.
Apolagies for feeding the troll with a sticky bun, but I hear trolls like sticky buns.
Don’t feed the blustering troll
Ok, sorry.
But seeing the toys sprayed around the pram for merely quoting his own words was quite special.
Especially when garnering immediate likes from about the same number of folk as pseudonymous aliases with curiously familiar and consistent writing styles that have sprung up overnight.
Ah, forgive me for saying what I think. Maybe I should stick to what you think?
Some statements by Alan are so self-evidently wrong that they don’t require a long list of evidence. But I’m happy to do so:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27767229
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27758625
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-27822273
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b046v5kz/question-time-12062014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b046ndhy/newsnight-13062014
And so on and so on. Above is some ‘reality’. Do you and Alan still stand by his reality that ‘at a time when schools are being hijacked by Muslim extremists, which the BBC refuses to recognise as a problem’?
I have been reading all comments on this site for many months now, and have never commented before. But today I feel that I really have to say something. Scott you are a total dick. If you cannot see what is happening in this country regarding the Muslim issue especially the Trojan horse plot which all evidence points to is really happening in our schools in this fair land then you are truly blinkered. The so called religion of peace will be hanging you from a crane, can’t you see that? If not then well, good luck.
Bless. Have fun fashioning that tinfoil hat.
Don’t feed the pathetic troll
There are people alive today born in 1910. In their lifetimes the world has seen events and changed in ways that would have made any prediction at their birth seem to be outrageous fantasy.
All the old empires have fallen . The world wars all but destroyed Europe and technology has completely changed our world.
Nobody can really predict the future and it will always surprise us. But human nature changes very slowly if at all and what you dismiss as “tinfoil hat” are actual fears for the future.
These fears are growing. Fear of what our children and grandchildren will face. One of the most powerful forces that mould us is the fear for our children and grandchildren. Existential fears of what will happen to the old peoples of these islands if immigration continues at the present rate.
Dismiss these fears and you dismiss a reality for fear is real. Liberalism has failed and left us all with a future that has been made more uncertain as a result of liberal fantasy and a gnostic belief in a future that only the liberal believes in.
Future generations will curse these post war generations for what they have done.
Look one day ‘liberals’ will fall victim to their own daft politics. The sort of people they defend aint liberals that’s for sure. Interestingly some of the worst oppression of Muslims occurred in the former Soviet Union, ‘liberals’ scarcely refer to this though.