The things they say

Always interesting what BBC presenters let slip….

Last week Peter Allen apologised profusely to a Labour MP for having the rudeness to ask him questions about Corbyn’s policy on Trident….so awkward for the MP to have to deal with that apparently.

Yesterday we had Jim Naughtie tell us that there is a problem with Saudia Arabia ‘whose culture is so controversial’.  Hmmm, what ‘culture’ would that be?  Not the same culture that the Saudis export to the UK as they fund mosques, Islamic educational centres and buy up universities, not to mention currying favour with the high and mighty as they fund sports and buy arms.  Curious that that same ‘controversial culture’ in the UK gets protected status from the BBC.

On Tuesday we had Adrian Chiles discussing paedophilia.  He brought us an interview with an American who says he has paedophile tendencies but has never acted upon them.  We had a therapist who thought all that paedophiles needed was a bit of love and understanding, and opposed to her was Jim Gamble, ex-head of CEOPs, who took a much harder line.  Chiles didn’t seem to like Gamble’s approach and thought he was ‘condemning’ paedophiles when we should perhaps be treating or dealing with it through therapy.

The listeners didn’t seem to agree (37:40) emailing in saying that the BBC is part of the grooming process and that paedophiles should have a lethal injection, jump off a tall building or be chemically castrated.  Chiles tells Gamble that ‘from you’re tone you’re kind of encouraging views like these…the lethal injection, chemical castration and jumping off high buildings.’

Gamble in no way suggested any such thing, he just took the view that paedophilia is a very serious crime (having obviously seen the end result as a police officer in CEOPs) and that such criminals should be locked up, and that those who view child sex images are just as guilty as those who actually abuse children.  Chiles didn’t seem to like that approach in the usual BBC way that refuses to condemn the real criminals and ends up instead condemning those who criticise the criminals (or terrorists)….it’s the same way the left tries to close down debate on immigration…if you’re not in favour of mass immigration you must be a Nazi in favour of gas chambers for Muslims is the usual allusion.  The BBC itself isn’t shy of using such extreme comparisons with its ‘Warning from History’ and constant sly suggestions that UKIP are really Nazis.

BBC presenters…they get more like C of E vicars every day….then again belief in the BBC is apparently a human right now….

Faith in BBC a ‘religious right’

BELIEF in the values of the BBC entitles an employee to the same protection at work as faith in Christianity, Islam and the world’s other leading religions, a review for the state equality quango has concluded.

Opponents of foxhunting — but not hunt supporters — are also entitled to the same protection in the workplace as religious believers, after a series of judgments by tribunals over the past decade.

Now the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is to consider recommending changes to the law later this year to counter such rulings and prevent religion and belief from being “trivialised”.

A belief that public service broadcasting has the higher purpose of promoting cultural interchange and social cohesion was found to be covered by the legislation.

Just wondering how that works….if I work at ITV or Sky does that mean I can get time off to watch a bit of BBC, perhaps I can have a special BBC worship room built….with a wide screen TV, a nice comfy chair and a latte machine to indulge my proclivities.  Perhaps it will face Broadcasting House and five times a day Lord Hall will call ‘prayer time’ over the radio.