Author Archives: David Vance

THE SIXTH STEP..

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Writing over in the FT, Philip Stephens has an interesting article on the BBC and he makes five suggestions as to how he thinks the BBC could be saved. I think each of his ideas has individual merit but perhaps where he and I differ is in whether the BBC requires saving in the first place! I am sure that if the BBC implemented the suggestions Philip makes it would be a much improved broadcaster but we would still be paying through the teeth for it. The missing step is the sixth one – axe the license tax and let the BBC fly free….

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HAIN TO TAKE THE BBC TO COURT?

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I see that the BBC could face legal action over British National Party leader Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time, Welsh Secretary Peter Hain has warned.

The show is due to feature Mr Griffin, Justice Secretary Jack Straw and Tory and Lib Dem panellists on 22 October. But Mr Hain has written to BBC director general Mark Thompson arguing the BNP was “an unlawful body” following a court ruling on its membership policy.

I can’t see to remember Mr Hain suggesting the BBC could face legal action when it allowed IRA godfathers onto Question Time, can you? It’s amazing the publicity that Griffin’s appearance is generating for the BBC, and the majority of this is being generated by the revolting moral relativists from the political left who object to the BNP being allowed the same opportunity to be questioned as George Galloway or Martin McGuinness. I have no time for any of these revolting groups but the startling hypocrisy of Hain does need to be exposed and in attacking the BBC, Hain hopes to short circuit any debate on HIS double standards.

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END OF THE WORLD UPDATE…

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I see the BBC leads the news this morning with Gordon Brown’s wild claims that we face climate catastrophe in the UK if he and his fellow AGW alarmists do not reach “agreement” at the Copenhagen in December. I also read Richard Black’s ringing defence of BBC neutrality on this issue here. I then listened to Roger Harrabin’s sympathetic item on the issue of the Chinese approach to “tackling climate change.” This is a big ticket agenda item for the BBC and as the Copenhagen summit approaches, I think it reasonable that the BBC should give as much prominence to those who cast doubt on the eco-alarmism as those, such as renowned climate scientist Gordon Brown, who shill for it.

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A GENTLE REQUEST FOR HELP!

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This is directed at all my fellow writers here on Biased BBC.

I will be away from this site from Friday 23rd October until Thursday 4th November and I’d REALLY appreciate it if you could ensure there is regular posting during my absence. The site benefits from daily posts and I sincerely hope that between you all we can keep the momentum going. I value all those who contribute here with your excellent material and hope you can just up the content when I am away in the USA!

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SETTING UP THE BNP

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Interesting to note that Panorama is running a programme on Monday evening detailing the woes and afflictions that face “Asians” living in a council estate in the summer of 2009. I suspect this is not entirely unrelated to the appearance by BNP Nick Griffin on Question Time three nights later. The BBC is setting an agenda here which will culminate on Thursday night.

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IN THE JUNGLE, THE BULLDOZED JUNGLE..

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..the illegal immigrant sleeps tonight! Did anyone catch Andrew Hosken’s take on the plight of all those poor illegal migrants hitherto gathered together in “the jungle” at Calais but now scattered a bit further by the wicked Frencg? How one-sided was that? These illegals are continually portrayed as victims and never a mention of the reason why the risk life and limb to clamber into the UK. The BBC seems wilfully oblivious of the fact that they all seek to come here for the WELFARE, it’s the prospect of British taxpayers cash that makes them live in conditions that offend the UNHCR so much in France. All that was missing from Hosken’s report was the violin music to tug at the heart-strings.

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WOMAN’S HOUR

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I’m guessing that “Woman’s Hour” may not feature on every B-BBC readers daily repertoire of essential listening! That said, I happened to tune into it the other day and was regaled by Jenni Murray making the statement “Suppose you are walking along worrying about carbon emissions and you go to buy a punnet of blackberries”... Yeah, right. Then I heard a trailer for the show today which will feature Margaret Beckett whose “career has been long and illustrious”. Really? I seem to have missed the illustrious element but I guess there is no bias in the BBC assertion. Whilst there are overt politically biased programmes like Today, the issue is that the sheer volume of BBC output provides a veritable constellation of bias all over the broadcasting spectrum, and Woman’s Hour is just one example. By the way, why is there not a “Men’s Hour”?

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QUESTION TIME LIVEBLOG

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Hi folks! Just setting up for later tonight. The panel on Question Time this evening is Alan Johnson, Damian Green, Norman Baker, Nigel Farage and Dame Joan Bakewell. Hope you can toodle along to our weekly get together in real time!

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THE AUDACITY OF HOPE?

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A Biased BBC reader has drawn my attention to the BBC coverage of the Jihadist attacks in Pakistan. The issue concerns the BBC’s use of the word “audacious” in describing these nihilistic bloodthirsty acts of Jihad. This in turn carries echoes of the BBC coverage of the Mumbai Jihad atrocities which were “daring” apparently. It is almost as if the BBC admires those who set out to kill and maim in the name of Mohammed. Surely not.

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ICE FREE…

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Another day and another item on global warming alarmism. Here you can listen to Professor Peter Wadhams suggest the Arctic ocean could be ice free during the summer in as little as 10 years. If true, this would be great news for the global economy. Not sure the BBC see it in those terms thiugh! The global warming fetishists keep lowering the date by which the Arctic will be ice free in the summer and since this assists in the daily narrative, the BBC will keep pushing it down our throats.

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