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A BLOODY DISGRACE

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The BBC reports here that the report on the events of Bloody Sunday has been delayed again. (Let’s hope the lawyers are not out of pocket!) Tribunal chairman Lord Saville has confirmed he hopes to hand the report to the Northern Ireland Secretary at the end of March 2010.

Now, if you follow the sidelinks the BBC helpfully provides, you will see a profile on Martin McGuinness here and it is that which I would like to address. You see the BBC plays loose and easy with the details of this self-confessed IRA terrorist. It starts off by saying that

For many years, leading unionists have labelled Martin McGuinness a member of the IRA’s Army Council and, on one occasion, the “IRA godfather of godfathers”.

True. But not just unionists. Many informed journalists have provided clear evidence that McGuinness was an IRA terrorist, see this as an example. The BBC is instantly portraying this as a sectarian issue when it patently is not. It then moves on to sanitise.

When the Provisional IRA began to emerge (albeit in small numbers) in key nationalist areas in 1969 and 1970, Mr McGuinness joined and rose through its newly formed ranks

What did Mr McGuinness DO that saw such quick promotion? Nothing from the BBC on that. We can but wonder. The BBC finishes with a flourish…
Irrespective of what position he now holds within the movement, his republican credentials have remained as impeccable to this day.
What does “impeccable” mean in this sense? A trail of terror, or murder, off savagery, culminating in a BBC portrayal as a dove of peace.
Funny old world…

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QUESTION TIME LIVEBLOG

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Tomorrow night, why not relax, pour yourself a glass of something pleasing, and JOIN IN the first of a new series of Question Time liveblogs. We go live at 10.30pm or so! My sincere thanks to G.O.T. for the smart new logo, much appreciated!! See you all LIVE tomorrow evening..

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DISARMINGLY BIASED

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BBC giving lots of publicity to McDoom’s suggestion that we emasculate the UK nuclear defence capability. Now then, no real surprise there since the BBC has been a long time supporter of Britain abandoning nuclear weapons. But what is REALLY bothersome is that in this article is that the only view used to “balance” McDoom’s suggestion are those of David Miliband, Nick Clegg and CND’s Kate Hudson. Anyone detect a lack of balance? I notice one major political party fails to get a comment on the topic of UK defence but no bias, of course…

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

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Another Thought for the Day from a Muslim cleric, this time Abdal Hakim Murad – Muslim Chaplain at the University of Cambridge. Abdal is very concerned about how people treat all those poor “asylum seekers” that the French cleared out of the jungle yesterday, even razing their temporary Mosque he adds. Indeed he went on to suggest that we have a duty to show “charity” towards such people by inviting them into the UK before adding that Islam itself is all about showing goodwill and charity. Mmmm.

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THE THREAT IN OUR MIDST…

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Martyn Gilleard

So, I’m driving home from the airport at the end of a long day and I turn on the radio to relax. Mistake. I happened upon the first in a new series of File on Four. It was about the terrorist threat we face here in the UK. It was about the extremists that seek to cause mass slaughter. It was about….the “extreme right”.

Intrepid BBC reporter Alan Urry sets it all up by reminding us of those dreadful attacks……on mosques. Then there is the nightmarish English Defence League and their endless provocations. Throw in some Hitler memorabilia, white supremacists and lots of “right-wing” references and the groupthink meme is reinforced.

Now I believe that ALL forms of terrorism need to be tackled in the most vigorous way possible but I find the suggestion in this programme that “extreme right” terrorists constitute the single greatest menace to the UK at this time surreal, Did I imagine 7/7?

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LOVING THE ALIEN…

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Isn’t it remarkable that despite the extensive coverage the BBC affords those who squat on the northern French coast awaiting their first berth into land of hope and welfare, there is never any proper consideration as to WHY they cross vast land masses in order to get into the UK? The BBC meme is that the United Kingdom should welcome all who decide to come here and this permeates every item it broadcasts on this topic. That’s why it hesitates to ask those at the receiving end of this multiculti tsunami how THEY feel about it. Like Climate change, the debate is over. The fact that our country has been turned into one vast fetid Welfare swamp by the current government is dismissed as not relevant to the narrative and instead all we get is a series of items sympathetic to the likes of those who infest “the jungle.” Is that too harsh? No. It’s an opinion and not one the BBC care to hear even they are mandated to reflect all views rather than the cosy liberal consensus produced day in day out.

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THIS IS THE WORLD CALLING

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So, it’s quite early in the morning, and I turned on the BBC Word Service just after 5am. Talk about bias! A charming female presenter, with a decidedly non-British accent, read out in the space of 15 minutes a litany of one-sided BBC liberal bias. We were told about the very important UN meeting on climate change and “fears” that it might not succeed (whose fears?); we were told about Obama trying to get Israel to accept making peace with Palestinians; we were told about how smoking bans have reduced heart attacks by up to almost 40% in the first two years. Great stuff and all being carefully broadcast globally by our dear friends in the BBC. It’s not just the damage the BBC does in the UK that we should reflect upon but rather the global impact of this most biased of broadcasters.

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B-BBC – the new team!

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I simply wanted to thank all those new posters who have joined the site in recent days. As you will have noticed, Robin Horbury, DB, David Riddick and the All Seeing Eye now join with Ed, Natalie, Sue, Laban and yours truly to bring you a rollicking good daily read. The cast has grown and it will help me get the time required to get the BBC book completed. Please join me in welcoming the new folks and I wish them all the very best in exposing BBC bias!

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SOAK THE RICH…

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In his book on BBC bias, Robin Aitken states that the default BBC political mode is more Lib-Dem than Labour. It’s a view that I largely agree with and it was on display this morning in the TODAY interview that took place with Nick Clegg by Sarah Montague.

Cleggy’s big idea is…gasp surprise..to soak the rich, or as he puts it, to spread “fairness”. (Wealth redistribution is so passe se days!) This reduces down to forcing those who live in properties valued at more than £1m to pay an extra annual tax -the proceeds of which would be spread to increase “fairness.” Montague chose NOT to pursue the obvious question as in whilst the property may be valued at £1m+ there is no direct link to suggest that those living in it have the sort of disposable income that can stand an extra tax hike. In many cases, elderly people live in properties bought many decades ago that have considerably appreciated in value but their wealth is on paper unless they sell their homes. So where is all this cash coming from, Cleggy? Doesn’t matter – Saint Vince Cable endorses this planned assault on the assets of the prudent. Instead of challenging Clegg on the substance of this latest Lib-Dem fantasy, Montague decided to ask him just how “savage” his cuts would be! This set up Clegg to declare that he would indeed by savage when it came to removing our nuclear defences by axing Trident.
The Lib-Dems get the easiest of rides from the BBC because the BBC is broadly sympathetic to the policies of Clegg and co. I see it as part of the ratchet mechanism by which the UK body politic shifts ever further left. The Lib-Dem’s adopt the most demented leftist policies and the BBC generally approves of these. Labour then competes by moving onto similar ground which then in turn pressurises the Conservatives to make at least some token movement in the same direction.
Clegg has no chance of ever getting into power and the BBC knows that. But by treating Lib-Dem policies in such a sympathetic manner, the BBC influences the national political debate and moves it in the direction required. That’s part of the menace of the bias. It’s not just visceral, it’s dangerous.

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