Naomi Klein is female, left wing, anti-capitalist and now it seems, fully onboard the climate change bandwagon enlightening us all with her scientific expertise and sense of moral outrage….what’s not to like for the BBC?

Indeed the BBC has leapt aboard the Naomi Klein bandwagon on the grand occassion of her latest publication being released into the wild (all monies going to a good cause no doubt).

Klein is once again berating Capitalism, this time as the cause of climate change, at war with the environment, in her new book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate…., The Guardian, The New York Times and little Owen Jones are drooling over it…as is the BBC.

Klein pretty much gets a free run at putting her case…Jenni Murray only interrupting to suggest that there might be some sceptics out there…or as Murray put it….’There are of course climate change deniers’ …so quite clear how she thinks about climate change and anyone who dares raise doubts about some of the science.

Klein dismisses all ‘deniers’ as rightwing free market ideologues who realise that if man-made climate change is real Capitalism is finished…according to Klein’s own ideology….though still no proof that it is ‘man-made’…but let’s not let the facts spoil a good read.

Klein says that we shouldn’t debate whether there is a climate crisis or not with such people because she knows that there is one…whether she knows what the cause’s climate change is debatable….er….

She is of course talking to the converted at the BBC….whilst Klein has absolutely no scientific credentials to her name she is allowed to lecture us courtesy of the BBC platform she has been granted almost unchallenged….and the reason she is allowed to do this?  Because she supports the BBC’s own view that the ‘science is settled’ and is in line with the supposed 97% of all scientists who are said to also back that view.

If, like Nigel Lawson, you raise awkward questions that throw doubt upon the whole charade you are about as welcome at the BBC as a reborn Jimmy Savile, or Jeremy Clarkson…which must seem a curious way to run a news and current affairs media empire that is charged with entertaining, informing and educating us…..only bring people the news and information that the BBC agrees with….all very Big Brother.

And speaking of which, the Royal Society, another BBC favoured climate change champion, gets a blast from professor Michael Kelly..

Why my own Royal Society is wrong on climate change: A devastating critique of world’s leading scientific organisation by one of its Fellows

 

Reading his take down of the Society’s approach to climate change you can readily see a comparison with how the BBC has decided to report climate change….

The implication was clear: the Society seemed to be saying there was no longer room for meaningful debate about the claim that the world is warming dangerously because of human activity, because the science behind this was ‘settled’.

The Society has become more, not less dogmatic. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have continued to rise, but since 1998 there has been no statistically significant rise in global temperatures at all.

This flies in the face of the confident predictions made by nearly all the climate computer models that the temperature would continue to rise as it did from 1975 to 1998. More than 60 different explanations have been proposed to explain why this ‘pause’ or ‘hiatus’ has happened, and their sheer number is the clearest evidence that the system that climate scientists are seeking to model is irreducibly complex. Human-sourced carbon dioxide is at best one of many factors in causing climate change, and humility in front of this complexity is the appropriate stance.

Yet the Society continues to produce a stream of reports which reveal little sign of this.

Those who fail to provide balance are not giving advice, but lobbying. It is with the deepest regret that I must now state that this is the role which has been adopted by the Royal Society. And when scientists abandon neutral inquiry for lobbying, they jeopardise their purpose and integrity.

 

 

A month ago the BBC was proclaiming that the Iranian Islamic revolution was a good thing for women….the BBC is rather too keen on promoting Iran’s interests for some reason….the BBC sees its job as an effort to combat and counter those who characterise Iran as a malevolent force in the world which aims to destroy Israel, arms and funds a variety of militias and terrorist groups and has been a major opponent of British forces in Iraq and in Afghanistan.

But the BBC’s belief that everything is relative, there are no black and whites, no good and bad, means even Hitler would have had his spokesmen on the BBC during the war…and in Iran’s case the BBC likes to portray it as the victim of an aggressive America with enemies surrounding it intent in its destruction…much indeed as they portray Putin and his drive to rebuild the Soviet empire.

If as part of that drive to polish Iran’s reputation and image the BBC has to manage the truth then so be it….here it reports that Amnesty International has criticised Iran…Iran birth drive ‘turns women into baby-making machines’, but the report is remarkably short and very unlike the usual BBC analysis that goes into deatil about such cultural and social issues.

How different to this positive one about the wonders of Islamic feminism where we get much more information…How Iran’s feminist genie escaped telling us that ‘Iran’s 1979 revolution may have put an ayatollah in charge – but for women it had plenty of positive side-effects… in education, in the workplace, and even in the home, discovers Amy Guttman during a ride on the Tehran underground’.

‘Positive side effects’ such as these from the Amnesty report that the BBC has decided to omit from its report…..

Despite claims by Iran’s authorities, including statements by President Hasan Rouhani that men and women in Iran are treated equally, in reality this is far from the truth. Sexual violence and discrimination against women in Iran is rife and women in Iran are denied equal rights with respect to marriage, divorce, child custody, inheritance, travel, and even in their choice of clothing.

Iran’s Penal Code penalizes women and girls as early as nine years old who fail to cover their hair with a headscarf and comply with compulsory dress codes with imprisonment or a cash fine. These laws are regularly used by the police to harass and detain women in public for their appearance and clothing.

According to Iran’s existing Civil Code, a woman would not be entitled to spousal maintenance if she refuses to comply with the “duties of marriage”, which can include refusing to have sex with her husband or leaving the house without permission .

A woman’s testimony in court is valued at half that of a man in legal proceedings and reparations paid for killing or causing injury to a woman are half those payable for same harms to a man. The age of criminal responsibility for girls is just under nine years old but just under 15 years for a boy. Rape within marriage and domestic violence are not recognized as criminal offences. Engaging in lesbian sex is punishable by 100 lashes with a fourth time conviction resulting in the death penalty.

Early and forced marriages are common with 41,226 girls between the ages of 10 and 14 getting married, according to the 2013-2014 annual report by the National Organization for Civil Registration, and at least 201 girls under the age of 10. At some universities women are barred from studying certain subjects, ranging from engineering to English literature, as a result of quotas that seek to reverse advances made in the number and proportion of female university students. They also face restrictions on watching sports in public stadiums.

 

If they are examples of that ‘positive’ side effect of the Islamic Revolution life must have been really, really terrible before.

I was just having a look at the BBC Scotland news portal and noticed that the decision by SNP leader Nichola Sturgeon to stay away from the Afghanistan Memorial service in St Paul’s yesterday does not merit a mention. Thank god for the Daily Mail then. Given the number of brave Scottish soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice in Afghanistan fighting the savages in the Taliban, it does seem to me to be newsworthy that the Scottish First Minister chose to snub them, But the BBC seems disinterested. All about priorities I guess, which is why this sort of story DOES merit BBC Scotland coverage…

“Rangers director Chris Graham resigns over Mohammed tweet…”

It’s relentless. 

The first of four missing London schoolgirls who have travelled to Syria has been named as Sharmeena Begum.  The 15-year-old, from Bethnal Green, is thought to have left the UK in December to join Islamic State (IS) militants. A picture of Sharmeena was given to the Daily Mail by her father, Mohammad Uddin. Three of her friends from Bethnal Green Academy, Amira Abase, 15, Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, are now believed to have joined her. All four teenagers are thought to be in Raqqa – the headquarters of IS.

I would ask you to contrast the sustained BBC coverage concerning these three Islamic State collaborators with their studied indifference to the 1400 teenage girls abused by predatory Muslim rape gangs in Rotherham. Why IS it that the BBC instinctively like to play the “Muslims are always the victim” card when they simultaneously ignore the victims of Muslims? Dhimmified from within.

Can I politely ask readers to try and not swear or engage in banal ad hominem on this site? It only brings the many great points made here into disrepute and allows our critics to have a go at the site? I am VERY keen on maintaining your right to free expression but please, think twice before you vent and go nuclear and so provide our opponents with free material to undermine the site. Thank you.

Friday arrives and the weekend beckons! Here is a new OPEN thread for your completion. Detail the BIAS here.

Sack Jeremy Clarkson…..Change.org working for truth and justice, a fairer society and a BBC that consists entirely of left wingy mush…

Jeremy Clarkson has proved himself to be a deplorable man. His employment with the BBC is funded through licence fees paid by the general public.

We the undersigned do not believe that a warning is sufficient recourse given Mr Clarkson’s previous discriminatory comments and given the public profile that he has.

The only acceptable way in which the BBC can demonstrate it’s top-level commitment to diversity and equality (on and off/screen) is to relieve Mr Clarkson of his position with immediate effect. We trust that the BBC will act with integrity and take the necessary action.

Kind regards,

Reece Williams and Jayne Linney

 

Like that ‘kind regards”’as they seek to put a man on the dole and his family on the breadline.

Way to go yet….

Top Gear: 300,000 sign petition supporting Jeremy Clarkson

The Buddhist prison population has soared by over 44% in 10 years.  the question is ‘Why the surge in Buddhist prisoner.’  Nearly 1% of the UK’s Buddhist population is in prison.

The BBC investigates this pressing and puzzling issue.

Are they terrorists?  No, don’t be stupid…that’s a media myth.

Are they really criminals?  No not really…they are victims of poverty and discrimination…. disparities in how they are treated are often part of a complex mix of educational, employment, health and social inequalities that have characterised many of their lives.   Most of the prisoners said that they experienced differential treatment as a result of their race, ethnicity or faith.

Could it be that negative stereotypes and institutional discrimination, or “Buddhaphobia”, as it’s referred to, is fuelling the increase in Buddhist prisoner numbers?

Apparently the Government’s complacency on this issue is breathtaking.

Still, the Buddhists aren’t alone…Muslim prisoner numbers are also ‘surging’..up 84%…oh..and Jewish from 181 to 319…a 76% increase.

But wait…1% of Buddhists are in prison…and 0.4% of Muslims relative to their UK population.  Buddhists are either very bad or very discriminated against…but the BBC isn’t interested in that statistic for some reason.

The BBC naturally wants you to be concerned only with the Muslim prisoners…there must be some conspiracy behind the increase…alienation, neglect, disenfranchisement, poverty….but be aware, it’s nothing to do with terror...despite police making terror related arrests practically every day…only 1% of prisoners have ‘terror’ related convictions the BBC insists.

The BBC tells us that…

It’s a crime mystery.

Why has there been a surge in the number of Muslim prisoners?

Is it really a mystery that the Muslim prison population has nearly doubled in ten years when…

Muslim population in England and Wales nearly doubles in 10 years

No conspiracy, not Muslims being disenfranchised and ignored, vicitms of stereotyping and institutionalised Islamophobia…just an increase in population that correlates almost exactly with the increase in prisoner population.

One other explanation is that non-Muslim prisoners are being forced to convert to Islam for their protection..in one study 52% of Muslim prisoners questioned were those who converted whilst in prison.

This is just yet another example of the BBC pandering to Muslim activists who seek to portray Muslims as victims…in this case I suspect the ‘activist’ who has encouraged the BBC to cover this story (not much encouragement needed) is Labour Muslim MP Sadiq Khan whom the BBC tells us says…

One of Britain’s few Muslim MPs, Sadiq Khan, is determined to get to the bottom of it – asking more parliamentary questions about Muslim prisoners than any other member.

Yet more Muslim ‘Lawfare’.

Khan of course is the MP who wants Islam to dominate Parliament….

Chutzpah (/ˈhʊtspə/ or /ˈxʊtspə/) is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. The Yiddish word derives from the Hebrew word ḥutspâ (חֻצְפָּה), meaning “insolence”, “cheek” or “audacity”.

Curious choice of title for this BBC report…With their letter to Iran, US senators show ‘chutzpah’……‘Chutzpah’ being a Jewish word.

Is the BBC subtly hinting that this letter is all the work of the ‘Jewish Lobby’?  After all Netanyahu was recently in the US making a ‘controversial’ speech according to Jeremy Bowen about the same subject…playing the ‘Holocaust card’ according to ‘shorthand’ Jezza.

It is remarkable how negative the BBC’s report on this open letter to Iran from Republican Senators…ahhh..there’s the problem….not cuddly Democrats.

The usual suspect, the BBC’s Katty Kay, is similarly dismissive and scornful….

The White House agrees that the Republican Senators’ letter to Iran creates the perception that America is dysfunctional.

She goes on..

The White House’s Deputy National Security Advisor, Ben Rhodes, was clearly angered by the decision by 47 Republicans to send an open letter to the Iranian leadership…..Rhodes told me the letter is profoundly unhelpful and fits a pattern of Congress not working constructively with the President.

 

Well of course, the Senate is there to rubber stamp anything Obama comes up with…he is after all a most wonderful, wise and most of all, a Black President…he can do no wrong.

Funny how Democracy, what the BBC called ‘sacred’ when the Black majority took power in South Africa, is an inconvenience when people (white Republicans) don’t play by the BBC rules.

The BBC supports Iran (and anyone who stands up to ‘Bush’s’ America) and has always produced programmes that look favourably on Iran when the sabres are rattling and is of course a fan of Obama….and definitely not a fan of the Republicans….so all in all this ‘letter from America’ was never going to get a fair hearing on the biased BBC.