Category Archives: BBC bias

I was listening to the Today programme around 6.45am and caught a remarkably sneering piece by the BBC on how the Conservatives cannot be trusted on tax. The comment that really made my ears prick up was “It takes independent bodies like the Resolution Fundation to tell us how things really are” before going on to play a clip of Osborne saying NO tax increases before the 2010 election and then announcing an increase in VAT shortly thereafter. Mention was made of Brown doing something similar in 2000, but sadly no clip was available.  My beef with this is that a/The Resolution Foundation is a body with an activist left wing pro Labour agenda and so cannot possibly be seen as impartial and b/Perhaps the utter mess of the public finances created by labour which Osborne inherited may have contributed to hid decision to raise our VAT to EU average???

Good morning one and all, here is a much need NEW Open thread for you to detail the bias.

Burqa riots in Paris but our world class BBC don’t seem that interested on telling us on their home page. (Yes, I know it is the World page) By way of comparison they have the US bombing the Great Barrier Reef on the home page.

The BBC seem VERY concerned for the well being of Jihad butcher suspect Michael Adebolajo. And when it’s not concern for poor Michael then its concern for Mosques being attacked by (whispers) Ukrainians  It’s almost as IF the BBC seeks to present Islam as the victim!!!

Ah, how touching of the BBC to publish this obituary for “pioneering” US journalist Helen Thomas dies at 92. Thomas was a profound anti-Semite so even the BBC felt obliged to make passing reference to some of her vile comments but hey, she “regretted’ those slurs against Jews so no big deal. Right? Straight to hell, Helen. Naturally the BBC admire her.

Old thread overflowing so here’s one to take us all off into the sunny uplands of the weekend!

All too real

via Guido and Cityunslicker:

Ed Miliband set on reform, but not on break with the BBC

As  one of the comments said:

formertory said…

Masterpiece! Spooky, how naturally it all “fits”

I was no fan of the 2012 London Olympics but can appreciate that it may have done some good in a roundabout way. The point is that when our Capital city won the right to host the games under LABOUR, the BBC were to the fore in cheerleading for the the occasion.  But under a Conservative led Coalition, well, things are a tad different. The Today programme this morning was long sneer at the alleged economic benefits of the Games. Even St Vince Cable was put through the mangle! It left me wondering if the games were such an epic fail, what does that make of the BBC coverage and the £££ millions spend on producing it?

The BBC seem concerned that  the Palestinians are undecided on the Kerry peace talks plan. As always with the BBC, the only perspective that counts is that of the Palestinians with Israel demoted to a bit part in this negotiation. It was the same story of the Today programme this morning.

Yes, we all know that Lib Dems do seem to have a problem with Israel and in that regard today’s saga with David Ward MP is not that surprising. Just to remind you…

Lib Dem MP David Ward has had the party whip withdrawn over comments he made about Israel. He posted a tweet at the weekend calling the country an “apartheid state” and saying that “Zionists” were “losing the battle”. It comes after a long-running dispute with the party’s leadership over his use of language and comments he made about “the Jews”. Mr Ward said he would not apologise for his tweet.

I agree, he should let hims reprehensible anti-Semitism stand. If he feels sad he could always phone Jenny Tonge. But, what has this to do with the BBC? Well, I would have THOUGHT that this story merited an inclusion on the main BBC UK news portal but it is nowhere to be seen. Yes, I know it leads the politics page but many readers do not go there. On the main UK news page, the BBC finds room to tell us about Thatcher’s support for Jimmy Savile,  about Budget cuts are “damaging neighbourhood policing” but nary a word about this vile Lib Dem Jew hater. Funny old world.

UPDATE;  30 minutes after me posting this, link appeared on main news portal!!