Category Archives: BBC bias

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Lib Dem MP David Ward has had the party whip withdrawn over comments he made about Israel.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!!

The BBC has excelled itself in its latest example of pro-Labour anti-Coalition ‘cuts’ propaganda.

No other word for it but propaganda.

If this can’t persuade a reasoned person that the BBC’s politicised reports are no more than Labour Party press releases I’m not sure what could.

The HMIC has released this report into how police forces are managing the cuts to their budgets:

Policing in Austerity: Rising to the Challenge

It is essentially positive and commends most forces for their achievements in cutting their budgets whilst maintaining or even improving their service.

It has a few concerns one of which is that neighbourhood policing ‘risks being eroded’ if officers are also used on other tasks….note that it talks of the ‘potential risk’ not of any evidence that there is any actual damage being done…and that:

The College of Policing is already looking at this area of policing, and HMIC will examine how neighbourhood police resources are allocated in the autumn.

It is a point of interest but not the major point…that being the positive nature of the report.

The BBC take a different view, this being the headlining report on their front page:

Watchdog warns over local policing

Neighbourhood policing risks being “eroded” but forces are praised for coping well with budget cuts as figures suggest that crime is down.

Recorded crime down 7%, ONS says

Cuts ‘lead to slower 999 response’

The BBC are almost entirely concentrating on ‘cuts’ and any supposed detrimental effects they might have.

But look at that ‘Cuts ‘lead to slower 999 response’…..who is the source for that story?:

Cuts to police budgets have resulted in slower response times to 999 calls, Labour has claimed.

This is entirely a story concocted by Labour..timed to be released along with the HMIC report….and the BBC willingly give it frontpage status and immense ‘credibility’.

And look who they report as backing Labour’s ‘findings’…

Durham police and crime commissioner Ron Hogg said he “totally supported” Ms Cooper’s concerns.

He said: “The pace and depths of the cuts is entirely unnecessary and is increasingly bringing undue pressure on the front line.

What the BBC neglect to tell you is just who Ron Hogg is:

Ron Hogg is Labour’s Police & Crime Commissioner in Durham & Darlington. … number: 03000 264631 Email address: enquiries@durham-pcc.gov.uk

Strange that the HMIC report doesn’t mention this slow 999 response time….it in fact gives information that would imply the opposite….there are more officers on the frontline…and that neighbourhood officers are also now being used to respond to 999 calls when they were not so used  before apparently.

So the BBC have run a story headlining the worst case scenario…one of ‘potential’ only as yet…and backed up  Labour Party scare mongering about response times using a Labour Party stooge.

Such stories from the BBC have one intended purpose…to damage the Public’s confidence in the Police and to blame that upon the Coalition’s ‘cuts’.  It is blatant scaremongering and the BBC have engaged in it shamelessly with their political fellow travellers in the Labour Party.

She may be dead but the BBC still cannot resist having a go. This time, they say…

“Thatcher lobbied for Savile knighthood despite warnings…”

I see. Would that be Jimmy Savile,  the much loved BBC star, a diamond in their constellation of talent for decades “despite warnings”.  Would that be the SAME Jimmy Savile that the BBC felt obliged to pay tribute to after his death when the “warnings” were rather more clear than in the 1980s when Margaret Thatcher was PM? Yes, it seems Thatcher was taking in Savile but it was the BBC who provided him with his perch for DECADES.

No sooner does a new open thread open until it is bulging at the seams so, here you go, a new one for you and am sure you will fill it just as quickly as the last one!

As mentioned on another thread, BBC’s “Today” will have a new presenter in the autumn. Her name is Mishal Husain. Who is she? Well, last November, she was  the one implying that not enough Israelis had been killed by “home-made contraptions” I am sure she will fit in so well. BBC Watch has the goodies here.