The BBC’s approach to the I/P conflict is to assume there’s a unanimous consensus amongst its viewers and listeners that Israel is guilty on all counts. Dissenters like myself take the view that the BBC taints the news it brings us by using a combination of devices.A distancing, dehumanising approach to Israeli individuals, the exaggerated human interest treatment of Palestinian victimhood, the omission of vital context and historical background, and … Continue reading
Well, the age of austerity beckons with all those £££billions of cuts and many of us will have to tighten our belts. Happily, this is not the case at the BBC where the good times just keep on a rollin’… The BBC was accused of making a mockery of public sector spending cuts as it announced that three new executives would get pay packets vastly in excess of the Prime … Continue reading
BBC been leading the charge against the “savage cuts” from the bad and evil Tory/Dems. I particularly enjoyed Alistair Darling being granted airtime to pronounce of the poor judgement of the Coalition, without even a hint of BBC irony….your favourite moment of the day from the Cuts crusaders? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
“Reporters are mouthpieces for people in power” On Today, Guardian writer and one-time journalist of the year Nick Davies tells us that the internet is a mechanism for distributing falsehood and madness.But not to worry. Although much journalism is necessarily inaccurate, the bastions of truth and good journalism are the BBC and the Guardian. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
New week dawns, new open thread opens! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Did you listen to this demolition job on the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in India? Best line from BBC’s Chris Morris? “Is it simply immoral or is it illegal?”. I get the feeling the BBC doesn’t approve of this event! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
I know that Fergie is the gift that keeps on giving the enemies of the Royal Family plenty of material to denigrate them and true to form if you listen to this interview you can detect Naughtie desperately trying to get John O’Farrell to be more cutting than he actually could have been on the NOTW revelations. I don’t blame O’Farrell, his comments are measured but I do believe that … Continue reading
Anyone catch Sarah Montague’s “interview” with former chief secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne this morning? Could she have been any easier on him? I don’t think so. It appears that the BBC have gone along with Labour and consigned it’s thirteen years in power and attendant profligacy to the memory hole. It never happened. Why IS Osborne making Tory cuts? Click through to read and contribute comments on this … Continue reading
Sadly, I missed this response from Roger Harrabin on April 7. It deserves a wider airing for its surprise value (to put it mildy). At least he has not so far resorted to BBC lawyers, as one of his sensitive colleagues has: Here is the official BBC comment: “It is well known that BBC correspondents are often invited to act as an independent moderator for events, sometimes for a fee. … Continue reading
From the Sunday Times: “The Tories have reined in plans to freeze the TV licence fee and force the BBC to reveal the salaries of its highest paid stars. After the party’s combative approach towards the corporation in the run-up to the election, Ed Vaizey, the new minister for media and arts, has used his first interview to tell the BBC that it will be treated firmly but fairly by the … Continue reading
