Did you catch this “interview” on Today between Zac Goldsmith and John Prescott? I feel that James Naughtie allowed Prescott to interrupt, make childish class-baiting allegations and then dared to suggest they were both “going at it”. This is not what I heard. I carry no candle for Goldsmith but he was courteous whilst Prescott was rude and arrogant and got much more time to defend his own stupid housing … Continue reading
Melanie Phillips presents two inspiring pieces today. William Shawcross’s JPost article, and a statement made last year by Spanish politician and journalist Pilar Rahola. The international press does major damage when reporting on the question of the Israeli-Palestinian issue. On this topic they don’t inform, they propagandize. When reporting about Israel the majority of journalists forget the reporter code of ethics. And so, any Israeli act of self-defense becomes a … Continue reading
Any ideas on why the BBC seem so relaxed about the fact that John McDonnell – a man seeking to lead the Labour Party – regrets that he could not go back to the 1980’s and assassinate Margaret Thatcher? I understand his comments got a round of applause from the Trade Union comrades in the audience, so any ideas on why the BBC seem so relaxed on this celebration of … Continue reading
They say that there is nothing like a Dame, and that is assuredly true when one reflects on Dame Ann Owers – the Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales. This wet as a fresh fish liberal maroon can always be relied upon to echo BBC sentiment and so it is that she was on Today this morning (7.24am) to inform us that Muslim inmates of our prisons could … Continue reading
Interesting catch here by another eagle-eyed B-BBC reader…It related to this story. Scroll over to the Jon Donnison “analysis” box… “The BBC’s Jon Donnison, in the West Bank town ofRamallah, says it is not yet clear exactly what happened. But it is not uncommon for the Israeli navy to open fireon fishing boats it feels are too far out at sea, he adds.” Our reader ask “What is the … Continue reading
An eagle eyed Biased BBC reader picks up on this…it has been doctored so that it reads “The Africans risking it all on the Egypt-Israel border” This is what is originally said,,,, ‘Shot on sight, The Africans risking it all to cross into Israel’ The actual story was about Egyptians shooting Africanimmigrants: In his sparsely decorated apartment, Yahya Mohamed Idris,a refugee from Darfur in Sudan, explains how he risked everything trying … Continue reading
I was reading this BBC report on the news that Israel has stopped a Palestinian terrorist attack, this time at sea, as four Palestinian humanitarians wearing diving suits met a watery death. In the first sentence the BBC tell us that Israel has killed four Palestinians. 8 paragraphs later the BBC informs us that “The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a militant group linked to Fatah, has reported that four of its … Continue reading
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More and more websites include references to the BBC and its bias.People not only recognise it, but take it as read. They’re acclimatised to it. The BBC carries on regardless, and so do the politicians. All three parties have morphed together to form an ostrich like coalition of the three wise monkeys apropos the Middle East, and together with the BBC they reinforce one another, reporting and influencing each other … Continue reading
The Telegraph reports that the BBC has lavished £1million building a rooftop studio for its World Cup coverage and then wasted thousands more installing a lift so that Shearer, Lineker and Hansen would not have to walk up three flights of stair. (I suppose Shearer might injure himself?) Hasn’t anyone told the BBC we are in a recession – is the age of austerity to be held at bay at … Continue reading
