Fiona Fox, Ray Snoddy’s interviewee on Newswatch, who is clearly a pivotal figure in setting the parameters of BBC science coverage generally and climate change in particular, has precisely the credentials the BBC looks for in its “experts” (an area of responsibility, incidentally, that Sue Inglish manages). Her degree was in meejah studies at the Polytechnic of Central London (just down the road from Broadcasting House in Portland Place). Then … Continue reading
From hippiepooter in the comments comes a timely reminder, ahead of the BBC leaders’ debate, that Sue Inglish, the BBC’s Head of Political Programmes, is married to former Labour Party Director of Communications John Underwood. He was the man behind Progressive Policies Forum, the don’t-think tank which channelled funds to Peter Hain’s failed deputy leadership bid. As hippepooter points out, the declaration of personal and family interests section of Inglish’s … Continue reading
Here are the signatories to the letter defending the BBC in today’s Observer mentioned by David in an earlier post. It’s the stuff of nightmares – cloned luvvies: I bet the first Richard Eyre is really pissed off knowing that the second one has a knighthood. (Hat tip Winston Smith in the comments.) Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Following on from the earlier DB post, I have known Ray Snoddy, the editor of the BBC’s Newswatch, for more than 25 years and I admire him as a journalist. But his decision to interview Fiona Fox – director of a body called the Science Media Centre (SMC) – to give a supposed impartial verdict on the current standards of BBC science reporting was a major mistake. First, this harpy … Continue reading
Better late than never, over to you… Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
I see the luvvies have come out in defence of the State Broadcaster.. Harry Enfield, Jo Brand, Eddie Izzard (who has publicly supported the Labour Party) and former Dr Who star David Tennant are among almost 50 signatories to a letter in the Observer newspaper accusing the Tories of “attacking the BBC to serve the interests of its commercial rivals”. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Yes, it’s that game we play all the time on B-BBC. Here is an article that has appeared on the BBC today concerning the re-opening of the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai (Bombay). As a reader emails me, you will note that there is no mention of the fact that the “militants” were Muslims engaged in an act of Islamic Jihad. The BBC journalist who filed this report, Mr Ahmed, would … Continue reading
Thanks to Ryan for emailing me about this week’s Newswatch, and apologies to Ryan for not reading his email until now. Fortunately it’s all for the best as James Delingpole has already covered it. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Re David’s earlier post about the scandalously biased audience on this week’s Any Questions. According to the programme’s website the distribution of audience tickets is down to the hosts: 1. THE AUDIENCEOne of the chief responsibilities for you, the local organiser, is the distribution of tickets . We very much hope that, in general, the audience will be reasonably balanced and properly representative of the local community in terms of … Continue reading
A biased BBC reader brings my attention to this particularly contrived instance of bias. As you will see, there is NO mention of David Cameron atall in this report of the Leaders’ Debate. What’s more, the wording suggeststhat though the polls were not agreed on who won, the contenders were Clegg andBrown rather than Clegg and Cameron. No-one reading this report would guessthat a number of polls had declared Cameron the … Continue reading
