Richard Black continues to churn out BBC groupthink about the need to cut CO2 emissions as if Climategate has not happened and the IPCC AR4 report is still the gold standard of reliability. What’s fresh about his wearying latest tirade is that he’s found a new group of climate change fanatics to support his assertion that whatever we are doing, it’s not enough; nothing less than the end of industry … Continue reading
The previous open thread has been replaced by this one which will take place in my back garden. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Beeb Bias Craig. David Preiser and John Horne Tooke in the comments. (Update – sorry, direct links to comments still don’t seem to work. Click on page 4.) Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Green Party activist Marcus Brigstocke seems a bit put out that the BBC has told him his privileged licence fee funded platform for leftist rants isn’t quite the same during an election campaign: Something we said, I hope. Of course Brigstocke could have chosen to take the principled path and not appear on the show, but I guess he’s got his media profile to worry about. After all, it’s not … Continue reading
This Thursday evening brings a double-bill of liveblogging…. “You lucky people”, as Tommy Trinder used to say. First up at 8.00pm we will be live blogging the 2nd Leaders’ Debate which is being broadcast on Sky News between 8.00pm and 9.30pm. Rather like the Budget chat this promises to be great fun as once again 10 blogs will all be hosting it simultaneously. Let’s see if Sky do a better … Continue reading
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Re yesterday’s post – Guido reports that Chris Summers has been assigned alternative duties, and Hippiepooter points out that Summers has removed his Facebook page. And Sarah Bell has deleted Friday’s tweet linking to her Lib Dem article. Update. Chris Summers’ replacement will have been forced to watch the following BBC training video on dealing with complaints about left-wing bias: Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Hope you enjoyed “Thought for the day” with Abdal Hakim Murad this morning? I think the BBC is so brave to give Islam such prominence in this daily slot despite it being such a minority religion. Still, I bet that Aaqil Ahmed, the BBC’s Head of Religious Broadcasting will at least appreciate this. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Anyone have the stomach to listen to this grovelling interview by Naughty with Baroness Williams, that doyen of so many BBC programmes? The easy questions thrown her way contrast with those given to any Conservative figure but, then again, when you hear Shirley Williams talking you are hearing the political thinking of the BBC made manifest… Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Last Friday on Radio Five Live: Tina Fey: Will Ferrell played George Bush like he was a moron but no one seemed to think that he was going at him too hard. Richard Bacon: Yeah. I’m not sure how many other ways there are to play him. So says the university drop-out about the Yale graduate. Update. I am reminded that Bush also has an MBA from Harvard (hat tips … Continue reading
