I may have been a bit slow to realise this, but as soon as one becomes associated with a particular cause, one alienates people. It is a mistake to assume that reasoned argument will win anyone over. People make their minds up for all sorts of reasons – then say “that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.” The more rational you are, the more people use distancing strategies to … Continue reading
For an example of BBC bias at its sneery, snidey best, have a listen to The World This Weekend here – the relevant item is at about 35 minutes into the programme and is by a reporter called John Manel. His target was alleged flaws in UKIP’s immigration policy. He claims basically that the party is so stupid that it doesn’t know what it is doing. In order to set … Continue reading
Here is an interesting exchange you should read…. On 7th April on the TODAY programme, champingat the bit to link David Cameron to Richard Nixon for his use of the phrase‘the great ignored’, M/s Berg falsely claimed that Richard Nixon coined thephrase “The silent majority”. The phrase ‘the silent majority’ wasactually coined by De Gaulle’s Prime Minister Pompidou after De Gaulle calledparliamentary elections in 1968 and saw his party achieve … Continue reading
I’ve been away for a few days and blogging from me will remain light as I catch up on things, but I do have enough time to recommend the ongoing excellent analysis of BBC election coverage by the tireless Beeb Bias Craig. And those who only read the RSS feed for this blog are missing out on some great observations in the comment threads. Let this be a new open … Continue reading
Here we have the BBC’s Richard Black in the oleagenous, snake-oil-salesman mode he adopts whenever he seeks to tell us that he’s listening to sceptics. He tries to convey that the Oxburgh report into Climategate had an important core message; that it’s vital that climate scientists ensure that their work is accompanied by suitable warnings about its limitations. Yet he omits to tell us the most crucial fact in this … Continue reading
On a day when all political programmes are bound to be obscured by a certain televised debate between somebody who is shortly going to stop being Prime Minister, somebody who is about to start being Prime Minister, and somebody else; Question Time this week comes from London. On the panel this week we have a six-pack of Ed Miliband, Michael Gove, David Laws, Nigel Farage Universal-Shami Chakrabarti and John Sergeant. … Continue reading
The BBC is very keen to tell us in detail why Lord Oxburgh and his panel of cronies have exonerated in a rushed report the University of East Anglia climate change fabricators. Their reasons for the whitewash – which can be paraphrased as the need to perpetuate the lies – are trumpeted loudly, while the sceptic community gets, as usual, only a nodding mention, 74 words out of 760. Here, … Continue reading
A new mid-week open thread for your delectation and delight. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
I notice that in pursuance of its dream of a “hung Parliament” the BBC’s Today reporter Kevin Connolly claims that such an event could represent a “huge opportunity” for the DUP. Gosh, how exciting and what a good reason to vote for them, right? Well, it could do if they were ever there but as Mr Connolly should be aware, the DUP’s attendance record at Westminster is appalling. Worse, DUP leader … Continue reading
…so long as it is black. Yes, Henry Ford’s maxim still directs much of what the BBC passes off as “debate”. Last night, here in Northern Ireland, Irish republican terrorists detonated a car bomb outside MI5 headquarters at Holywood just outside Belfast. Plus ca change? Irish republican terrorists have been doing this for decades. But through the pervasive prism of the “peace process” – to which the BBC is ideologically … Continue reading
