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
Hi all. Sorry I am not around as much as normal but fighting a Westminster election campaign is a tad demanding! That said, it’s hard to escape BBC bias. I happened to listen to “Any Questions” this lunchtime and it reminds me why the BBC is such a problem. It came from North London and I felt sorry for the mild mannered Conservative Caroline Spelman. The audience whooped and cheered for … Continue reading
The leaders’ debate opinions of Radio Five Live’s Interactive Editor Brett Spencer this evening (click on image to enlarge): Clearly Mr Spencer fears no repercussions for his anti-Cameron opinions. After all, inside the BBC bubble he’s not saying anything contentious. Update April 23, 11 am. He’s now removed the oh-so-witty remarks about Cameron’s forehead, as well as a tweet which said “Brown seems well ahead to me, and is now … Continue reading
Question Time this week comes London, and will be broadcast live so that both the audience and panel are able to watch the prime ministerial debate earlier in the evening and comment on it. It’s not clear if they will have read any of our LiveBlog comments, which of course will put them at a disadvantage. On the panel tonight are Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Foreign … Continue reading
