Influential public relations agency BBC EU PR has just produced a puff piece for one of its top clients. “Need some helpful spin?BBC EU PRBest in the business.”(Herman Van Rompuy) Update 16.20 – just noticed that Roland Deschain mentioned this on the open thread earlier, so tip of the hat to him. Beeb Bias Craig spotted it before me too. Comments on this thread in haiku please. Starting from… now. … Continue reading
The BBC seems determined to implant the notion that a hung Parliament is inevitable. It seems to have daily items on the topic including this one this morning! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
I was reading the BBC’s coverage of the Quartet’s condemnation of Israel for daring to build in Jerusalem and came across this sentence…”That move undermined efforts to restart indirect Israeli-Palestinian talks” But did it? Wasn’t the firing of rockers from Gaza into Israel another reason to conclude that “peace talks” are being undermined from THAT side? The BBC is always in such a rush to damn Israel, 24/7, isn’t it? … Continue reading
I’ve received quite a few emails from people disgusted at the way in which the BBC has been pushing the joys of greyhound racing. One concerned B-BBC reader writes… I have recently been appalled by the actions of the BBCon several occasions where in various programs it has highlighted greyhoundracing as a fun sport and a great day out for the family. Firstly early this year the presenter of Animals … Continue reading
Did you see that The Sun has picked up on the rancid bias of the BBC. Conservative backbencher Douglas Carswell said: “The BBC is in the hands of a left-wing elite. They’re a privileged organisation run for the interests of the few not the many – which is why their views are closer to a broadcast version of the Guardian rather than a popular paper.” Watchdog Mediawatch-UK director Vivienne Pattison … Continue reading
Question Time this week hails from Wythenshawe, Manchester. On the panel we have former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett, shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, the unbeatable David Starkey, Charles *hic* Kennedy and Green Party eco-loon Caroline Lucas. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
From Ed West’s Telegraph blog yesterday: Most London media types in their thirties are still sartorially influenced by hip-hop, which American sociologist James Howard Kunstler thinks is a conscious decision to dress like babies. Exhibit A – thirtysomething London media type Richard Bacon tweeting from New York yesterday: Yo! 34-year-old white nigga! Boom! (And he’s hip to the latest liberal lip.) Click through to read and contribute comments on this … Continue reading
Question Time this week hails from Wythenshawe, Manchester, once the largest council estate in Europe and home to 1977 one-hit wonder punk rock band Ed Banger and the Nosebleeds. The constituency of Wythenshawe and Sale East is represented by Labour MP Paul Goggins who has a majority of 10,827. Labour have polled over 50% of the vote here in the last three General Elections. On the panel we have former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett, … Continue reading
An open thread for the middle of the week… Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
The fractured relationship between Israel and the US was the second item on news headlines this morning, but by the next bulletin it had been demoted it to the tail end. Because of Hillary’s concessionary language it was downgraded from sensational “rift,” announced with relish,( Paxman called it a ‘Crisis of Historic Proportions) to a grudging admission that both parties were making conciliatory noises. Too bad for the Beeb, slightly … Continue reading
