Question Time 11th February

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Question Time tomorrow night is a Northern Ireland special. On the panel will be leader of Traditional Unionist Voice Jim Allister QC, Old Bailey bomber and IRA terrorist Gerry Kelly, Conservative Lord Trimble, Sammy Wilson of the DUP and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Shaun “Where’s my Butler” Woodward. Coming at an important stage of  political changes in Northern Ireland, it will be fascinating to see how the BBC attempt to shape the news … Continue reading →

That BBC/Guardian thing again

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Earlier this year we learned that the BBC was helping the Guardian produce its front-page scoops. An interesting series of tweets from yesterday shows that the licence payer is also subsidising technological advice to our national broadcaster’s favourite newspaper. Here’s the head of all things digital and interactive at BBC Radio 5 Live, Brett Spencer: A good morning spent hammering out our big interactive general election offering. Off now to … Continue reading →

Justice From Justin

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I know this isn’t saying much, but Justin Webb on Today is a great improvement on Ed Stourton whom he replaced much to some people’s dismay. I thought he gave Gita Sahgal a fair hearing this morning, and it’s certainly encouraging that for once the BBC allowed someone to dislodge the halo surrounding Amnesty International. If you haven’t been following the story, Ms Sahgal, a senior official at AI, became … Continue reading →

More Palin Bashing

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When Barack Obama was mocked recently for addressing a sixth grade class, and later a committee meeting, with teleprompters present, did the BBC report it? No.When he was mocked recently for repeatedly mispronouncing “Navy corpsman” as “Navy corpse-man” at the National Prayer Breakfast, did the BBC report it? No.When he was mocked recently for saying, “The Middle East is a problem that has plagued the region for centuries”, a line … Continue reading →

IT STINKS…

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The latest climate scare story from the BBC is this gem. Plants are going to be on permanent high alert and a lot smellier. Why this is a problem is not quite clear, but hey, this is climate change work, there’s lots of money in pursuing this line of research, so the authors clearly believe it’s something we should worry about – and the BBC think its worth covering. Who’s … Continue reading →

Justifying Jihad?

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I only had half an eye on Peter Taylor’s Generation Jihad last night – and also, until I noticed it on the website, I didn’t realise it was only part one of a series of three. So my impression that he was more sympathetic to his Jihadi interviewees than strictly necessary may be premature. He may have been coaxing them into letting their fanaticism speak for itself. But this episode … Continue reading →

THE ENEMY WITHIN..

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Did you read that the head of Britain’s special forces has been trying to stop the publication of a book by a senior BBC journalist which describes in “tactical detail” operations carried out by the SAS in Iraq from 2003 to 2009? The major-general, who cannot be identified for security reasons, is concerned about the impact of Task Force Black on the elite regiment’s operational effectiveness because of the contents, which are … Continue reading →

WHEN A DEBATE IS NOT A DEBATE

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The BBC allows all shades of opinion, from A to B! With our first past the post system no longer looking so good for Labour, time for the Today programme to have a debate on alternatives. So, around 7.51am this morning bring on Hillary Benn and Chris Huhne to cover the topic – what could be more balanced than that? All shades of political opinion…! Click through to read and … Continue reading →