"stretching the available facts"

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Matt Prescott, the well-connected eco-activist behind such ventures as the BBC’s failed Planet Relief project (see Bishop Hill here and here for details on Prescott’s connections with various BBC luminaries and for links to articles he has written for the BBC), has donned his recycled tinfoil hat to offer these observations on Climategate in the comments at the Guardian website: Without doubt, whoever orchestrated this combined computer hacking and smear … Continue reading →

Ash Sends Incendiary Message

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“Hello and welcome to Outlook from the BBC world service. I’m Lucy Ash.”A heart-sinking announcement for anyone familiar with Ms. Ash “In Today’s Programme: The aid worker inside the Gaza strip helping traumatised children there to rebuild their shattered lives.” Lucy Ash is about to deliver rather more than an interview with the aid worker.In her introduction she milks the latest revelations by Israel about their own misconduct in Gaza … Continue reading →

Will No One Rid Me Of This Meddlesome Priest ?

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The BBC take a break from the ongoing euthanasia campaign to point out in the Radio Four news headlines the dangers of ‘a meddlesome pontiff interfering in British law‘. It’s not often that I hear a BBC newsreader emphasising the Britishness of anything. Could it be that at last we’re entering the new Elizabethan age ? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

Funny Haha

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It looks as though the BBC is going to give lavish publicity to Chris Morris’s film, the one that lampoons incompetent suicide bombers. Morris was treated to a flattering profile on Radio 4. He’s just the sort they like, edgy, dangerous, and as unpredictable as Russell Brand. His controversial paedo programme was overrated, but I appreciated the idea. His take on the public’s groupthink attitude to Paedophilia and the media’s … Continue reading →

Early Learning

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The BBC spokespersons that used to grace B-BBC with their presence always insisted that if one or two biased items slipped through, in the long term they would be counterbalanced, because balance was an overall concept, achieved over time. They must have had in mind a timescale of around two hundred years. Yesterday on News 24, they featured a story that has been on the BBC website for a few … Continue reading →

FINGERS IN PIES…

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Guess what? The man responsible for looking after the fat pensions of the boys and girls at the BBC is a climate change fanatic, and he is part of an international group of investment managers who bust a gut to invest in ‘climate change’ schemes. He’s called Peter Dunscombe, and he runs the £8.2bn corporation pension fund, advising trustees on a day-to-day basis about their investments. Mr Dunscombe, who addresses … Continue reading →

MORE THOMSON BIAS

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At the beginning of January, I reported that Peter Thomson, who is a senior environment editor for the BBC, is secretary of the campaigning greenie organisation the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ). Since then, I’ve been carefully tracking his work to see what impact his views have on his reporting. How did he tackle the news that the IPCC had admitted that it had got it wrong about the Himalayan … Continue reading →

THE ALL POWERFUL STATE…

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Wonder if you read the statistic in The Times yesterday showing the shocking statistic that almost half of all new jobs created in the past decade under Labour have been the preserve of the State. The BBC Today tackled it this morning around 6.15am and I was amused to hear them use this as a rallying cry for preserving these jobs by NOT cutting State jobs! The idea that the … Continue reading →

DEATH PANELS…

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BBC love for “mercy killings” continues this morning with the headline story that Sir Terry Pratchett is willing to test the idea that assisted suicide “tribunals” which could give people legal permission to end their lives. The author, who has Alzheimer’s, says he wants a tribunal set up to help those with incurable diseases end their lives with help from doctors. They love death like we love life…. Click through to … Continue reading →