Sorry to see Sir Terry Wogan broadcast his final early morning show. I think he was one of the few stars left in the BBC crown and when Chris Evans take his place in January I shall not be listening. Sir Terry’s genial charm, lack of vulgarity and common decency will be missed by many people and he leaves the BBC looking a poorer place. Click through to read and … Continue reading
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The BBC gave the Irish sex abuse cases top billing They even made a Vatican-driven reorganisation of the Irish Catholic Church the main item on Radio Four news a fortnight later. Yesterday the resignation of a bishop made the PM news, with interviews and a correspondent report. Three online news items. You’d almost think Ireland hadn’t been an independent nation for the past 90-odd years. Yet coverage of the Irish … Continue reading
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Has the BBC Gone Mad?(What do they mean, “gone”?)Should the BBC Face Execution? Should HYS be banned?So many questions, so little time. Warning. May contain words alluding to homosexuality. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
On the web, it’s everywhere. The Russian Institute of Economic Analysis yesterday released a report suggesting that the ‘climate change’ mob at East Anglia’s CRU deliberately and massively rigged Russian climate records, ignoring stations covering 40% of the landmass and choosing only those sites which showed evidence of warming. On the BBC, it’s nowhere. Step by step, the ‘climate change’ scam is disintegrating. But you won’t hear about it on … Continue reading
… attacking the Muslim community. Dickie tells Harry Pearce and Ros Myers that he has been running an asset who has infiltrated a group of Hindu nationalists, led by Harish Dhillon. Dhillon’s group is planning an attack targeting Muslims and, with tensions between the Hindu and Muslim communities riding high, a furious Harry demands that Dickie hand over his asset … Once again Spooks reflects the real issues facing contemporary … Continue reading
Hurrah! Most Russians don’t give a monkeys about climate change. And who can blame them? If I lived in Siberia, I’d be pretty keen to see a bit more sun, especially at this time of year. But for the BBC correspondent Katia Moskvich, evidently as right-on in her political views as her London comrades, it’s a bit of a problem. She’s thought very hard about it and come to the … Continue reading
Johnny Ball was booed off stage last night after questioning man made climate change during his part in a Christmas show celebrating atheism and science. The crowd for ‘Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People’, organised by BBC regular Robin Ince, was too close-minded to hear him out. Ince has criticised Ball’s views on Twitter and Ball says he won’t be doing the climate change stuff in future shows. More … Continue reading
(This is a guest blog from BBC environment correspondent Richard Blackbin in Copenhagen.) Why can’t more people be just like me? The question first came to mind on the plane to Copenhagen as I caressed my cheek with my Guardian COP15 84-page pull-out supplement. If more people were like BBC environment correspondents, I reflected, then the world would be a better place because people like me understand things so much … Continue reading
