For decades, the IRA has had a very sympathetic hearing from the BBC. I do not suggest that the BBC supported the killings, the bombings, the maimings carried out by Irish Republicans but it did seem to have a visceral sympathy with the IRA ideal that “Britain” needs to get out of Northern Ireland. This morning, the BBC was coming to terms with an attempted massive car bombing of the … Continue reading
So what do you make of the news that Mark Thompson, the director general of the BBC, has vetoed a review of executive pay because the corporation’s private polling shows that viewers care more about repeats? The Telegraph has the details here. I cannot see how the BBC can adopt such an arrogant approach although listening to David Cameron on Marr this morning did not inspire me into thinking that … Continue reading
Via Clive Davis, a quote from Richard Black taken from the BBC’s staff magazine Ariel: In case you ever want to meet up in the blogosphere, I’m the guy with the target on his back. It’s big, it’s green and it flashes up a message saying “climate sceptics – shoot here”. Yeah, but the target’s so big now that it’s not much of a sport any more. It’s about time … Continue reading
Deegee highlights numerous signs in Jeremy Bowen’s article that indicate he’s not really BBC Middle East editor at all, but a correspondent representing the Palestinians. Like Alan Johnston, Bowen obviously wants to assure his friends that “I’m telling your story.”The article is riddled with clues as to Bowen’s personal feelings, and is dumbed down by lazy over-simplifications of the sort that invariably get repeated over and over till they become … Continue reading
I am well aware that Peter Oborne’s C4 anti-Jew documentary was not a BBC programme. However, years of biased reporting on the Israeli/Palesinian situation well and truly prepared the ground for Peter Oborne to score his illegitimate goal.Meanwhile, if anyone was acting as referee, they must have steadfastly withstood the pressure from the mighty Jewish lobby and looked the other way. The inferior quality of the programme was no secret, … Continue reading
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Tim Blair: “BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin wants us to feel sorry for his warmy friends” My contacts at the CRU tell me the e-mails are being taken out of context and insist they are part of the normal hurly-burly of conversations between scientists working on some of the most complicated questions of our times.They ask how many of us would feel completely comfortable if our own inboxes were emptied … Continue reading
(Update – the Examiner article linked to below stated that this was the UEA Hadley Climate Research Centre. Hadley is not in the title. The leaked documents are from the UEA’s Climate Research Unit (CRU). Hadley is a separate Met Office organisation. Thanks to a very agitated Pete Pisspoor in the comments for pointing that out.Further update – CRU has provided a lot of the “climate simulations data” for Hadley’s … Continue reading
So, after the anointment of Baroness Ashton as the EU’s High Representative on Foreign Affairs and Security last evening, the BBC has swung into the “Hail Cathy” mode this morning. We had independent commentator Neil Kinnock on to say what a swell gal she was and how no one could be more suited to carrying out such a function as the unelected Baroness. The BBC also provided us with a … Continue reading
Sir Hugh Orde is the most politicised senior Police Chief that I know of. His period as Chief Constable of the PSNI was distinguished, if that is the correct word, by his playing of the political game to accommodate the requirements of the “Peace Process”. For example, he hailed the admission of a convicted IRA bomber onto the controlling Policing Board as progress. Sir Hugh was doing the rounds of … Continue reading
