Following on from Laban’s post below concerning the BBC’s claim that the motives of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo are a mystery, it is only fair to point out that for some religiously-motivated terrorists the BBC does feel able to pass on the statements of the perpetrators as to their own motives: Murder charges for Jewish settler A Jewish settler has been charged in Israel with murdering two … Continue reading
.. as John Allen Muhammed is executed, the BBC are puzzled by the motives of the perpetrator(s) of a shooting spree. Sniper’s motive remains a mystery They weren’t always so baffled. I distinctly remember the ‘angry white male’ theory being aired on the Today programme. I know it’s difficult to distinguish between a racist murderer (of their ten murder victims, eight were white, one black and one Asian) who happens … Continue reading
Mark Mardell: There has been a lot of debate, here and elsewhere, about whether politicians and the media have played down possible religious motives of the killer. The president did not: “No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving God looks upon them with favour. For what he has done, we know that the killer will be met with justice – in this world, and the … Continue reading
So, even as the next of kin mourn the loss of their loved ones care of devout Muslim Major Hasan, the BBC ponders “Shooting raises fears for Muslims in US Army.” To be honest, I would have thought the mass murder raises fear of Muslims in US Army. Not quite the same thing and a perspective alien to the BBC, Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
If exposure on the telly or the radio wasn’t the most valuable publicity available to mankind there would be no advertising – and authors and publishers wouldn’t spend so much time and effort doing the rounds on the circuit plugging their book.I’m sure some agents and publicists have to pull all sorts of strings to get a slot on the One Show or Start the Week, but Shlomo Sand wouldn’t … Continue reading
I was interested in a report on Today this morning (8.52am) which makes reference to “occupied East Jerusalem.” Has there been an invasion here that has gone unreported in recent days or is this the BBC once more parroting pro-Palestinian propaganda? Just asking… Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
I noticed that the BBC has been merrily spinning the line that although Europe yearns for him, Mr Bean look-a-like David Miliband has “rejected” the chance to become EU High Representative. I wonder who it is in the EU that is so enthusiastic to get Miliband into this position, exactly? The BBC does not tell us – though I am sure Miliband enjoys all the PR he has obtained this … Continue reading
Time for another open thread (Bumped) (Possible discussion for Remembrance Sunday – Media Lens wants the wearing of red poppies banned on the BBC.) Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
I thought the Jo Abbess email to Richard Black would be the funniest BBC-related correspondence I’d read for a long while, but I was wrong. Many thanks to Peter Dow, the Scottish republican featured in the film I posted here yesterday, for drawing my attention to an email exchange he had with the BBC. I particularly love this bit, which reads like something straight out of Ted L Nancy : … Continue reading
The Englishman takes issue with the latest ‘We’re all going to drown” BBC story, on rising sea levels in Perth, Western Australia. As he puts it : Two minutes with Mr Google and another scare story falls apart…. also in the Pacific – a teacher is beheaded in the Phillippines : Police in the southern Philippines say the severed head of a kidnapped schoolteacher has been found in a bag … Continue reading
