It’s really not news — it’s pushing a point of view. When I read that I thought that yet another important political figure had grasped the truth about the BBC. That it was said by Obama’s chief adviser David Axelrod was even better. I know Axelrod is essentially a Daley machine hack from Chicago but he was the mastermind behind Obama’s meteoric rise from obscure non achieving, inexperienced, state senate … Continue reading
Any thoughts on the new Five Live schedule? Victoria Derbyshire’s recent Nick Clarke Award for best broadcast interview has been rewarded with the loss of an hour to Obama-lovin’ glamour puss Gabby Logan, who will now be on from 12 ’til 2 weekdays. She’ll be followed by Richard Bacon which means that R5L’s afternoon output will now be determined by the daily obsessions of a tiny number of like-minded celebrity … Continue reading
Panorama used to be a grown up serious programme. In the olden days. Now it’s more of a pantomime. They set out to prove something to the halfwits they assume are watching. Last night they decided to prove that Asians suffer racial abuse. They set about recruiting two Asians to hang out with hidden cameras, as a kind of undercover honey-trap. Well, they weren’t undercover, they were actual Asians, with … Continue reading
Following on from BBC darling Jo Brand’s recent declaration that only white people can be racist, here’s another of the BBC’s favourite comedians, Phil Jupitus, expressing his ideological beliefs. This morning the ubiquitous BBC panel show guest shared with his twitter followers a photo of the lapel badges he’s wearing today: Chairman Mao and a red star. Aww, how sweet. A BBC regular proudly displaying a Hitler badge and a … Continue reading
This morning’s BBC news is making much play with a letter in the Times denouncing those who appropriate icons of British military history for political purposes. It was one of the lead items on R4 news. Two former heads of the Army are among those to put their names to a letter accusing “those who seek to hijack the good name of Britain’s military”. It does not name the BNP … Continue reading
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Writing over in the FT, Philip Stephens has an interesting article on the BBC and he makes five suggestions as to how he thinks the BBC could be saved. I think each of his ideas has individual merit but perhaps where he and I differ is in whether the BBC requires saving in the first place! I am sure that if the BBC implemented the suggestions Philip makes it would … Continue reading
I have read very carefully Richard Black’s defence of the BBC’s reporting of the so-called problem of “climate change” (mentioned by David Vance in a previous post). It’s an important statement that shockingly reveals the depth of the malais and dishonesty in BBC journalism. He’s in that strange cloud cuckoo land that BBC reporters inhabit, and he’s deployed all the standard BBC responses to claims of bias, especially the one … Continue reading
In 2004 the BBC’s former middle east editor, Tim Llewellyn, called Israel’s P.R. “Zionist propaganda,” because he said it was ‘too efficient. ’If Palestinian P.R. was lagging behind in 2004, it certainly isn’t now. P.R. seems to be about the most flourishing industry Palestinians have.Despite the spectacular efficacy of Pallywood and the like, the BBC’s present middle east editor happily takes it at face value. He doesn’t dismiss it as … Continue reading
On this week’s episode of Radio 4’s Americana the current state of US journalism was discussed with none other than “special guest” Dan Rather. In his introduction Matt Frei described Rather as a legend (twice) and a titan. The pair talked about various problems facing journalism, covering topics such as the chase for ratings, the newspaper industry, and citizen journalists. Rather concluded with the following observation: “…let’s pause and remember … Continue reading
