Have you read this post from the new Justin Webb, Mark Mardell? He ponders on the “special relationship” between the UK and the US in the light of Obama snubbing McDoom at the UN meeting. (No mention of the Megrahi issue, of course) I think Mark provides an interesting insight into BBC elite thinking, Naturally there is denial that any such “special relationship” exists. It only did exist because of … Continue reading
I received this from a B-BBC reader and thought to share it… “This morning at 5.30 I had the opportunity to compare the difference between Sky and BBC World’s coverage of this story. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iGmuQwdsTmw7x3L1h1KcR-CmdilQ Whilst Sky’s strap line and bulletin headlines platform the role of BRITISH diplomats who walked out during Ahmadinejad’s speech because of ‘alleged anti-semitic” ‘ comments (quote marks theirs), the BBC said merely that SOME diplomats had … Continue reading
BBC lead story @ 6am concerns Obama rebuffing Brown’s desperate attempts for a formal meeting. One hour later, lead story changes and instead we get the good news about a putative breakthrough in the AIDS vaccine. BBC new running this as THE big story. Meanwhile Sky News does not appear to have received the memo and runs with the Obama snub as lead. BBC – just doing what it can … Continue reading
It was a magical moment and, of course, the BBC captured it. A 13-year-old Indian school girl has addressed world leaders during the inaugural session at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York. During her speech, Yugratna Srivastava from Lucknow appealed to the world’s leaders to do more to combat the effects of climate change, asking “is this what we are going to give to our future generations?” But … Continue reading
The Today Programme and the Guardian. It just had to be …. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
The BBC reports here that the report on the events of Bloody Sunday has been delayed again. (Let’s hope the lawyers are not out of pocket!) Tribunal chairman Lord Saville has confirmed he hopes to hand the report to the Northern Ireland Secretary at the end of March 2010. Now, if you follow the sidelinks the BBC helpfully provides, you will see a profile on Martin McGuinness here and it … Continue reading
Tomorrow night, why not relax, pour yourself a glass of something pleasing, and JOIN IN the first of a new series of Question Time liveblogs. We go live at 10.30pm or so! My sincere thanks to G.O.T. for the smart new logo, much appreciated!! See you all LIVE tomorrow evening.. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd claimed that when Joe Wilson shouted “You lie” during Barack Obama’s speech to Congress, what he really meant was “You lie, boy”. This made quite an impression on BBC correspondents Kevin Connolly and Mark Mardell who both quoted it approvingly. They therefore might be interested in the Ace Of Spades Top Ten American Political Quotations (As Recollected by Pulitzer Prize Winning NYT Columnist Maureen … Continue reading
On Wednesday’s Up All Night, presenter Rhod Sharp spoke to BBC foreign correspondent Humphrey Hawksley about his new book “Democracy Kills”. It opens, he explained, with a puzzle: HH: Basically I’m trying to paint a scenario whereby a catastrophe is sweeping the world and you’re sitting in your house moments before you’re gonna be destroyed with your partner and your two children. One’s very bright and is a musician and … Continue reading
BBC giving lots of publicity to McDoom’s suggestion that we emasculate the UK nuclear defence capability. Now then, no real surprise there since the BBC has been a long time supporter of Britain abandoning nuclear weapons. But what is REALLY bothersome is that in this article is that the only view used to “balance” McDoom’s suggestion are those of David Miliband, Nick Clegg and CND’s Kate Hudson. Anyone detect a … Continue reading
