Hi All. We have some scheduled maintenance at 8pm UK time. Can I ask that everyone stops posting from that time until I advise otherwise? We’re preparing for the commenting upgrade and fingers crossed all goes well. Thanks for your patience, I will ensure you are kept posted. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Further to my earlier post about the BBC’s obsession with racism in America, Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent (13.20 in) has served up yet another piece on the subject which goes over much of the same ground already covered this week by Mardell, Connolly and Esler. For this one the BBC invited Guardian columnist Gary Younge, the tiresome left-wing race obsessive, to do the honours. (You may recall that … Continue reading
Ok folks, come tomorrow evening there is going to be a change as to how commenting works here! Our leading technical expert, Professor All Seeing Eye, explains how it will work. Tomorrow we are upgrading the Comments facility and you will see some changes. The new system is called Echo (which used to be called Haloscan). Comments will now be integrated in to the main webpage rather then in a … Continue reading
“Mr Mitchell has prolonged his trip to the Middle East for several days as he works for a deal on freezing Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.” No. It is NOT the “occupied West Bank”. This is the repetition of Palestinian propaganda. They are the “disputed territories” and the fact that the BBC refuses to embrace such a neutral term tells you all you need to know. The … Continue reading
Did you see the BBC is revealed as voters’ number one area for money-saving measures, followed by the Culture, Media and Sport department, the £6billion annual overseas aid budget and benefits and tax credits? I hope the BBC will pick up on this and allow those who see it as a vast bloated parasite to have their say. At a time of economic recession, the State Broadcaster needs the axe … Continue reading
When James Houliston was attacked and beaten to death in a London (UK) park, it wasn’t important enough to be reported at all on BBC news or on the website. The delay in the execution of a murderer and rapist in Ohio (USA) is one of the leading items on this morning’s radio news. I guess you have to have a sense of priorities. Click through to read and contribute … Continue reading
It’s the ugly question that won’t go away – “will the question of race in America ever become something BBC journalists can resist pontificating about?” The evidence suggests not. The new North America editor Mark Mardell clearly can’t quite believe his luck. He’s barely got his feet under the desk (or in his case the restaurant table) and already he’s had an excuse to do numerous news reports and a … Continue reading
OK folks, here we are, a brand new open thread and as ever, the floor is yours… Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
So, Obama has caved in to the Russians and run away from the missile defence scheme. I caught the PM coverage of this which was very cleverly constructed to ensure that as much pro-Obama spin was generated as possible. John Bolton got about 45 seconds to tear Obama’s plan apart and then we had about five minutes in favour of the Lightworker. All nicely balanced. Click through to read and … Continue reading
I wanted to bring you up to date with where my thinking is on the topic of the “Biased BBC” Book. I seek to have the manuscript completed by the end of this year! That’s a lot of work to do so I have a few requests to make; 1. To get the book completed, I HAVE to ease off on the blogging, esp at weekends. But I want the … Continue reading
