An afterthought to (and some additional information on) the Today programme’s three-item (one, two, three) ‘don’t lock them up’ fest of last Thursday, noted by David here : Two points. One is the BBC double-whammy reporting – that not only do Barnardo’s think that too many young criminals are being locked up, but the Parliamentary Justice Committee think the same thing – which was reported as a separate item on … Continue reading
I was reading this BBC report on the law that has been just passed in Afghanistan that will allow a man to starve his wife to death if she does not agree to have sex with him. According to the State Broadcaster “Mr Karzai is selling out Afghan women for the sake of conservative Shia support at next week’s presidential election.” Let us be clear; there is nothing that is … Continue reading
Just watching Nicky Campbell’s wonderfully awful “Big Question” programme. Here were the two main issues that were covered. “After 200 deaths, have we the moral duty to remain in Afghanistan.” The first guy Nicky interviewed was called Mohammed. (sic) The lead panellist on this, Rory Stewart, believed that we should be get out of Afghanistan. Listen to the debate and all you can hear is the dismal beat of surrender … Continue reading
I commend universal Shappi to you. She is on the Andrew Marr programme this morning and has become the BBC’s favourite pet Iranian. Notice she reckons that it might have been a fair election in Iran. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
This excellent example of bias was picked up by Will20001 on our current Open Thread and I thought it deserved much broader exposure. Get this; A propaganda piece on BBC2 last night, an uplifting tale for the little people who are fearful of immigration. “Grow your own” an everyday tale of allotment holders. BBC Radio Times sets the scene An influx of refugees from Iran, China and Zimbabwe initially brings … Continue reading
The BBC’s current crusade (Can I say that word?) against the Conservatives continues in this little construction. Note the way that it is an image of Lord Mandelson that the BBC chooses to use with regard to this story AND it is Mandelson who gets the last word on the subject. Setting up the Banks against the Conservatives must get BBC hearts a fluttering whilst simultaneously suggesting that Labour is … Continue reading
The BBC and U2, eh? Hand in glove, they go. I can’t say I was surprised to find a pretty meaningless article on the BBC frontpage all day which described how the frontman of Talking Heads had bitched a little about U2’s lavishly funded world tour. The article can’t decide if it’s the obscene costs of the tour, or its obscene carbon footprint that’s the problem. But it gives the … Continue reading
I see that the BBC has afforded celebrity gay and businessman Sir Michael Bishop with a platform from which he can accuse the world of business of still holding prejudice against gay people. Peter Tatchell also gets the chance to put in his point of view. Naturally there is no contrary point of view. We’re all homophobes now….. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Sometimes the BBC goes beyond just normal bias into surreal bias. I happened to catch a story on Today this morning in which a BBC reporter stated that since coming to power in Gaza, Hamas has “cracked down on extremists.” Phew – aren’t we lucky that Hamas are so responsible and moderate?My god, when you think of just how savage the Hamas organisation is, ONLY through the prism of BBC … Continue reading
Did you know the BBC has only mentioned Rielle Hunter once ever on its website? I didn’t intend to post about this. It just happened I had read on some US blogs and in the papers that John Edwards was being investigated by a Federal Grand Jury over illegal payments to Ms Hunter to buy her silence over their affair and was, you know, checking the BBC website for news … Continue reading
