Biased BBC

OPEN THREAD

By David Vance | July 13, 2009 - 3:59 pm |July 13, 2009 Uncategorized

Here’s a bumped thread for your BBC observations. The floor is yours! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

A sharp report

By Ed Thomas | July 13, 2009 - 2:25 pm |July 13, 2009 Crime, good beeb

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Praise is due to the BBC for allowing the other side of the story for once. It doesn’t equalise their consistent favouring of the criminal over the victim, but here it is, a least this: Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

Splash!

By Ed Thomas | July 12, 2009 - 8:37 pm |July 12, 2009 anti-Bush, vast right-wing conspiracy

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That’s the sound of the BBC going way overboard in covering what they seem to think is a big scandal of Dick Cheney’s doing- some secret “plan” concocted with the CIA without Senate knowledge. Last week it was phone-tapping of public figures in the UK by the News of the World, this week Dick Dastardly and his Mutley CIA. Well just as last week’s soft scoop has turned into a … Continue reading →

ON THE HUNT….

By David Vance | July 12, 2009 - 1:35 pm |July 12, 2009 bbc expenditure

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I see that the Sunday Times reveals how judging by the Golden Globe television awards, the prize for best free trip and luxury hotel stay should go to . . . the BBC! It has emerged that the corporation spent tens of thousands of pounds flying directors, producers and stars from one of its leading costume dramas to Hollywood so that they could lobby for prizes at award festivals. A … Continue reading →

FALLING STANDARDS?

By David Vance | July 12, 2009 - 1:28 pm |July 12, 2009 bbc standards

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Wonder what you think of the comments by Peter Sissons, the veteran newsreader who announced his retirement last month, claiming and accusing producers of being too mired in political correctness to do anything about it? Writing in The Mail on Sunday today, he says: ‘At today’s BBC, a complaint I often heard from senior producers was that they dared not reprimand their subordinates for basic journalistic mistakes – such as … Continue reading →

THE BBC – FAIR AND BALANCED

By David Vance | July 12, 2009 - 1:20 pm |July 12, 2009 bbc fair and balanced.

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Yes, the headline you thought you would never see! Sort of. I comment the following compilation by G.O.T. of those key moments when the BBC could be trusted – enjoy. No BBC NewsUploaded by GrumpyOldTwat. – News videos from around the world. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

T for 324?

By David Vance | July 11, 2009 - 8:55 pm |July 11, 2009 bbc rip-off

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So, you thought the BBC indulgence fest at Glastonbury was an excess? The BBC has sent 324 people to cover this year’s T in the Park music festival, it was disclosed today. The corporation came under fire last month after it emerged that it had sent more than 400 staff to the Glastonbury music festival. Today the BBC confirmed 139 staff, with 158 freelance contractors, and 27 people from Radio … Continue reading →

The legal approach

By Ed Thomas | July 11, 2009 - 4:50 pm |July 11, 2009 bbc license tax, Brand/Ross, license tax

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Charles Moore writes about his decision not to pay the licence fee. He’s taken every precaution- a donation to charity of the sum in question; an equivalent sum set aside in case the BBC accept his case that they are in breach of their Charter, and amend accordingly. Of course I think he’s right that the BBC are in breach, but more precisely I think the concept of a Charter … Continue reading →

Little White Lies

By Sue | July 10, 2009 - 9:47 pm |July 10, 2009 anti-Israel

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“I do not consider myself an anti-Semite, yet I can also understand why some are.”I’m not sure what the purpose of the ‘also’ is in that little gem, but that’s neither here nor there. It’s the oft-quoted soundbite from a man named Ben White who has written a book entitled “Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide.” According to reviews this book really lives up to its title, brimming as it is, … Continue reading →

PUSHING AGW AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY

By David Vance | July 10, 2009 - 8:15 am |July 10, 2009 agw

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Fascinating to see here that even when the BBC is salivating over the G8 conference (aka fashionable posturing for already over sized political egos) it cannot resist the temptation to shill for AGW. Note the convenient link in the G8 story that presumes to show us how “global temperatures have risen” so reinforcing the narrative that demands we must obey Obama and the rest of the eco-loons. When it comes … Continue reading →