From the Socialist Unity blog yesterday : Can anyone explain why Jeremy Vine’s show on Radio 2 this afternoon ended up interviewing John Rees, former SWP big cheese, as a studio guest representing typical urban dwellers, in a debate contrasting city life with rural living ? Among the comments : As National Secretary of Respect, John Rees appeared on the show many times, presumably the producers & Vine liked his … Continue reading
See how the BBC reports the fiasco at the Edinburgh Film Festival. How dumbed down this is, and how casually they recount Ken Loach’s boycotting blackmail, – (Loach) urged pro Palestinians to “stay away” – and how little they are making of Ginnie Atkinson’s astonishing U-turn. The item has been running at Harry’s place since 15th May, and updated on 19th, and today Melanie P has taken it up. The … Continue reading
QUESTION TIME LIVE!The panel will include Health Minister Ben Bradshaw, Conservative shadow foreign secretary William Hague, Lib Dem chief economic spokesman Vince Cable, former independent MP Martin Bell, treasurer of UKIP Marta Andreasen, and columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown. It kicks off at 9pm – much earlier than normal. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
(NB: This post is not by Natalie, but by occasional B-BBC poster Niall Kilmartin.) It’s not the jokes, it’s how you tell ’em: BBC red-button news this morning reported the arrests in the US. The final sentence of the report was: New York has been on alert for a new terror assault since the 9/11 attack claimed by Al Quaida militants (no emphasis in original) Al Quaida do indeed claim … Continue reading
Honest Reporting links to JJ Goldberg’s article in Columbia Journalism Review where he analyses and compares coverage of the “debunked allegations” of IDF abuses in Gaza. (I use the quotes because I’m quoting.)He is interested in how the story is framed, and notes differences in the way the American and British press present the subject. JJ Goldberg acknowledges that the US ‘Jewish lobby’ is a factor that both affects and … Continue reading
Hi All. Am going to be away from the site most of today but aim to be back for Question Time live tonight so please come along for our weekly entertainment! On daily matters, Today was in fine form today. Did you catch the item about Trade Unions putting forward candidates for election because the current government is morally bankrupt Obviously the Public Sector trade unions are paragons of virtue! … Continue reading
This is where you can discuss any BBC-related issue that concerns you. Please use it sensibly, no abuse and no trolls! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Look, it’s been a big blow to the BBC and they need our understanding. I refer to the “victory” of the Sri Lankan government over the Tamil Tiger “fighters”. So, which terror group to shill for now? The Taliban, of course. Today has been active this morning with this report and a further discussion on whether the US can win the war in Afghanistan. The BBC meme is that terrorism … Continue reading
I noticed the BBC reporting the latest shockingly bad economic figures from Japan. The first three months of 2009 saw the Japanese economy shrink at its quickest pace since records began. Output in the world’s second largest economy contracted by 4% during this period, or by 15.2% on an annualised basis. Given that Britain under Prudence Brown is following the same disastrous path of “quantitative easing” and “stimulus” that is … Continue reading
I see the BBC has been shilling for the folly of the construction of hundreds of massive wind farms around the UK this morning. This follows the news that the final section of Europe’s largest onshore wind farm is coming on stream as plans are under way to expand it. The £300m Whitelee development on Eaglesham Moor, in East Renfrewshire, is made up of 140 massive turbines. Vested interests and … Continue reading
