(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
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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
I’m not surprised that BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons claims the Conservative proposal to freeze the license tax for one year is “a recipe for curbing the BBC editorial independence”. Those whose snouts are plunged in the trough of public funding will naturally squeal when they are asked to refrain from gluttonous spending. In my view the Conservative proposal is entirely inadequate – we do not need to see … Continue reading
Have you been following the BBC’s fawning coverage of Obama’s assault on the US car owners or as the media prefer to put it, his tough new emissions standards to help save the world? Naturally the BBC only present one side of the story – for the OTHER side, try here. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
To quote the Bard “Nothing in his life became him like the leaving of it,” says Malcom in MacBeth referring to the traitorous Thane of Cawdor. When it comes to Speaker Michael Martin, I think nothing in his political life becomes him. Period. But I tuned in to BBC PM and there was Nick Robinson gushing sympathy for this Glaswegian clown. As sickening as Robinson’s cloying words were, the “tributes” … Continue reading
