Rebuilding the Tension

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Hurry! The embers are dying, we must stir things up again before it’s too late. People have nearly forgotten about the poor Palestinians!But wait! What about the niggles over impartiality? What about Bowengate? Get Jewish Katya Adler in for some good old fashioned blatantly emotive, one-sided reporting entitled “Demolitions build Jerusalem tension”That’ll do the trick. She can present something panoramic by showing a teeny close-up. The drawback being that there’s … Continue reading →

Paxo needs Stuffing

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I’ve been away ‘avin a loverly time /wish you were ‘ere. Now I’m home there’s this backlog. Millions of comments and posts have accumulated. All I saw on telly last week was The Apprentice. The one who was fired was useless, but then so were the others. How on earth did they ever even get where they are today? But that’s not BBC bias. Something that appalled me was Jeremy … Continue reading →

UK economy buried in prison shock

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Sorry I am a bit confused. The BBC currently seem to think that the worst GDP decline since records began is less newsworthy than a Government bureaucratic decision about prison building. You just can’t get the bad news to bury the bad news, these days. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

Something for the weekend BBC-related comment thread.

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Please use this thread for comments about the BBC’s current programming and activities. This post will remain at or near the top of the blog – scroll down for new topic-specific posts. N.B. This is not an invitation for general off-topic comments, rants or chit-chat. Thoughtful comments are encouraged. Comments may also be moderated. Any suggestions for stories that you might like covered would be appreciated! It’s your space, use … Continue reading →

THE CAMERON INTERVIEW.

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Did you get a chance to listen to Sarah Montague interview David Cameron? Here it is in case you missed it. Wonder what you think? My view is that Cameron was OK – in what was clearly a hostile environment for him. Some of his responses disturb me and he still uses Blairist vocabulary on some issues and is wary of stating clearly that the State MUST be rolled back. … Continue reading →

IT’S GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME!

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The CBI must have a hot-line to Number 10. As we prepare to have the awful truth about shrinking GDP in our ailing economy unveiled today, the BBC have been able to slip in the news that the CBI are pretty sure that the worst is now behind us, so ameliorating the awfulness of the current economic position. Ask any small to medium-sized businessman if he agrees with that – … Continue reading →

BIG FOOD GOOD, BIG PHARMA BAD?

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Just before budget day, the BBC were cheering on the massive profits Tesco announced. My contention was that this rather unusual BBC approval for vast corporate profits was aimed at creating good mood music as in “green shoots of recovery” ahead of Darling’s dismal Budget. Things reverted to form this morning however and I invite you to listen to the sneering tone Angus Stickler adopts when interviewing the Pfizer representative … Continue reading →

SARAH MONTAGUE – FREEDOM FIGHTER.

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I know I have brought this subject up before but did anyone else catch this item on Today this morning. I challenge you to listen to it since it positively drips with anti-Sri Lankan Government bias and pro-Tamil Tiger sympathies from the fragrant Sarah. Bias can be subtle but I don’t think this was – it was blatant. There is a comparison between how the BBC reports events in Sri … Continue reading →