– as does the bias and sloppiness that permeates our tax-funded state broadcaster. The posts above, and the round-up of tidbits below, are just a few of the things that I’ve seen and meant to blog about recently: El Reg asks Why is the iPlayer a multi million pound disaster? – the BBC is, as you might expect, betting big and betting wrong…   Just what we don’t need: After … Continue reading →

Occasionally one gets a glimpse into the mindset of the BBC- Charles Moore (as doubtless some will have noticed) has given an excellent insight into the BBC’s workings relating to a centre-right think tank with which he is involved. You might think that a patriotic approach identifying threats to society might be at least accorded neutral treatment. In a sane media it would be welcomed. The BBC though chose merely … Continue reading →

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Israellycool doesn’t so much rip apart a recent BBC report on Israel’s actions over the Gazan border with Egypt as drive a truckload of explosive and unreported facts into it. Complete with folksy BBC title “Pilgrims’ progress upsets Israel”, the report is a masterclass in omission, as Israellycool demonstrates ably, and with links for support. I’ll paste the points he makes (edit: or rather, his co-blogger Elder of Ziyon makes) … Continue reading →

Blogger Edwin Greenwood‘s not just bothered about BBC illiteracy. He’s not sure why the BBC describe the foreign nationals held at Gitmo as ‘UK men’ or ‘Britains’. And who are these people to deserve the name of Britons anyway? Assorted so-called refugees from the Maghreb and the Middle East with apparent connections to people who want to kill us. Britons? Do me a favour! Mr Greenwood obviously has access to … Continue reading →

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according to the Times.Bear in mind that the trial is still continuing. Innocent until proven guilty, and all that. In any case the most damaging aspect of this story to the BBC is not the paintballing. The worst that happened there is that they were fooled. No, the most shocking thing is this: Nasreen Suleaman, a researcher on the programme, told the court that Mr Hamid, 50, contacted her after … Continue reading →

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didn’t go down as well at the CBI as he went down in Downing Street with Gordon Brown. Thank you to an anonymous reader for the link. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

  BBC: “Labour peers visit UK teacher Gillian Gibbons in custody in Sudan” – Doh! As you can see, the two peers (and there were only two) on the diplomatic mission seeking Gillian Gibbons release from Sudanese ‘justice’, are the Labour peer Lord Ahmed and the Conservative peer, Baroness Warsi, yet for some reason, our Beeboid friends natural assumption is that both are Labour peers. Why is that? This lazy … Continue reading →