atrocious explanation for the horrific destruction of September 11th, 2001, six years ago. According to CBBC Newsround, Why did they do it?: The way America has got involved in conflicts in regions like the Middle East has made some people very angry, including a group called al-Qaeda – who are widely thought to have been behind the attacks. In the past, al-Qaeda leaders have declared a holy war – called … Continue reading →

to the September 11th, 2001 attacks and replaced it (see post above), here, for the record, is what the various pages originally said, along with their urls and links to Google’s cache for each page: What happened?(Google’s cached copy): BBC last updated: Thursday May 04 2006 09:03 GMT – this page forms the bulk of the BBC’s ‘new’ page that replaces the ‘guide’. See link in post above. Who did … Continue reading →

Is the EU right to give up on ‘metric Britain’? The decision is a victory for supporters of the ancient imperial system, the so-called “metric martyrs”. What is your reaction to the decision? What does it say about Britain’s attitude to progress? Does it show the influence of people power? It says nothing about our attitude to progress Beeboids, and a whole lot about our attitude to changing our way … Continue reading →

: It was Matt Frei that put me right. On Monday afternoon I watched General David Petraeus testify before Congress. I listened as he went through the facts of the military action in Iraq. I learnt as he outlined the improvements brought about in recent months. But it wasn’t until I heard Frei’s take on General Petraeus’s words that I realised what had really been going on. The BBC Washington … Continue reading →

From gapingvoid: “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards” Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

: Quote from Peter Allen on R5L yesterday: “We’ve always got time for Kevin Maguire“. You don’t say. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that he has his own bed somewhere at the BBC. Update: And a predictable comment from Kojo, a Beeboid Bozo who’s never heard of ‘whois‘. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

writes Anthony Reuben, a BBC Views Online Business Reporter, of the recently deceased Dame Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop, including this wonderfully astute observation: The very idea of a commercially run business being set up to benefit anyone other than shareholders was a new one. And I thought that any commercially run business sets out to benefit its customers through the provision of goods and services freely purchased. … Continue reading →

Please use this thread for BBC-related comments and analysis. Please keep comments on other threads to the topic at hand. N.B. this is not (and never has been) an invitation for general off-topic comments, rants or use as a chat forum. This post will remain at or near the top of the blog. Please scroll down to find new topic-specific posts. Click through to read and contribute comments on this … Continue reading →

reports the Grauniad: Listeners outraged by a BBC Radio Five Live debate on Madeleine McCann forced the station to change a phone-vote on her disappearance. Victoria Derbyshire’s morning phone-in today asked listeners to vote on whether they still had sympathy for Madeleine’s parents Gerry and Kate after they were officially made suspects in the case by Portuguese police on Friday. Dozens of listeners contacted the programme to say they did … Continue reading →

, BBC Views Online reported that Conservatives Mercer and Bercow to advise Brown. Co-incidentally, of the seventeen paragraphs in an article about both politicians, BBC Views Online spent five paragraphs, in the middle of course, rehashing the ‘Mercer is a racist’ meme the BBC so gleefully promulgated back in March. One line would have been enough of a reminder, if it was needed at all, given that the original I … Continue reading →