How embarrassing for Gordon Brown – having let speculation run riot, egged on by his spinners, rearranged his diary ready to make the announcment, only to pull out at the last minute, citing a laundry list of excuses (wanting to show his vision, the staleness of the electoral register, foot & mouth disease, the postal strike, lack of public demand etc.) – none of which would have mattered if it … Continue reading →

on the BBC on identity fraud. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

Biased BBC reader Matthew sums up the BBC’s latest glorification: The BBC never miss a chance to glorify Communist terrorists: Che: The icon and the ad. This follows Tuesday’s propaganda on behalf of the Cuban dictatorship, where they described how wonderful doctors from Cuba provided free to Latin America had cured Guevara’s executioner’s blindness, saying “Four decades after Mario Teran attempted to destroy a dream and an idea, Che returns … Continue reading →

Despite the fact that I (personally) consider Talk Sport to be an invention of the devil, the ‘Radio Bloke’ that everyone said Five Live was going to be, I like the cut of Jon Gaunt’s jib in this Guardian Media profile. He’s right about Victoria Derbyshire’s utility, too, though that again is a personal view. Despite the fact that he built audiences wherever he went, Gaunt’s tendency to editorialise made … Continue reading →

: Peter Fincham (the quintessential frightened man in a suit) and Jane Fletcher, his head of press, are expected to resign today following Will Wyatt’s inquiry into the Crowngate affair – the faked footage suggesting the Queen had stormed out of a photo shoot. An excerpt from MediaGuardian’s report: They have decided to quit because they knew by 5pm on the day of the BBC1 press launch on July 11 … Continue reading →

to present Five News. BBC Views Online’s summary of Natasha’s career curiously omits her time working for John Smith and Neil Kinnock before moving to Meridian TV. Doubtless for reasons of space. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

made me think someone thought it a bit cruel reminding the BBC Editors Blog about the Dame Pauline Neville-Jones broadside that they’ve conveniently excluded from their regular BBC in the news round-up since Monday. Far from it though. In Bias, the BBC and rubbing noses Mick Fealty, blogging at the Telegraph, wrote: Biased BBC is an excellent example of the practical application of blog software to good civic use. Indeed, … Continue reading →

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– even Matt Frei it seems. Well, up to a point. Maybe someday we might write Farewell sneerboy? “Even the most ardent Beeb-basher has to admit that Matt has evolved”, but don’t hold your breath! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

. Early in July the BBC World Service began Monitoring the surge of US troops in Iraq, with BBC Views Online telling us: The build-up of US troops in Iraq is now complete. The level of violence has not decreased, with attacks shifting away from places where US forces are concentrated… Fast forward three months, with the BBC still Monitoring the surge: The number of people killed in Iraq fell … Continue reading →