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Compare And Contrast – Again

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The BBC are at it again. Yesterday I noted how the nationality and immigration status of a police killer is newsworthy if the killer’s American but not if he’s Somali. Here’s the conviction of a bigamist and con-man. “American William Jordan, 41, who has at least 10 children, wove a web of lies to con his victims, a court heard.” Mr Jordan is a naturalised British citizen. But apparently he’ll … Continue reading →

One in 20 Hispanics ‘goes hungry’

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BBC Views Online informs us that: One in 20 Hispanics ‘goes hungry’: Five per cent of Hispanics in the US regularly go hungry and as many as 20% do not have sufficient access to nutritious food, a US report says. Poverty and lack of awareness about state entitlements are the causes, says the study by Hispanic civil rights group the National Council of La Raza. Hmmm, do we think that, … Continue reading →

Compare And Contrast

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When American David Bieber was convicted of killing police officer Ian Broadhurst in Leeds, BBC coverage left you in no doubt as to his nationality. The report of his conviction opens with the words “A former US Marine“. He is portrayed as “the clean-cut, all-American boy“. We even have a report asking why UK immigration “failed to stop a killer“. Another police officer was murdered in West Yorkshire recently, by … Continue reading →

They are like ravening beasts. What shall I feed them?

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Blimey. 409 comments. Looks like it’s time for a roundup, below, and a new “open thread” post coming up in a minute. An article in the New York Sun by Daniel Johnson says The BBC now has a huge audience in America as well as in the rest of the world for its endless reiteration of the implied thesis that the Jewish state is the root of all evil — … Continue reading →

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“Why don’t they bother to integrate more ?”

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Today’s Radio Five Drive show featured a BBC interviewer (around 25 minutes in, RealAudio for a week) giving immigrants a hard time : “It would be helpful if they could integrate a little more – why can’t they learn the language ? It’s just lazy, isn’t it ? Why don’t they bother to integrate more ?” Eh ? I’ve never heard a BBC presenter talk about immigrants like that before. … Continue reading →