The BBC: Pair killed by Underground train Two suspected graffiti artists have been killed by a London Underground (LU) train in Barking, east London. The Sunday Times: Vandals mowed down by train TWO young men were killed after being caught spraying graffiti on a London Underground train and then running into the path of another Tube train as they tried to escape. Artists indeed! It’s almost a pity that the … Continue reading
(Thanks to reader Septimus Lupo for this classic.) “Row erupts over golly exhibition” – the BBC England page finds room for this major story. A row has broken out over a golly exhibition at a Hampshire museum. A row. Gosh. Gollygosh. Tell more. A collection of golly badges on display in Westbury Manor Museum in Fareham has been criticised for its perceived racist connotations. Dr John Molyneux, from the University … Continue reading
At last. The BBC give us the detailed story on the school hammer attack. She told the BBC the men attacked the boy and then another got out a hammer and starting hitting him. “He fell to the floor and asked them to stop, but they kept kicking him.” She added: “The boy tried to get up but they kept hitting him, then suddenly they all ran away.” Police have … Continue reading
in November, an allegation that was reported with much fanfare across all the BBC’s various media at the time, complete with the inference that it was somehow fall-out from Jack Straw’s comments about veiled Muslim women. Even Lothian & Borders Police were inspired to previosuly unknown efforts investigating this ‘crime’. Fortunately, the lads and lasses in blue eventually winkled out the truth, Sikh teen lied about hair attack, though strangely … Continue reading
If a gang of white men entered a school, grabbed and held down an Asian pupil, then beat his head with a hammer, what are the chances that: a) the BBC would hide the report away in the local county news pages? b) the report would studiously avoid mentioning that the attackers were white and the victim Asian? Call me a cynic, but I think it would, not unreasonably, be … Continue reading
Can they possibly understand what a news article is? Are they too concerned about the poor delicate egos of their Somali news team that they daren’t criticise the blatant one-sideness of the coverage? What kind of NEWS article is headed “Fears stalk Somalia’s capital once again” What kind of reporter states so baldly “The advice from one and all is to get Ethiopian troops to withdraw from the country and … Continue reading
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Study these excerpts from today’s news. Excerpt 1: Britons held in Somali clash Several British terror suspects have been captured during the fighting in Somalia, it was claimed yesterday. At least seven Britons are said to have been picked up as they fled with fighters from the Islamic movement when they were forced out of the capital, Mogadishu. The men, all carrying British passports and including one said to have … Continue reading
A BBC mole sent Stephen Pollard a “Mini briefing on the Israeli and Palestinians” that was either written by or forwarded by Jeremy Bowen. Read it, and Stephen Pollard’s comments, here. One memorable phrase: the way that Palestinian society, which used to draw strength from resistance to the occupation, is now fragmenting. Emphasis added. Readers might like to discuss the meaning of “strength” in this passage. The “kill various Palestinians” … Continue reading
on BBC Views Online’s Entertainment page whenever they think there’s half an excuse to do so, whether it’s an award gained or a minor ratings triumph over ITV or whatever. Strangely, there’s a BBC entertainment related story just now that hasn’t made it on to Views Online’s Entertainment page. For some reason, Casting Director ‘groped’ actors, has been hidden away in the London/South section at the bottom of the England … Continue reading
