What does it say about the BBC that they have published a string of articles and photos in recognition of Fidel Castro’s 80th birthday, as well as a number of articles enquiring solicitously about his health? (I’ll be out by 100′ says Castro; Castro ‘will be back in weeks’ ) For one thing, it shows a naked admiration of power for its own sake. This article makes clear what is … Continue reading
(this is basically two posts compressed into one, since the contrast is instructive) The Shadowy Network versus the Oppressed Community Stephen Pollard has a post about the BBC’s stereotypically running to the old old story, blaming the influence of American Jews for the lack of a united international front against Israel (ie. in favour of a resolution favouring Hezbullah). The whole thing is laced with prejudice, but Stephen points out … Continue reading
Please use this thread for off-topic, but preferably BBC related, comments. Please keep comments on other threads to the topic at hand. N.B. this is not an invitation for general off-topic comments – our aim is to maintain order and clarity on the topic-specific threads. 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 … Continue reading
a plot to blow up US-bound airliners shows the US is still at war with extremists” – reports the BBC. That’s the main news front page. Liars. He actually said, “The recent arrests that our fellow citizens are now learning about are a stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom, to hurt our … Continue reading
Events move fast. This roundup taken from scanning the newspapers, the blogs and our own comments over the last few days is already out of date. For instance EU Referendum – if you scroll up from the link below – is now posting the famous video of Green Helmet at the same tricks ten years ago, and Richard North is calling named journalists liars. I can’t keep up. I have … Continue reading
Please use this thread for off-topic, but preferably BBC related, comments. Please keep comments on other threads to the topic at hand. N.B. this is not an invitation for general off-topic comments – our aim is to maintain order and clarity on the topic-specific threads. 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 … Continue reading
: never let it be set that the BBC headlines all news from Iraq negatively. Yesterday’s CEEFAX headline Baghdad morgue dead rise again suggested very positive if extremely surprising news from that quarter. Sadly, the article made it plain that only this month’s count had risen, not the dead themselves, so that morgue staff were ‘worried about their ability to cope’, making it a very unsurprising minor example of the … Continue reading
At the Social Affairs Unit blog William D. Rubinstein, Professor of Modern History at Aberystwyth, mentions the appointment by Australia’s Howard administration of a ‘revisionist’ historian, Keith Windschuttle, to the board of the state-funded Australian Broadcasting Commission. “Alas, no Tory Prime Minister here has ever had the nerve or intelligence to make similar appointments to the Board of the BBC, which continues to be a free-to-air version of the Guardian.” … Continue reading
–brought to you by the Dan Rather Institute in Old Media Studies. Following up on Ed’s post below, YNetnews, an Israeli site, takes the BBC to task on its imbalanced, disproportionate coverage of the war between the IDF and Hezbollah. With the Beeb, it’s a glaring example. A BBC photo display entitled “In pictures: Conflict impact,” made up of eight images, uses six out of eight pictures to illustrate damages … Continue reading
Yesterday’s Radio Four and Five news bulletins featured the story of a prolific burglar, one Gavin Gibson, who was given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to seven counts of burglary and asking for a further 420 offences to be taken into consideration. The recorder stated that the unusual leniency of the sentence was a reward for ‘the unprecedented help given to police following his arrest’. By amazing chance the … Continue reading
