that BBC licence-payers have just coughed up for, and the BBC’s attempts, reported in the Sunday Times, to justify the expenditure: The BBC was embarrassed last night by e-mails that showed it “invented” a justification for spending £60,000 of licence payers’ money commissioning a Tracey Emin sculpture. Emin’s Roman Standard sculpture of a bird on a post was bought by the BBC at a time when Mark Thompson, its director-general, … Continue reading →

reminded me of the murder in Birmingham last year of the last police officer to die on duty in the UK. Alone among news organisations, the BBC’s pathetic choice of lead story that night was the appointment of Mark Thompson as the BBC’s Director General. Tossers. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

Yesterday’s edition of The Times reports that London bomb victim lied about rape history. Garri Holness, who lost part of a leg in the July 7th Islamist terror attacks in London, formerly known as Gary Linton, is revealed as a convicted rapist, guilty, along with six others, of a brutally violent gang sex attack on two sixteen year old schoolgirls in 1985.     Downing Street: What about the victims … Continue reading →

, BBC News Online reports that: Former Humberside Police Authority chairman Colin Inglis has been charged with 14 counts of indecent assault in relation to allegations of child abuse. News Online goes on to say: Following the launch of the North Yorkshire Police investigation last September Mr Inglis was suspended from the police authority and the Labour Party. He was replaced as leader of Hull City Council in May this … Continue reading →

continues with John Simpson’s thesis that the Jordanian bombing proves the Iraq war was wrong!!, and with this pictureof a suicide-dressed kiddy above a caption which says: ‘Palestinian children learn at a young age about the struggle for freedom. To some, the Palestinian martyrs are heroes. Here a child poses for a photograph at a rally organised by militants.’ This from a series about the making of a film about … Continue reading →

. But I must make time to draw your attention to the BBC’s Israeli-Palestian impartiality review. the Panel invites written submissions from any individual who would like to comment on the BBC’s coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and will take account of these contributions as part of its process. You can write to the following address: Israeli-Palestinian Impartiality Review BBC Governance UnitRoom 211, 35 Marylebone High StreetLondon, W1U 4AA Or … Continue reading →

This is not an example of bias. But the BBC do like to display their multicultural virtues and awareness of diverse faiths. So this cricket report is rather unfortunate. “Flintoff capitalised two overs later, with a delivery typical of former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis, utilising reverse-swing to beat new batsman Mohammad Yousuf.” New batsman, eh ? Most people would think 59 Tests, over 4,000 runs and 13 centuries made Mohammad … Continue reading →

Here is a BBC account of excavations in Gaza. These were the bones of the ancient Greek city of Antidon. And they were testimony to the extraordinary richness of Gaza’s past. Not only the Greeks passed this way. The Pharaohs of ancient Egypt, the Persians, the Romans, the Crusaders, the Turks, the British and many others left their mark on Gaza. Missing anyone? Now I don’t pretend to know whether … Continue reading →

Villepin “seemed to strike the right note” says the BBC. Suckups. Can anyone confirm the impression I got from a commenter that for a while the link text leading to this story actually said, minus the “seemed”, “Villepin strikes the right note”? The American Expatriate analyses the evolution of the BBC’s coverage of Wilson’s trip to Niger. This post is extremely detailed and supplies copious links. [UPDATE: There’s a follow … Continue reading →

Hey, Natalie and I cross-posted- and I’d just like to note that, concerning Scott’s posting, we’re both right! Nanny Beeb wipes Indie’s posterior. I mention this story- largely (for us) concerning a BBC headline- not just because regular commenter PJF noticed it, as did I, obliquely, and not just because Scott Burgess, following his excellent analysis of a fallacy, included in his subsequent analysis the BBC, but because it’s typical … Continue reading →