Very subtle, but this on 14 December: “The large-scale violence in Sydney started on Sunday, when thousands of young white men attacked people of Arabic and Mediterranean background on Cronulla Beach – apparently in revenge for a recent attack on two lifeguards. Many of the rioters had been alerted to congregate in the area by receiving mobile text messages. The fighting then spread to other parts of the city, injuring … Continue reading →

Interpol calls it “people smuggling“, but at the BBC, they are “migrants“. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

Talking of Oliver Kamm, he has posted on the Newsnight “Allies on Trial” show. The writer and broadcaster William Shawcross, having declined to participate, wrote to Mr Kamm, who continues the story thus: William explained that, while he would be happy to be part of an investigation or discussion, he would not take part in a form of entertainment. I am glad to set down his reasoning, with his permission. … Continue reading →

Adloyada had her first stint as a guest blogger for Today yesterday, where the subject for discussion was whether the media runs Britain. Oliver Kamm has discussed – and dismissed – the idea that “money” runs Britain, and Tim Ireland says it ain’t the EU either. Kudos to the Beeb for this initiative, and for being ready to ask bloggers who were critics of the organisation. And before anyone says, … Continue reading →

I know, I know – the PLO are merely activists for change, just like B-BBCers. I never knew that Marwan Barghouti was one too: “The rebel list is headed by a jailed activist, Marwan Barghouti, under the new name al-Mustaqbal (the Future)… Barghouti is serving five life terms in an Israeli prison over militant attacks.” [emphasis added] Mr Barghouti is a rather forceful “activist”: “He was convicted on May 20, … Continue reading →

The BBC interviews two ex-US servicemen. Unsurprisingly, they both have problems with the way that George Bush has run the war. They are: “Captain Jonathan Powers served for a year in Iraq in the early stages of the war. After returning he founded War Kids Relief, a charity that rebuilds orphanages in Iraq. Garrett Reppenhagen was a sniper. He served in Iraq for a year and returned home about four … Continue reading →

Well, B-BBC inches closer to 1 million hits. Everyone’s pissed off with the Newsnight showtrial. Well, inspired by Tim Blair*, why don’t all you crazy-kid RWDBs vote on BBC Online on: “Do you believe the allies have breached the convention on the methods and means of warfare? Do you believe the allies have breached the convention on torture and refugees?” Vote here. *The Australian Greens were very upset about this … Continue reading →

“Nearly a millionon your site meter! Can the millionth visitor post a screeny?” – Rob Read, in the comments to the previous post. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

David Hicks, the soon-to-be-British Taleban, looks kind of sweet and gullible in the BBC photo, doesn’t he? This page has the usual archive picture we see in Australia (scroll down) (and The Age is a Fairfax paper – Fairfax is the Australian equivalent of an infernal hybrid of The Guardian, The Independent and the NYT, so it would hardly be worried about being too soft on the terrorist). Click through … Continue reading →

They’re still at it on Sydney: “The fighting then spread to other parts of the city, injuring more than 30 people, including police officers. The violence continued on Monday night, apparently in retaliation, despite calls for calm and ethnic tolerance by Prime Minister John Howard and other senior figures.” Quite wrong – the white on Lebanese attacks had ended by about mid-afternoon on Sunday. By Sunday evening, the violence was … Continue reading →