Norm Geras has another clear example of BBC ‘balance’. Recall that only last week we had Ronaldo’s visit (to where was it?) as case in point. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

The following article by Scott Norvell ran on May 20th in the European edition of the Wall Street Journal. It mentions Robin Aitken, Justin Webb and this blog. There is also quite a bit about the coverage of Malcolm Glazer’s takeover of Man U. Robin Aitken has nailed it. Those of us who pay the BBC’s annual £120 license fee but grit our teeth every time we watch one of … Continue reading →

Anon writes: Natalie, whoever moderates this site.The day the left-wing bottom feeders decide to slough off work, whilst promising a summer’s worth of skiving, all the while HOOVERING up licence fee cash from people they threaten and imprison, and this is the best you can do…’Robert Ayers writes to say that you can read an interview with three prominent Iraqi citizens here’…? Caaaaam on, let’s be having you. **Lady, if … Continue reading →

writes to say that you can read an interview with three prominent Iraqi citizens here. Part way through, Nasir Flayeh Hassan is discussing the pluses andminuses of the American occupation, and remarks: What I think is definitely an American failure is the inefficiency of their media, comparing with the anti-American media, like Algazira and Alarabia, BBC (especially the Arabic department), Radio Monte Carlo, etc. This was a very serious point … Continue reading →

While the BBC get all excited about cool new British cloning, and fresh monkey business, they apparently haven’t noticed a whacking blow to their greatest environmental news fetish- news that the Antarctic is putting on weight. (via A Tangled Web) Oddly no-one ever seems to learn that when it comes to a lot of the investigations we perform in science today our knowledge is in its infancy. At least one … Continue reading →

This picture series is entitled “French Left split over referendum.” The opening page says: “A battle is on for left-wing votes as France’s referendum on the EU constitution looms. Most supporters of the centre-right UMP party are expected to vote Yes, ignoring the far-right No campaign. But many Socialists appear ready to defy party leaders by voting No, with the far-left. BBC News asked a selection of left-wingers for their … Continue reading →

That is the question asked by The Scotsman’s Jenny Hjul. (Hat tip: Gary.) She says: His presence in Washington begs two questions: why did BBC Scotland feel it needed to send its own man when (a) it is currently implementing drastic cost cuts and (b) the BBC’s Washington correspondent, Clive Myrie, was already there and more than up to the job? Also, if BBC Scotland really, really had to send, … Continue reading →

Norm Geras has a post up at Normbloglooking at something the BBC missed in their report on Ronaldo’s UN visit to Ramallah. Did he visit anywhere else, perhaps? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

Over at Samizdatathey have an interesting post about how, according to the BBC, capitalism is causing famine in North Korea (as opposed to Stalinist communism being the root cause of that country’s ills). I particularly liked “Market reforms introduced in North Korea in recent years mean most people only get about half the food they need through the state and have to buy the rest themselves.” Click through to read … Continue reading →

I’m rather busy at the moment, so here are some quick links on several subjects all in one fell post. Coming Anarchy (a blog with the intriguing tagline “Speak Victorian – Think Pagan”) wasn’t impressed with the economic assumptions behind a BBC article called Living in Somalia’s Anarchy. Norman Geras agrees with many complainers that Jeremy Paxman and other media interviewers are too rude and dismissive to many political interviewees, … Continue reading →