Discussing the arrest of seven people and recovery of £2.3M by the Irish police, which is almost certainly linked to the IRA robbery at Northern Bank, BBC Radio Scotland news ‘anchorman’ Andrew Cassell in discussion with a fellow BBC hack came out with the following gem: “So they [the IRA] must be bricking it” For the uninitiated, bricking it means to have, er, loose bowels. Click through to read and … Continue reading
(from Blithering Bunny) The Guardian: Tessa Jowell, the culture secretary, and Lord Birt, the No 10 policy adviser, are at odds over proposals that would force the corporation to share some of its £2.8bn licence fee income with commercial rivals. Ms Jowell, who has been putting the final touches to a green paper on the BBC charter, is determined to fend off proposals for a new external regulator of the … Continue reading
(from Blithering Bunny) From The Telegraph: The BBC apologised yesterday for an item on a religious programme that angered the Jewish community by “demonising” Israel. Dozens of complaints have been received about a story on Radio 4’s Thought for the Day during the Today programme that suggested a Muslim corporal in the Israeli army had been jailed for refusing to shoot Palestinian children. The contributor, the Rev Dr John Bell, … Continue reading
. Excuse the unusual title, but I remember vividly how, early last year, the phrase ‘Godfather’ was used by Orla to describe Ariel Sharon in an obscure early morning BBC TV news report. I don’t think she meant to flatter him by casting him as a genial, responsible volunteer parent. The point? Well, the latest BBCOnline report on Sharon’s legal position (once a concern, no longer) refers to him in … Continue reading
(from Blithering Bunny) Even New Labourites are attacking the BBC now for its appalling bias: http://www.stephenpollard.net/002015.html And an increasing amount of bloggers are also getting stuck in: Nicholas Vance at Last Night’s BBC News here and here. Laban Tall at UK Commentators. Blimpish. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Just a note to let you know that I am offline at the moment. OK, not at this exact moment because I wouldn’t be typing this from an internet cafe if I were, would I? But in general. So don’t write to me. Computers are evil, bad, useless things anyway; a snare and a delusion. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
about the Iraqi elections: ‘But there is no getting away from the fact that this is not the outcome President Bush would have wanted in an ideal world.’ No, that’s right. Rather than have a significant few Sunnis vote (btw what happened that the intimidation of all that terrible chaos and violence they- most of the media in point of fact- wallowed in previously became a simple boycott by Sunnis?) … Continue reading
. The BBC does in fact report the departure of Eason Jordan. Uh, but it seems to ‘misunderstand’ the issue slightly. Its introduction says ‘The CNN’s chief news executive Eason Jordan has resigned amid controversy over the death of journalists in Iraq.’ This isn’t true. However sad it may be that they died, a least some deaths of journalists in Iraq were/are inevitable, such as the kind of death suffered … Continue reading
This morning, impartial and objective BBC Radio Scotland decided to discuss the death penalty as practiced in the United States. So who did the BBC choose to join presenter Gary Robertson for this impartial and objective discussion? None other than Sister Helen Prejean, long time campaigner against the death penalty. The discussion then proceeded along the lines of ‘how could something so awful still be part of the US legal … Continue reading
(from Blithering Bunny) I’ve got some analysis of Nik Gowing’s claims at Blithering Bunny. Needless to say, he adduces virtually very little evidence to support them. If the BBC won’t sack him (as I expect they won’t – he’s more likely to be promoted than sacked), then I look forward to many years of fun at Mr Gowing’s expense. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
