John Humphrys was in the Sunday Times last week giving us a great example of how the BBC thinks….the Greek tragedy?  It’s the fault of the Bankers, Big Business and Government…investment bankers and politicians on the make who green lighted Greece’s entry into the Euro…anything to do with the Greek people themselves?   No. No. No. says Humphrys as he ‘slays the big fat Greek myth’. Oh, … Continue reading →

  The BBC is being very economical with the truth….the government’s, em that’ll be Ed Miliband’s, renewable energy policies are driving coal mines out of existence….but you’d hardly know that if you relied upon the BBC to tell you what is going on. Hatfield Colliery is to close and the Prospect Union tells us that… Government forces closure of Hatfield Colliery 30 Jun 2015 Prospect has blamed shortsighted government policy … Continue reading →

  ‘The fear that religious terror brings, the lies it makes people tell and concessions it forces them to make are as familiar here as on the subcontinent.’  Nick Cohen   Mishal Husain was in Bangladesh this week….she was curious as to why there is a rise in fanaticism in Bangladesh as liberal/atheist bloggers get murdered for their ‘blasphemous’ sins.  Could it be the Bangladeshis’ foreign policy, their invasion of … Continue reading →

  ‘The fear that religious terror brings, the lies it makes people tell and concessions it forces them to make are as familiar here as on the subcontinent.’  Nick Cohen “Compare the bravery of Bangladeshi intellectuals with the attitude of the bulk of the western intelligentsia. Whole books could be written on why it failed to argue against the fascism of our age – indeed I’ve written a couple myself … Continue reading →

Well, the weekend approaches and so time for a new one of these to see us off into the wild blue yonder! Detail the bias here please.

  The politicians have been pressuring the BBC to use any name other than ‘Islamic State’ to describe the Islamic State in yet more appeasement of the Muslim pressure groups who wish to suppress all news and information that might shed light on why Muslims wish to join the Islamic State. Here’s Cameron & Co’s equation…. If you use the term ‘Islamic State’ this will anger Muslims, these angry Muslims … Continue reading →

      The BBC’s new Europe editor raised a small storm of protest back in January… New Europe editor Katya Adler has been criticised over her EU connections The BBC is facing a bias row over its new Europe editor, Katya Adler, who is replacing the veteran Gavin Hewitt but has yet to start the job because she is on maternity leave. Eurosceptic Tory MPs are exercised by an … Continue reading →

1ST July and a new month beckons! Here is a new Open Thread. Please detail the bias here. Can I also request civility in the comment threads? I am aware of some impersonation that has been going on here and a plan is in place to permanently stop this. I also wanted to say that the credibility of the site with you – our excellent readers. Please be careful that … Continue reading →

The elephant is in the room but neither Nicky Morgan or the BBC is going to name it! Homophobic views may be a sign that a pupil is at risk of becoming an extremist, Nicky Morgan has said. The education secretary was speaking as schools in England and Wales were issued with a guide to identifying pupils in danger of radicalisation. She said attacking core British values or being extremely intolerant of … Continue reading →