I came across this tweet from comedy writer Armando Iannucci. Could those complaining to me about ‘left-wing’ bias in the BBC point me to specific examples? Otherwise it’s difficult to respond. — Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) July 1, 2015 I have invited him to read this site where we have around some 10,000 examples of such. You may wish to tweet him in order to help inform his better?

Wonder what you make of this news? “The BBC’s political editor Nick Robinson is to step down from his role after 10 years. He will replace Jim Naughtie on the presenting team of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Robinson will also report and present across television and radio for BBC News and Current Affairs.” I’ll be glad to see the back of Naughtie, he identified so readily with the Left it was … Continue reading →

Well, seeing as how Labour weren’t up to much of a response to the Osborne Budget, the BBC obviously felt that they needed to step up to the challenge. All day they have been running the following attack line… Budget 2015: Squeeze to hit 13m families, says IFS And below the headline this.. Thirteen million UK families will lose £260 a year on average because of the Budget’s tax and … Continue reading →

Here we go, a new Open Thread to detail the bias! Over to you.

David Dimbleby presents the last show in the series, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire. On the panel are UKIP MEP Louise Bours, Conservative (in name only) MP Ken Clarke, the SNP’s Tommy Sheppard MP (Yay!), Labour’s Chuka Umuna and journalist Rachel Johnson. I’m so glad to see that the huge demand for the SNP in England has not gone unheeded. Kick off Thursday at 10.35 pm Chat here Register here if … Continue reading →

    As the Egyptian intellectual Abd al-Munim Said once observed, “The biggest problem with conspiracy theories is that they keep us not only from the truth, but also from confronting our faults and problems.” They also make us look like loons. Can we give it a rest, please? That’s a quote from a Mehdi Hasan article about conspiracy theories and why Muslims are so in thrall to them.  Which … Continue reading →

  For the BBC there seems to be no ‘why’ for 7/7. Or at least when listening to their coverage of the anniversary one thing is missing….the question asking what was the motivation for the attacks, why did 4 Muslims attack ‘The West’? The BBC looks even to have put aside its normal infantile, dangerous and highly politicised reason…the Iraq War….The BBC knows this is a false message, a deliberate … Continue reading →

  BBC ignoring this story so far which is in every other news outlet big and small since several hours ago… HSBC employees sacked for ‘abhorrent’ mock Isil execution video The bank has apologised after a video emerged online of staff dressed in jumpsuits apparently pretending to behead an Asian colleague   The Sun has the video here. Most if not all the ‘colleagues’ seem to be ‘Asian’….This is a … Continue reading →

    Not really BBC bias other than an example of why the EU is so hopeless and yet the BBC still cheerleads relentlessly for it.   Doesn’t this from 2011 all look familiar…I had to keep checking the date to make sure I was reading it properly…. Eurozone: UK ready to back IMF bailouts Nick Robinson | 23:43 UK time, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 Britain is standing by to … Continue reading →

OK folks, time for a new Syriza approved one of these. Just say OXI to BBC bias and detail it here. The comrades seem most unhappy with Osborne after his comments on Marr yesterday! Your thoughts?