From the Telegraph: Mohammed Emwazi’s younger brother voiced support for the radical Islamic cleric who inspired one of Lee Rigby’s killers, the Telegraph can disclose. Omar Emwazi, 21, indicated that he admired Sheikh Khalid Yasin on his Facebook profile, which was deleted shortly after his brother was identified as “Jihadi John”. Yasin is an notorious American preacher who converted from Christianity to Islam and is believed to live in Manchester. … Continue reading →

    Peston’s in trouble…or is it Ian Katz…or Jenny Parks? On last night’s Newsnight debate on the EU alarmist film they forgot to mention the female author….she’s not happy….

  In regard to the EU’s alarmist scaremongering film given a platform on the BBC ….., A BBC spokesman responded to the accusations over EU funding and bias saying: No EU money was used in the making of the programme being aired on the BBC. Impartiality is of paramount importance for the BBC.     UKIP says different… The mockumentary producer Bill Emmott confirmed on twitter last night that the … Continue reading →

      Compare the Telegraph’s report on Mohammed Emwazi’ school  and the BBC’s. The Telegraph tells us there was a ‘Muslim Mafia’ at the school that was very religious and pro-active in demanding that the school adopt Muslim friendly practices such as introducing a prayer room. The BBC gives us the ex-headteacher’s thoughts….you might think the BBC would have tried a bit harder to challenge what was in all … Continue reading →

  The BBC’s renowned and respected journo in Oz, Jon Donnison, brings us the news we really want……   Jon Donnison retweeted Steph Kerr @stephkerr  ·  Mar 1 If you need cheering up, here’s a photo of the time my stepmum asked for cheese and biscuits at a hotel. On the same day Donnison could have brought us news of this: Jacqui Lambie receives beheading threat, ordering her to help … Continue reading →

Monday arrives and so does this new Thread. Anyone catch an interview with an Amnesty spokesman on Today this morning. He was wriggling like mad trying to distance his organisation from the Jihad apologists in Cage and was lobbed far too many soft ball questions. The BBC treats Amnesty with kid gloves and I can recall doing a BBC debate with Moazzam Beggs. He was accompanied to the studio by … Continue reading →

  No surprise the BBC favours this….From the Independent: End of the licence fee: BBC to back radical overhaul of how it is funded The BBC will back a radical overhaul of the licence fee, paving the way for the end of the current system of funding the state broadcaster, the Corporation’s head, Tony Hall, is expected to say today. In a speech to staff at Broadcasting House, Lord Hall … Continue reading →

  Extraordinary excuse from the BBC that it claims allows it to broadcast programmes that are explicitly biased….it’s OK as long as they aren’t made by the BBC itself…(H/T George R) A BBC spokesman responded to the accusations over EU funding and bias saying: No EU money was used in the making of the programme being aired on the BBC. Impartiality is of paramount importance for the BBC. This fictional … Continue reading →

    What on earth will the BBC do with all its time if Labour wins the election? ‘The Casual Vacancy’ is continuing on its merry leftwing way whilst BBC News brings us the Truth when the Legend becomes the Truth.  Tomorrow we have Panorama bringing us a whole series of programmes on the state of the Nation…the description doesn’t  give you much confidence that it will be a programme … Continue reading →

    Back at the beginning of February the BBC carefully picked its target, chose the perfect time and let loose hoping to mix things up for the Tories in the run-up to the election. When the BBC and the Guardian fired a broadside at HSBC earlier this year the target was not in fact HSBC….after all HSBC’s tax avoidance story was over 5 years old and well known.  To … Continue reading →