On time and for your attention – a brand new Open Thread for the weekend. This is where you detail the bias. I also wanted to thank those who came along for the BBC Question Time live chat last. The system seemed to work ok and so I hope many more will click the link, register, and join in the fun and games next week.
Jeremy Bowen has been accused of being anti-Semitic after tweeting that Israel Prime Minister, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, when he addressed the US Congress ‘once again plays the Holocaust card ‘. Bowen is upset that people find his words offensive.. Have been reading some recent tweets sent my way. Suggestions I'm an anti semite, or a denier of the Holocaust, are untrue and offensive. — Jeremy Bowen (@BowenBBC) March … Continue reading
Hi all. Tonight marks the RETURN of the above once popular feature, thanks to the help of one of our many great supporters here on Biased BBC. Can you hit the link – register, and then join the fun later on?
Here’s the story… Nigel Farage backs Australian-style immigration curbs UKIP would restrict migrants over the age of 45 from coming to the UK, Nigel Farage has said. He told LBC Radio his party would adopt “sensible” measures to control unskilled migration based on an Australian-points based system. Those with criminal records and life-threatening illnesses would be barred. Has Farage done a U-turn on UKIP immigration policy with … Continue reading
Who needs facts when you can just make stuff up. Vote Tory and your relatives will die in hospital. Two things you can be sure of in life…death and taxes…and that the BBC will lie through its teeth to put Labour back in power. OK…Three things that you can be sure of in life…. When reports about events at Stafford Hospital finally came out the BBC ducked and dived to … Continue reading
The BiasedBBC Question Time Chat may be returning! Some excellent work by our very own Julio has produced software which seems suitable. We’ve tested it behind the scenes and now it’s time for the Public Beta trials. You can find it here. We would be very grateful if you could take a look. Leave any feedback in the Comments themselves and we will read them. At certain times today we’ll … Continue reading
Well then, wonder what you thought of the BBC’s coverage of the Netanyahu speech to Congress? Betraying my own bias, I thought it was fantastic BUT I got the distinct impression that the BBC were outraged that the Israeli PM was daring to stand up to Obama’s dodgy dealings with the Mad Mullahs. A favoured line spewed out by Jeremy Bowen was that this was “electioneering” by Bibi. Gosh – … Continue reading
Here you go, a new Open Thread. I see there was more welcome news on the economy this morning with the suggestion that average income back to pre-crisis levels. On Today, I heard the BBC interview ponder what wages would be had we not had the economic crisis! Oh dear – as Ed’s ‘cost of living crisis” narrative goes off the rails the comrades are doing their best for the … Continue reading
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….
