A Stain On The Reputation Of The BBC?

    If like me you have been listening or watching the BBC for the last few years and hearing their coverage of the alleged abuse of Iraqis or Afghans by British troops you will know that the BBC has given itself over to the likes of lawyer Phil Shiner and his extraordinary tales, his own very singular version of the truth. Today the BBC must be absolutely gutted as … Continue reading

AL SWEADY

BBC limbering up for a new bout of blackening the reputation of the British military today, ahead of the publication of the Al Sweady Inquiry report. I heard a BBC journalist intone this morning that on some occasions Iraqi combatants were…..gasp…SHOUTED at. Oh the horror. When you combine this with the BBC’s embrace of the partisan Democrat Senate report on the CIA, we see the remarkable sight of the State … Continue reading

MID WEEK OPEN THREAD…

On time and ready for completion. No sooner had the BBC been propagating the “lone wolf and disturbed individual” meme over the Sydney Jihadist than a group of Pakistani jihadists slaughter over 130 schoolchildren. Hard to put that one down to the preferred “lone wolf” theory, eh? Fill the space.

START THE WEEK OPEN THREAD

Here you go, a new Open Thread. I see the BBC are virtually orgasmic about the latest UKIP “revelation” and I heard them discussing on the Today programme whether there was a core UKIP support that is indeed homophobic and racist. Plus ca change. Meanwhile, BBC doing all they can to suggest that a devout Muslim has been taken hostage by coffee extremists in Sydney! The floor is yours…

Coincidence?

    Labour has issued a document that lays out its election strategy for dealing with UKIP…here they talk about how Labour should talk about immigration……essentially only talk about it in order to raise other issues that Labour would prefer to talk about…say the NHS or cuts…change the narrative not people’s minds…. As a political party, we are more effective at changing what is discussed and debated (the salience of … Continue reading

Our Man In Oz

‘Islamists’ take 20 hostages in Sydney cafe siege     Don Jonnison likes to play down the threat of Islamic extremism in Oz and play up the anti-Muslim vibe:   Here Donnison blames the war in Iraq for the rise of ISIS and the radicalisation of  Muslims…never mind that 9/11 happened before 2003.   No doubt he’s working on a line for this story…..   Let’s remember where his heart … Continue reading

No One Expected The Spanish Inquisition!

    When assesssing the BBC’s coverage of the Democratic Party’s hatchet job on the CIA consider this from Douglas Murray: ‘Torture is torture’ ignores the complex nature of intelligence gathering   Murray appeared on the BBC’s ‘This Week’ putting some of the points he raises in the article……but will any of his concerns be reflected in subsequent BBC reporting?  The BBC has a habit of having such discussions on … Continue reading

Self-indulgent BBC To Broadcast Thatcher ‘Assassination’ Fantasy

    Would have thought this was wrong at any time and is merely the BBC pandering to its own inner fantasies: BBC are ‘wrong’ and insensitive to broadcast book about Margaret Thatcher’s assassination, Tory MP says BBC bosses are under fire over plans to broadcast a controversial story imaging the assassination of Margaret Thatcher. Tory backbencher Nadine Dorries said the former prime minster’s family are still “grieving” from her … Continue reading