WEEKEND OPEN THREAD
I declare this thread open.
I declare this thread open.
Nigel Farage is in the Independent today asking why the BBC et al mocks or simply and lazily vilifies UKIP when a great, great many people support its stance on immigration and Europe….. Liberal shows like Mock The Week just can’t understand why Ukip has so many supporters What a lot of moaning has gone on this week about comedian Andrew Lawrence and his comments about the … Continue reading
Where does Mishal Husain get her news from? Al Jazeera? Mishal Husain, the BBC’s Muslim presenter who thinks that Hamas rockets are pretty harmless and that it is part of her job to improve the image of Islam made a slight factual error this morning claiming that (08:52) ‘The Israeli authorities have reopened access to the Al Aqsa Mosque this morning….closed yesterday after unrest following the fatal shooting of … Continue reading
We’ve had Alvin Hall’s interesting and original treatment of Black musical history on the BBC and now we have another attempt to rewrite it and turn everything any Black person ever did or said in history into an act of resistance against the white ‘Massa’….. Dr Hepcat and the Hepster’s Dictionary In this programme we hear about the music of Cab Calloway and his ‘Hepster’s Dictionary’ the roots … Continue reading
Peter Allen told us yesterday that ‘It is very difficult to wake up the world and make it care about North Korea.’ Of course no one takes North Korea seriously. Thank God that we have the BBC to remind us of what a dangerous and nasty regime it is! Of course the BBC, in the shape of John Sweeney, had a famous stab at uncovering North Korea as they … Continue reading
A guy without a television has successfully sued TV Licensing for costs incurred dealing with its threatening demands for payment. In a wonderful twist he even threatened to send in the bailiffs. Read all about it at the TV Licensing Blog.
The Brand wagon keeps on rolling courtesy of the People’s BBC. Kind of ironic really, a multi-millionaire living the celebrity lifestyle complaining about the plebs not having a voice, excluded by the Establishment…and yet it is not Joe Bloggs from Peckham who is given the chance to air his views, it is that multi-millionaire celebrity who has decided we all want a revolution and has been given the … Continue reading
Here you go, a new Open Thread, detail the bias here!
The BBC has been hitting us hard in the last week with what is without any shadow of a doubt pure Labour Party propaganda about living standards, the minimum wage and ‘breadline Britain’….the central message at the heart of Labour’s election strategy More on that later but as a run up to a more indepth look at the BBC’s coverage in which we are presented with ‘Jason from Stockport’ … Continue reading
The BBC seems fatally drawn to outspoken, controversial and ultimately, mistaken, flawed characters, otherwise known as charlattans, whom they can rely upon either to make headlines and help them chase ratings, ala Russell Brand, or to ensure the schedules are filled with left wing drudgery ala Owen Jones or Giles Fraser. Giles Fraser, that turbulent priest with inclinations towards the radical, has some interesting thoughts. Not all of them … Continue reading