Another view of Diane Coyle and her application to take over from Patten: David Keighley: Europhile quango queen and climate change warrior. No wonder Dave wants her as BBC chief   One thing is certain about Ms Coyle if she does land the chairman’s role. She won’t be pressing for any significant changes in the BBC’s journalism. She has already declared: “I’ve always valued the BBC, not least as the best … Continue reading →

       Alex Proud, of the Telegraph, BBC and C4 tells all: Why I love the BBC The BBC upholds genuine British values at home and offers great PR for our country overseas. What’s not to like, asks Alex Proud Straightforward, intelligent coverage that we can trust. The BBC is also one of the greatest exponents of “British values” there is – assuming that by British values you mean … Continue reading →

    A break from the usual….perhaps this explains Obama’s recent comments on Scottish independence…though I’d have thought he was more likely to be on the  left wing than centre back:     Here’s one for the UKIPer’s:           chuka.umunna.mp@parliament.uk          

I see that John Kerry is in Baghdad and is pushing the Obama line that the staggering success of ISIS is the creation of lack of “inclusivity” by the Maliki Government. The BBC appears to accept this opinion  and no challenge is offered back on the topic. Whilst I can understand Kerry pushing this line there is the OTHER possibility that the growth and success of ISIS is down to … Continue reading →

I heard lots of outrage on the BBC today concerning the judgement of the Egyptian court that has sent three Al Jazeera journalists to prison for being Muslim Brotherhood enablers. One of the three, Peter Greste, is a former BBC journalist and so the comrades are enraged at this “tyrannical judgement”. However the BBC were ardent cheer leaders for  the “Arab Spring”  and all the chaos it has wrought so … Continue reading →

Better late than never, here’s a new Open thread! Detail the bias please!!

        Amazing that the BBC denounces a whole country and its population over a boxing match, especially as the BBC’s interpretation of what happened in the match is coloured by the colour of the two opponents…one black, one white…guess which has the BBC’s sympathy?   England’s shame The boxing match between a freed slave and a sporting star In the brutal world of bare-knuckle boxing a fight, … Continue reading →

  BBC getting excited about this: Berlin House of One: The first church-mosque-synagogue? Berlin thinks it is making religious history as Muslims, Jews and Christians join hands to build a place where they can all worship. The House of One, as it is being called, will be a synagogue, a church and a mosque under one roof.     Liked this: Rabbi Tovia Ben Chorin. “From my Jewish point of … Continue reading →

  The BBC this morning reported some of ‘what the papers say’.…and gave us this gem: Kinnock said part of the reason the rightwing press was going for Miliband was because it knew he was bold and a threat to Tory victory hopes.   The BBC didn’t bother to provide some contrasting balance to that and reveal that half Miliband’s party think he is a dead duck, that the grass … Continue reading →

      Yesterday I saw that Diane Coyle had thrown her hat into the ring and applied for Patten’s old job. This morning on R4 I heard that the application process had been extended due to the lack of quality of the applicants…they didn’t mention Coyle had applied funnily enough. Not sure a person who has helped preside over the failing BBC Trust should then be appointed to lead … Continue reading →