Tony Hall clearly has no control over the direction of travel the BBC takes politically….how can he claim impartiality is in the BBC’s DNA when it’s prime time current affairs programmes are stuffed full of people with quite obvious leftwing tendencies? Guido reveals that Newsnight has, unbelievably?, hired a Labour stooge as its economics editor: Newsnight Hire Pro-Labour TUC Wonk as Economics Editor TUC’s senior economist Duncan Weldon … Continue reading
First Bob Crow, now Tony Benn. It’s been a tough week for the comrades at the BBC. The floor is yours…
Nice bit of a puff for Balls….nothing too rigorous from Robinson….just enough to allow Balls to paint the pretty pictures: Ed Balls ‘daunted’ by chancellor task Ed Balls has told me that he is “daunted” at the prospect of becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer, given the scale of cuts a future Labour government may have to make. “I’m daunted, because it’s going to be such a task with … Continue reading
The BBC were fast to keep hyping Miliband’s energy price freeze…..not so quick to report something that may well provoke a furious reaction from consumers…especially as the blame can be laid squarely at Miliband’s door….the man who impoverished us while subsidising his mates in the green industries. The Telegraph reports this from ‘Which’: Energy bills may rise by £600 a year Cost of building power stations, replacing grids … Continue reading
Biased BBC likes not just to amuse and amaze occasionally but also aims to inspire its readers….so if you’re starting to feel you’ve spent too much time couch potatoing here’s something to either scare the hell out of you or get you moving….if only to the fridge for another beer….. and one more just because…..enjoy…
The BBC is quick to air grievances expressed about groups lobbying politicians…say the food industry or energy companies…but it seems they aren’t immune to a bit of arm twisting as they go nuclear to defend their gravy train license fee…..as Douglas Carswell points out in The Empire Strikes Back: The magnificent Andrew Bridgen MP has tabled an amendment to the Deregulation Bill to make non-payment of the BBC license … Continue reading
Did you know that Miliband was going to hold a referendum on Europe? If not you can’t have been listening to the BBC who trumpeted this apparent fact all day yesterday. There does seem to be some confusion even amongst BBC journos about the meaning of Miliband’s little pledge. John Pienaar, surprisingly perhaps, drew a deep breath and actually criticised Miliband, saying that the…. ‘Ed Miliband … Continue reading
‘A 2009 poll by Gallup found that British Muslims have zero tolerance towards homosexuality. “None of the 500 British Muslims interviewed believed that homosexual acts were morally acceptable,” the Guardian reported in May that year.’ Mehdi Hasan Dan Hodges in the Telegraph asks: Why did the BBC censor a debate about gay Muslims? The programme was conducting a live debate last night in the Birmingham Mosque, in … Continue reading
From the Telegraph at 18:42: David Cameron condemns ‘barbaric’ missile attack on Israel Prime Minister David Cameron condemns “indiscriminate” attack as 50 missiles from Gaza Strip fired into southern Israel during official visit David Cameron tonight condemned a “barbaric” missile attack on Israel that struck on the first day of his visit to the country. Militants fired as many as 50 missiles from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, … Continue reading
It’s fun watching the bank held up by Labour as the modern template for ethical and efficient banking – The Co-Op- described as “ungovernable” by its departing CEO. It’s also a tricky one for the comrades at the BBC who are usually so KEEN to get stuck into the “banksters” The default mode seems to be report this as best they can but just ignore the VERY close links between … Continue reading
