Here’s an interesting instance of clear BBC editorial bias. Hat tip to George R.. “This decision is good for Martin McGuinness, peace and for Sinn Féin.” says BBC Political Editor Martina Purdy -from – “Martin McGuinness to attend banquet with Queen when President Higgins visits UK” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-26903463 ‘Daily Mail’ has:- “Ex-IRA commander Martin McGuinness WILL be a guest of the Queen at Windsor Castle banquet” Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2597964/Ex-IRA-commander-Martin-McGuinness-guest-Queen-Windsor-Castle-banquet.html#ixzz2y7J2iNg8 Why is it … Continue reading →

The BBC may well have all but erased 9/11 from its collective memory, but not George W Bush. I heard a real sneering piece on the Today programme this morning mocking his Art Paintings. Some expert was wheeled on to make patronising comments!

Hi folks. Been away much of the week so apols for my absence. Anyway, here is a NEW Open Thread for your edification! Enjoy.

  The BBC told the Science and Technology Committee that…..’Climate change is “a matter of reporting and journalistic inquiry, and one where our strong reputation for independence is paramount”.’ However…….David Jordan, Director of Editorial Policy and Standards for the BBC, told them that “politicians driving an issue and talking about its importance and policy developments in relation to it will be clearly important to our news agenda”   So politicians … Continue reading →

New thread. Now fill it up.

    The BBC still  seem reluctant to report this:   France’s Muslims drawn to far right anti-immigration party Elections at the weekend revealed a remarkable phenomenon: Muslims voting with the far right, anti-immigration Front National (FN). “The main left and right parties have failed them. But for many Muslims, the moves towards legalising gay marriage would be enough by itself to vote for a party like the FN that … Continue reading →

    When the bombs went off in London on 7/7 we were told that the real victims were Muslims….not the 52 dead and 700 injured.   Seems the BBC still continues with that mentality. The Central African Republic has been suffering for nearly a decade with a war started by Muslim militias. The world and the BBC long ignored this war.  Just as they ignored the 5 million killed … Continue reading →

    Liked this, the BBC’s latest ‘special interest’:     Freedom eh?  The BBC’s taking a great interest in ‘Freedom’. ‘What freedom looks like to you’ it reveals.   Wonder what it looks like in Saudi Arabia? Saudi Arabia declares atheists terrorists under new laws targeting citizens who ‘call for secular thought in any form’ Saudi Arabia has officially identified atheists as terrorists in sweeping new laws that threaten … Continue reading →

  “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur’an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope. Allahu akbar!”     The Muslim Brotherhood….loveable rogues….or as Jeremy Bowen declared them: “conservative, moderate and non-violent”.     Later updated, corrected, to this:     Though you might argue with the ‘non-violent’ bit as well……Hamas being a Muslim Brotherhood group. … Continue reading →

  “It is our view that the Labour government has masterminded the unnecessary imposition of competition, backdoor privatisation and the undermining of all postal services.”    said the CWU….a union affiliated to Labour!     The National Audit Office has released its report into the partial privatisation of Royal Mail. The Privatisation of Royal Mail The Department was successful in floating Royal Mail. But its approach was marked by deep … Continue reading →