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 →

Anyone else catch Peter Mandelson being allowed a gentle canter on the Today programme this morning as he explained how Miliband has shown courage and real leadership by denying the British people a referendum on EU membership?

On time and for your edification, a new Open thread! Please detail the bias here!

As David has mentioned the BBC has been particularly fawning about Bob Crow so far….he is presented as a roguish lad with none of the tough  realities behind his actions given any credence…..Thatcher was immediately, within minutes of her death, being denounced as divisive and hated, Crow is apparently ‘loved and respected’.  Pienaar has been glossing over all the complaints targeted at Crow….his high salary, living in a council house, … Continue reading →

  The BBC were quick to fill the airwaves with critical comment about C4’s ‘Benefits Street’….not so quick to mention this dangerous programme from C4: Channel 4 News removes video report from their website after it emerges four of the five ‘normal’ people questioned were from the same marketing agency Channel 4 News has removed a video from its website after it emerged that four of the five people it … Continue reading →

Did you read that the BBC was not sceptical enough about immigration and the ‘European ideal’, according to one of its most senior journalists – John Humphrys? Thoughts? I don’t see how the Today programme has changed in any way and is still a toadying supplicant for the Euro ideal.

I was sorry to read of the death of RMT Trade Unionist Bob Crowe. He was only 52.  That said, I am a little surprised to see the BBC run this as the LEAD story on their news portal all day. Isn’t this a little over the top? What say you? There is also a deference in their coverage of his untimely death which was noticeably absent when Margaret Thatcher … Continue reading →