Via Bishop Hill and the Mail: BBC boss gags ‘sceptics’ from climate change debates A BBC executive in charge of editorial standards has ordered programme editors not to broadcast debates between climate scientists and global warming sceptics. Alasdair MacLeod claimed that such discussions amount to ‘false balance’ and breach an undertaking to the Corporation’s watchdog, the BBC Trust. Mr MacLeod, head of editorial standards and compliance for BBC Scotland, … Continue reading →

  Did laugh this morning as Justin Webb gave Lord Dannatt a hard time over his suggestion that perhaps we should beef up our military….Webb suggesting that military force doesn’t work anymore. Has anyone told the Ukrainians?     We also had Thought for the Day with Bishop James Jones who told us  that Jesus loved immigrants…and that we are all immigrants really….we must open our hearts and our borders.   … Continue reading →

Here you go, what better way to start the week than by detailing the BIAS that oozes out of the BBC?

  The BBC is up to its old tricks….attacking the Daily Mail for its ‘dodgy past’:   Curious it is so sanguine about the dodgy past of one in its own ranks: Newsnight reporter faces call to quit over secret links to BNP: Controversial Left-winger tried to cover up role in racist demonstrations A BBC journalist faced calls for  his sacking last night for attempting to cover up the extent … Continue reading →

  “This should be dragged out into the open and be discussed.”     Make no mistake, Taliban devotees are in our schools, playgrounds, homes, mosques, political parties, public service, private firms and universities. And if we are to have any hope of combating them, we need to stop this attitude of appeasement and understand why so many Muslims are attracted to the most punishing forms of belief, suppressing women … Continue reading →

  This is a response by Milverton to this rather self-indulgent attempt at humour……I might suggest he represents the views of most people who read this site and puts them across very well and concisely….namely that the BBC is, in concept, a good idea, that in reality it provides much of value but falls down seriously by ‘polluting’ its output with its own political and social agenda and that privatisation … Continue reading →

      The BBC produced a programme recently following the lives of some ‘girls’ who are already, or are thinking about becoming, members of the EDL….they began filming before Tommy Robinson jumped ship.   EDL Girls – Don’t Call Me Racist The English Defence League has gained notoriety as the far-right street movement with racist and extremist members whose protests often end in violence. Many of its members feel … Continue reading →

    In case you missed it and don’t want to plough through 3 hours of ‘Sport Relief’ here’s the ‘Only Fools and Horses’ bit…at 2 hours 38 mins on the actual show: Sport Relief – 2014   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9H6Yxq1-EQ

    We cough up 145 beer/irn bru tokens every year for the privilege of being patronised and manipulated but what has the BBC ever done for us? Is it worth the cost? Does it do anything useful? Here, via the Telegraph, is a site that provides, at no cost whatsoever and completely unadulterated by political spin, a sterling  public service of immense usefulness: http://www.fixmystreet.com/   How to get potholes … Continue reading →

  The BBC demands a ‘sustainable recovery’ and never mind what recovery there is now you’d better batten down the hatches because it forecasts a grim, depressing future as austerity really bites…you ain’t seen nothing yet….and welfare cuts are impoverishing the demonised poor. Remarkable how the BBC have totally ignored the wave of criticism that Miliband received, much from his own side, for his abysmal response to the budget……Pienaar and … Continue reading →