As picked up by George R in an Open Thread… Newsnight’s new presenter has been offered a £200,000-a-year contract to lure her away from ITV, it has emerged. Laura Kuenssberg, a BBC veteran who is currently the business editor at ITV, is set to become Newsnight’s chief correspondent next month. It was today reported that she would be earning a salary of £200,000 to appear on the programme, whose average audience has … Continue reading
From Our Own Correspondent rolls on in its own inimical style. FOOC had a little report on the Holocaust and education in Israel…it started off as if it was just a human interest story bringing us the lives of Israelis and the meaning perhaps of the Holocaust and how it still touches their lives….much as the BBC brings us the heartwarming or heartstring plucking tales from Palestinians or … Continue reading
The BBC’s highest-profile talent in the US, Katty Kay, held an audience Q&A session on Twitter this morning. Once the BBC publishes the transcript on their website, I’ll update this post with a link. She didn’t say anything that would get her in trouble like last time, but she did answer at least one question with pure, unadulterated, partisan bias: From an FB user: How exactly does #Obama intend to … Continue reading
Here you go, a new Open Thread for you to complete!
Here’s the BBC’s take on the economy: We’ve got some really good growth….but it’s based on Services….which means ‘consumer spending’ the BBC tells us…which, as consumers have no money (cost of living crisis!) and no savings, must be funded by borrowing…which is unsustainable…therefore the recovery is built on sand….it’s the wrong sort of growth! Trouble is…’Services’ doesn’t just consist of Retail…Services are an industry … Continue reading
Yesterday the BBC, in the shape of Victoria Derbyshire, was plugging the Mumsnet campaign for compulsory sex education in schools….targeting Free Schools and Academies…which immediately raises some suspicions as to what is really behind this….no mention of Labour…just a ‘group of campaigners’. Justine Roberts, founder of Mumsnet, was leading the charge. Here is Justine Roberts, with Labour’s Yvette Cooper in September last year co-ordinating Labour’s childcare policies: … Continue reading
You have to laugh at the sheer cynicism of the BBC. This morning we awoke to the news that official figures show the UK’s economic growth in 2013 was the strongest since 2007, the year before the financial crisis. Instantly, the BBC produced an economist who was able to tell us that whilst the UK IS experiencing economic growth, it is mostly in London and the south of England. Ah, … Continue reading
Anyone catch Mishal Husain climate scaremongering on Today this morning just after 7.10am? The difficulties affecting the Somerset Levels are apparently part of “extreme weather” we are now experiencing and an “expert” was on hand to confirm this was undoubtedly linked to “climate change.” After the Today AGW propaganda fest, there was another BBC Radio 4 programme called “The Long View’ which looked at the Big Flood of 1953. Michael … Continue reading
The President of the US will give His latest State of the Union address this evening, and the BBC has published the press release with key talking points. Obama State of the Union speech to act on income inequality Sound promising, no? Just by His words, He can move mountains. What they mean is that the President will announce one of His latest executive orders to help the poorest and … Continue reading
Rainbows only come out in the rain…UKIP maybe onto something: Evan Davis played this, admittedly very funny, spoof of a shipping forecast (from about 1:26): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVOX_U3s8lQ Andrew Neil, God bless his little heart, allowed Farage a response…also very funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nmXFY8XZtI
