Peter Hitchens shows the BBC’s strange double standards: The BBC just loves swearing – until it gets a dose of its own @!X*! medicine The BBC have refused to accept a complaint about bad language transmitted on national radio – because the complainer’s letter used exactly the same words that they had used on air. They told Colin Harrow that his letter’s tone and language were ‘unacceptably abusive … Continue reading
The OFSTED chair, Labour’s Baroness Sally Morgan, has been relieved of her post….but stays on until the Autumn (Though personally I would now sack her as she clearly is at odds with the government) She is complaining bitterly that this is a Tory Party coup to clear out non-Tory supporters from government quangos……she is Labour…but in the interview on Today this morning said it wasn’t about … Continue reading
One big yawn from the BBC over the large scale anti-terror police operation to arrest diplomat’s son James Sutcliffe….no sign of their having reported it at all…… Thankfully there’s always the Daily Mail: Police swooped on British diplomat’s son ‘after he signed for neighbour’s package while they were out’ Scotland Yard had feared that parcel contained deadly poison Abrin Turns out he was completely innocent. So … Continue reading
The BBC’s initial report on Scarlett Johansson, Oxfam and Soda Stream was this: Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam role over SodaStream row And it ended with this fine bit of journalism: However, away from the factory, Reuters quoted one unnamed Palestinian employee as saying “there’s a lot of racism” at work. “Most of the managers are Israeli, and West Bank employees feel they can’t ask for pay rises … Continue reading
A few days back, the Government produced figures which suggested that most people in employment have seen at least a modest INCREASE in their living standards over the past year, as inflation falls and wages rise. The BBC was not happy about this at the time since it directly contradicts the Labour narrative about “cost of living crisis” and I recall them bringing on an economist to challenge what the … Continue reading
Last day of January and a final Open Thread of the month! It’s been a busy month here on Biased BBC to welcome in 2014 and my sincere thanks to all my fellow writers and above all to you, dear reader, for coming here and sharing your thoughts on the BBC.
Mickey Clark on Wake Up To Money woke up to a nightmare. Normally he blithely ignores everything his guests tell him and continues with his pro-Labour spiel. Tell him repeatedly that Japan pumped billions into its economy and he will immediately say that Japan of course didn’t stimulate its economy and look what happened….subtext…Osborne should have been using ‘Plan B’ and spent like mad. Tell him business … Continue reading
Mark Goldring, Oxfam’s chief exec…..Jewish? If so bit of an irony all considered….Perhaps he should boycott himself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq4ziu-wrI The BBC’s report on Oxfam getting dumped by its star face is pretty light on the important facts: Scarlett Johansson quits Oxfam role over SodaStream row This is how it wraps up: The company’s chief executive, Daniel Birnbaum, said his factory was “a model … Continue reading
DB has already picked up on the Scarlett Johansson story and I see you have all been commenting on it. There was one additional element to the story that irritated me and it is this bit..from the BBC report… “Actress Scarlett Johansson has quit as an ambassador for Oxfam amid a row over her support for an Israeli company that operates in the occupied West Bank.” WHERE? Do they mean … Continue reading
Scarlett Johansson’s admirable decision to sever ties with Oxfam over its criticism of her adverts for Israeli company SodaStream has led one BBC World Service journalist to declare his shame at owning one of the products: I'm not proud of this. pic.twitter.com/emztKNII5D — Roland Hughes (@hughesroland) January 30, 2014 Yeeucch. Update. Tweet deleted. Here’s the screengrab for posterity:
