Black, Gifted and Over There

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    Very, very funny today on Today…Justin Webb stunned before a prolonged squealing of indignation whined its way out of him. They’re talking about racism in the acting business and why Black actors apparently have to go to the US to get work. Black actor Gary Beadle says that we are in denial….’There is’, he said…Webb interrupts to suggest ‘racism’…Beadle says…’No…more ‘institutional attitudes’ [racism then]…and it’s ‘rampant in the … Continue reading →

On Institutional Bias

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This isn’t specifically about any one instance of BBC bias, but it is directly, 100% relevant to our ongoing debate about whether or not it’s possible for there to be an institutional bias at the BBC even though there’s no deliberate conspiracy to push an agenda or narrative (except, you know, when there is: e.g. 28-Gate and the deference to Islamic sensitivities and multiculturalism). Will Bloomberg Challenge the New York … Continue reading →

Takes Yer Choice An’ Pays Yer Money

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    Many countries chose to adopt the Euro…many countries are living to regret that as even the EU has now admitted….however the BBC doesn’t seem to want to report such a major admission of fault  the Telegraph reported it at 5:00 pm:     From the Telegraph: Euro ‘increasing unemployment and social hardship’, says EC Deepening economic divisions between North and South, rich and poor eurozone countries threaten to … Continue reading →

The Quenelle Is Anti-Semitic

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You may see the relevance of this photograph of Muslims making the Quenelle gesture when you listen to this broadcast about the decisive battle against Muslim invaders into Europe…   The Battle of Tours (Poitiers) Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Battle of Tours. In 732 a large Arab army invaded Gaul from northern Spain, and travelled as far north as Poitiers. There they were defeated by Charles Martel, … Continue reading →

The Complex Dynamics Of Wishful Thinking

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  Bishop Hill has spotted the remarkable similarity between the takedown of a high flying academic in the field of psychology and that of Steve McIntyre and the Hockey Stick debunking. The only difference being one is a hero to the Guardian, the other a miserable oddball trouble maker…..the BBC’s dreaded ‘Blogger’…..   The British amateur who debunked the mathematics of happiness The astonishing story of Nick Brown, the British … Continue reading →

Savile Saga Continues

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    ‘BBC staff ignored up to 1,000 attacks on children by predatory DJ Jimmy Savile’ according to new damning report lifting the lid on entire scandal   This is the most interesting comment from the Daily Mail article: Liz Dux, a lawyer from Slater & Gordon, who is representing 74 of Savile’s victims, added: ‘This will not be a what-the-BBC-want sort of report.’ The report will ‘ go right … Continue reading →

The Lords Spiritual

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      David Cameron ‘feeds fears of Christian persecution’, former Archbishop of Canterbury says  Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has attacked David Cameron for doing more than any other recent political leader to feed Christian anxieties that they are part of a persecuted minority.   Guess nothing has changed. Hugely disappointed in Farage for having succumbed to media pressure to dump his Christian councillor…..having had his ban … Continue reading →