I heard about the Co-op bank fellow being filmed buying drugs…despite the Co-op coughing up the odd million to the Labour Party and many Labour MPs (Ed Balls for one) in its debt so to speak I didn’t think there would be much mileage in this from a BBC bias point of view.   I was wrong as Craig at Is the BBC biased? points out: Bowdlerising … Continue reading →

      Warning…graphic photos   We were told that Al Qaeda didn’t exist by the BBC….it was just a ‘nightmare’.   And now the BBC once again humbly lectures us through the good auspices of Will Self….they seem to like these dissolute ‘thinkers’. Once again we are told something doesn’t exist. Apparently the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Self is talking about the fear of … Continue reading →

    Curious that only a few weeks ago the BBC was pillorying the Republicans for trying to delay Obamacare for a year.  From Mardell: The Republicans have been accused of having Tea Party tantrums, they’ve been compared to people who want to burn the house down, suicide bombers, hostage takers and teenage drivers repeatedly taking a blind curve in the rain. All these images of blackmail and mayhem come … Continue reading →

  The Telegraph investigates: What Lonely Planet is the BBC on? £100m loss on travel book deal as corporation’s executives ride the gravy train   And remember the BBC lost £100 million on its digital media intiative. And remember it spent £1 billion moving house to Salford. And remember that the running costs of Salford will be £120 million more than they would have been if they’d stayed put in … Continue reading →

Bishop Hill tells us that: Is that a shift in the climate change ground I feel? Japan has backed away from its renewables targets. Rich countries seem to be on the verge of reneging on their climate change promises to poor countries. The  Climate Change Committee is to undertake an inquiry into the scientific integrity of the Fifth Assessment Report. And they have invited Donna Laframboise (and to my certain … Continue reading →

How the BBC turned a catastrophic crisis into a drama about global warming Listeners given a bogus message on Radio 4’s Today programme Listeners to Radio 4’s Today programme were given an unmistakable but totally bogus message last week: that catastrophic storms such as Typhoon Haiyan are linked to global warming – and are set to increase. The same claim, which has no scientific basis, was echoed by David Cameron, … Continue reading →

      The BBC has spent a long time and invested much treasure in grooming Alistair Campbell and keeping him sweet. As they say….keep your friends close and your enemies closer.   Such investment seems to have paid off with Campbell now back in the political game advising Miliband and saying things like this: ‘….whatever the criticisms of the BBC, it should be supported, remain central to our culture … Continue reading →

    David Dimbleby in the Sunday Times: ‘We’re coming up to the new BBC charter…that’s the big issue.’ What does he think about that? ‘I’ll tell you…there is an argument for funding things that are outside the BBC so it doesn’t have this all-powerful position.  I’m not sure democracy is served by having an organisation so huge and powerful.’   Perhaps he should swap notes with Alistair Campbell who … Continue reading →

  BBC Watch has an update on Sarah Montague’s claim on the Today programme that Israel persecutes Christians and this is a problem that the Israeli government could solve.   It includes a very rapid reply to a complaint about this interview which tries to whitewash the matter: BBC R4′s ‘Today’ programme implies persecution of Christians in Israel SM: “But are you saying – can I just ask – countries like … Continue reading →

‘First The Saturday people, Then The Sunday People’ Graffitti on a wall in Bethlehem where Christians are being driven out…and not by Israelis.   The Jews have pretty much been driven out of all their old communities in the Middle East….and now a drive to eliminate the Christians is under way…and not just in the Middle East.   Thanks to Downboy for highlighting this interview: Baroness Warsi was in the … Continue reading →