Ahead of time and all set to go, a new OPEN THREAD.

Red in tooth and claw, what is your view of the BBC coverage of that Miliband speech?

    John Pienaar told us that Victoria Derbyshire was so hard Damien McBride would be quaking in his boots in an upcoming interview. Derbyshire opened the interview with a quote from McBride: ‘It was just me being a cruel vindictive thoughtless bastard.’ …and then asked him where, on a scale of bastards, would he put himself. However that was about as ‘hard’ as the interview got…McBride far from quaking in … Continue reading →

  Damian Thompson in the Telegraph thinks there is quite a lot in ‘a name’: Kenya terror attack: disgracefully, the BBC still won’t call these murderers ‘terrorists’   I suppose it is hard to quantify exactly what constitutes a ‘terrorist’. A group which kills 61 people, deliberately selecting non-Mulsims, and then apparently burning off their faces and cutting off their hands to prevent identification, may have justifiable political aims or … Continue reading →

          Miliband has made a speech.  Without notes the BBC notes.  The BBC seem rather in awe of Miliband’s speech. Perhaps John Pienaar’s description of Miliband as ‘Bold and statesman like’ should have warned us of the attitude the BBC would strike in relation to this.  The Telegraph by contrast has a much more critical stance, some positive but mostly negative about the content of the … Continue reading →

  Victoria Derbyshire has on Bishop Nazir Ali (11:54) to talk about attacks on Christians…all going well until he mentioned Egypt when Derbyshire said: ‘Some might quibble…some argue that Muslims are now being targeted and that’s as bad as any other religious group being targeted.’ She goes on to mention that the Taliban claim that the attack on the church in Pakistan was in retaliation for American drone strikes….how does … Continue reading →

      Ed Balls today made a joke about Cameron and his beach towel then went on to hide his own embarrassment at Labour’s 13 years of destruction with a load of old flannel.   The BBC’s reaction to all that is going on with Labour at the moment?  Well…not too bad as I saw it….at least in parts.   John Pienaar was his usual Labour leaning self, in my opinion…with … Continue reading →

The one thing that you can be certain about is that Roger Harrabin is an unapologetic cheer-leader for the AGW mob. “Scientists are more certain than ever that greenhouse gases from human activities are heating the planet, the head of the UN’s climate panel says. Rajendra Pachauri made the comments in an interview with BBC News. The panel is due to deliver its latest report on the state of the climate later … Continue reading →

Chris Patten is the kind of guy who walks the plank last. So no big surprise to read that he has suggested that three out of five senior BBC managers could lose their jobs. The former governor of Hong Kong praised the corporation for becoming more efficient but said viewers do not expect BBC bosses to be paid massive salaries and he wants to see a smaller, more accountable group in charge. Speaking at … Continue reading →

I thought this was interesting;  “Kenyan officials say they are in the final stages of bringing to an end the deadly stand-off with suspected al-Shabab militants at the Westgate shopping complex in Nairobi.” Erm, not quite. Kenyan officials refer to them as terrorists but the BBC feels a need to parenthesis around the term. Also, in what way are they “suspected”???? We have dozens slaughtered, Al Shabab stating it has … Continue reading →