A few times this week I’ve listened to John Pienaar intone in reverent awe that ‘The Boy done good….he’s on a winner’. Of course I paraphrase, but Pienaar likes to tell us that Miliband is coping admirably, showing strength and principled leadership as he battles the pervidious right wing rag that is the Daily Mail. Now you could take a less charitable view and interpret … Continue reading
It seems that the BBC has decided that Alastair Campbell is the new champion for journalistic integrity and decency in public life. He hasn’t been off its’ major news programmes in the past few days, castigating Paul Dacre and The Mail in general. It is truly nauseating to listen to Campbell being given such prominence as he heads up a full on assault on The Mail. IF ONLY we all … Continue reading
We Think the Earth is warming, Therefore it is a man made disaster. It is incredible to think that the only journalist with any integrity in the climate debate at the BBC is not Harrabin, Shukman or McGrath but Sheila Fogarty. She has been the one asking the awkward questions about the much hyped ‘ocean warming’ explanation for the ‘pause’. Harrabin et al … Continue reading
That old anarchist has blown his cover now the shackles are off. Paul Mason has stuck the knife into the BBC: A ‘patrician elite at the BBC is failing audiences’: Former editor claims executives are more worried about ‘messing up’ than making interesting programmes Paul Mason was Newsnight’s economics editor for more than a decade He’s warned websites like Twitter could become ‘more believable’ than the BBC because they are more … Continue reading
BBC promotes ‘elitist’ view of sailing, says Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (from August) “Come on BBC get that ridiculous elitist smear out of your thinking and support our young athletes in the maritime field. “We were, at one time, a maritime nation but it’s impossible to engender interest in marine matters when our public broadcaster is so uninterested.” The BBC ignored that….and only invited him in for an … Continue reading
I had the misfortune to watch this classic piece of bullying from Alastair Campbell on Newsnight last evening. In my view, Maitlis let Campbell control the “debate”, she permitted hectoring, outrageous allegations and vicious ad hominem. Why? Because Campbell was saying what the BBC believe. I had an exchange myself with Campbell earlier today on Twitter. I suspect he is not a fan of me or this website.
The BBC did another little puff piece in Ed Miliband’s favour: Do people get their politics from their parents? For some reason the lead in photo was this: That aside they come to the conclusion the Ed Miliband apple fell quite far from the Marxist family tree: “There’s a volume of literature that says the more politicised your parents are, the more likely you are to become … Continue reading
Many in the BBC frequently denounce the Daily Mail for having supported the Blackshirts, and proclaim it a right wing paper…..not so keen to similarly denounce the Mirror for the same past errors: On Monday, 22 January, 1934 the Mirror ran the headline “Give the Blackshirts a helping hand”. The paper went one further than the Mail, urging readers to join Mosley’s British Union of Fascists, and giving the address … Continue reading
David Cameron’s father died in 2010, that didn’t stop the Guardian in 2012 using his financial transactions as a weapon to attack the Tories and their policies: Cameron family fortune made in tax havens Revealed: David Cameron’s father built up legal offshore funds in Panama and Geneva Downing Street said it did not want to comment on what was a private matter for the Cameron family.
Nicky Campbell is having a phone-in about the Daily Mail article that stated the Marxist Ralph Miliband ‘hated Britain’. (just an aside…Ed Miliband wants to give 16 year olds the vote…and yet he says we must dismiss the youthful, 17 year old, writings of his father in his diary as the foolishness of that youthfulness!) The same Ralph Miliband who wouldn’t support Labour Party because he thought that … Continue reading
