It is normally Paul Mason who gets highly excited about the Arab Spring and Social Media which he thinks is as good as a tank division to any budding revolutionaries, but here is Roger Hardy telling us why it’s not kicking off everywhere….. Democracy or disorder? The four lessons of the Arab Spring It is necessary to ask what went wrong, and draw the right lessons. 1. It … Continue reading
This is number heavy and involves a bit of reading…but it’s worth some effort as it is a classic example of the BBC either being lazy and incompetent and/or deliberately missing out relevant facts when it suits them. The BBC are happy to ‘fly a kite’ or two with speculative ‘reports’ that present a negative image of any one of a number of BBC bête noires based on what ‘someone’ … Continue reading
Yes, I know that’s a bit over the top, and I’m deliberately phrasing it as a question because I’m not categorically stating that’s what they’re doing over the possible result of George Zimmerman’s trial. But it sure seems that way. Having said that, let’s all note that this is the first BBC mention of the trial since just before it actually started. They’ve been absolutely silent about the trial the … Continue reading
I can see that Monday’s thread is overflowing so time for a new one! Here you go and off you go!
Nigel Farage stated that the BBC used him as a ‘get out’ clause…they have had him on a show…therefore that proves they are not anti-UKIP or pro Europe….box ticked. He also said this: Sure, there may have been criticisms about its abject failure to report the rise of Euroscepticism or reflect the public’s concerns about immigration in the past. But now the BBC is, it tells us, … Continue reading
You have to despair. Dr Mary Bousted is general secretary of ATL. She was being interviewed by Victoria Derbyshire on Monday (11 mins) about Gove’s new curriculum proposals…..strangely before he had announced them…and she admitted she hadn’t read them yet in ‘their entirety’. This is why she opposes the new curriculum: ‘The proposals will be riddled with knowledge and lack skills and understanding.’ Shocking…that schools should be expected … Continue reading
From The Commentator: Baroness Tonge has spearheaded an appeal on behalf of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, claiming that the BBC is biased in favour of Israel! Laugh or cry? The BBC has been having meetings with representatives of the PSC to discuss ‘BBC bias’…pro Israel bias that is. In the UK, BBC News reaches 81% of the total news audience. This is a massive figure but, unfortunately, the … Continue reading
Last week Channel 4 had a ‘big scoop’…Murdoch on tape saying the police investigation into phone hacking was a crock and he would support any journalist who was convicted. A stunning piece of journalism making astounding revelations. The BBC must have thought so because this story was one of the headlines on all its news bulletins that day…..tone of voice was all as they relayed to us that Murdoch would support his … Continue reading
One of the things that strikes me about the BBC coverage of the Egyptian unrest is its reluctance to report the sheer savagery of the Muslim Brotherhood supporters or “Pro Morsi” to use the BBC preferred euphemism. When it comes to appalling videos like this and threatening incidents like this, the world class BBC journalists seem to have fallen asleep. Their entire meme has been thrown into chaos and they … Continue reading
Morning all! Sun shining, time for a new one of these! A whole new WEEK of BBC bias awaits so document it here!
