Blimey…Ian Hills in the comments has pointed out that Ian Katz’s wife runs Mumsnet…you know that organisation that all the politicians run scared of: From Wikipedia: Mumsnet was conceived in early 2000 when Justine Roberts embarked on a disastrous family holiday. Her idea was to create a website where parents could swap advice about not just holidays but all the other stuff parents talk about. Once … Continue reading
To the BBC the BNP are racist, violent thugs, but Scottish Nationalists are romantic rebels fighting for a free Scotland. Nigel Farage doesn’t agree and he’s not impressed with the BBC either: Nigel Farage condemns ‘fascist scum’ who forced him to take refuge in Edinburgh pub The Ukip leader Nigel Farage has condemned the “fascist scum” who forced him to take refuge in an Edinburgh pub and hung up … Continue reading
A pretty disgraceful treatment of Christians by the BBC in comparison with their treatment of Muslims…here playing up claims that Christians are trying to outbreed Muslims…whilst at the same time the BBC downplays suggestions that Muslims might outbreed Non-Muslims in Europe. The Telegraph tells us that: ‘ almost one in 10 under 25s in Britain is now a Muslim.’ The BBC constantly states that Islam is a Religion of … Continue reading
Bishop Hill points out why Katz ticks many of the BBC’s boxes when it comes to recruiting talent as demonstrated by this article by Katz demanding action on climate change: The beauty of 10:10 is that it’s both achievable and meaningful The world’s response to global warming is a classic case of all mouth and no trousers. This new initiative aims to show that we can all act now … Continue reading
A bit liked the Augean Stables the BBC bias is non stop and is a task beyond normal mortals to clean up…having no handy rivers to divert through Broadcasting House to flush it out…all we have is the torrent of good advice and comment from you….go for it!
The old question that was used to demonstrate the futility of a particular line of thought was ‘How many angels could you fit on the head of a pin?’…the new question is ‘How many ‘Mainstream Scientists’ can you get into a Roger Harrabin report on global warming’? On the Today programme this morning Harrabin was going through the usual smoke and mirrors routine that he has … Continue reading
This has raised many a comment on the open thread already so I’ll lob my two penn’th in. You have to laugh sometimes. The BBC fulminated against the appointment of a Fascist as manager of Sunderland football club but have no problems recruiting a left winger who actively campaigned against Bush in the US elections to head up Newsnight. Fascism has little to do with running a football club…but … Continue reading
If Margaret Hodge’s grasp of Stemcor’s company accounts is any indication of her grasp of Amazon’s or Starbuck’s then I don’t think they have anything to worry about. In this Sky News video (via Guido) she is left floundering when asked for details of Stemcor’s profits and taxes paid upon those profits..in the UK. Note the completely different treatment by the BBC as it runs for cover as … Continue reading
On the Question Time panel this week – Philip Hammond, Chris Bryant, Charles Kennedy, FT journalist Gillian Tett and television producer Peter Bazalgette. Please join us over on the livechat server from 10:30pm UK time. To address some of the issues from last week’s livechat we’ll be running a beta copy of their next version of the chat software. So be aware that it will solve some problems but may … Continue reading
All those resources, all those journalists, all those editorial guidelines… The BBC’s Newsnight programme once again wraps itself in glory as the Sun tells us: BBC’s Help for Heroes slur Grovelling apology for flawed report on charity THE BBC will today broadcast a humiliating network-wide apology for smearing Help for Heroes on Newsnight. An “investigation” by the flagship show last August accused the troops charity of misspending its cash. … Continue reading
