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
The truth about Bulgarian and Romanian immigration into this country must lie somewhere inbetween the reassuring utterances adopted by the BBC: Polls: No indication of huge Romanian-Bulgarian influx And those of the Sun: Next stop UK: Romanians & Bulgarians are queueing up for handout Britain The BBC however is actively working to change your opinion about immigration and the numbers coming here…going so far as to make completely ill-matched comparisons … Continue reading
Going to be some head scratching at the BBC where they just know that Whites are the most racist, sorry, the only racist people in the world…… Maybe this remark from a Bulgarian can help them out: “You British bring civilisation wherever you go. This is my impression at least,” A fascinating map of the world’s most and least racially tolerant countries Here’s what the data show: … Continue reading
The BBC is having a spate of programmes that deal with immigration and culture (Andrew Green from Migration Watch even getting decent treatment on the Today programme)…I wonder if that has anything to do with the ongoing review of its coverage of such issues…and will they suddenly be on the back burner again once the review is published? Anyway, the floor is yours…..a new open thread for any BBC subject … Continue reading
