By way of balance, I came across this item on the BBC this evening; Gerald Scarfe on how he loved to loathe Thatcher

Here’s a new one to follow on from David’s last one. Thatcher is still the BIG news story so detail it here. I can’t recall being this annoyed at the BBC in ages.

This tweet made me feel nauseous, from BBC 5 Live Presenter Ian McGarry. Nice chap, and of course this is his personal account, so nothing to do with his Employer… garbosj Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead. 09/04/2013 00:11

I am finding it almost impossible to watch the BBC at the moment. Last evening, the BBC wheeled on Ken Livingstone, Gerry Adams and Neil Kinnock to pay “tribute to Lady Thatcher. I can only assume the Brighton bomber was unavailable for comment. This morning, the BBC leads with the view of the ANC.  This is stomach churning and I can’t take it.

    They’re watching us now. Forget the petty definitions about Old Labour or New Labour, Blairite diehard or Miliband revolutionary. Everyone on the Left is being scrutinised today. Does the compassion we claim to be our driving force extend to the passing of a frail 87-year-old woman? Does the Labour movement’s dignity and discipline enable us to mark with appropriate solemnity the death of a former Prime Minister who … Continue reading →

  I have been away all day, in London.  The news of the death of Lady Thatcher is THE story of the day, the week. I am personally distraught at her passing. On the way back from the Airport I listened to the BBC and a programme which praised her as amongst the top 4 Prime Ministers of the last hundred years. Oh, just behind Comrade Brown perhaps? I cannot … Continue reading →

Let this be the thread for catching BBC bias about one of the last of the giants of the 20th Century. Love her or loathe her, as the BBC says……

The BBC’s new Director General, Tony Hall, thinks the BBC is not left of centre. If that is the case then what is the explanation for the atrociously one sided reporting that floods out of the BBC providing neither context, history or genuine analysis of any depth or originality? Are its journalists just bad or incompetent then? What we get from the BBC is all too often what might be … Continue reading →

Hi everyone. See the last thread is bulging so time for a new one!

Is it just me but does anyone else feel the BBC has been leading the race to ensure that the Grand National is increasingly sanitised and the fences made easy? Might this sudden interest in Animal Welfare be at all linked to the fact that Channel 4 now have the rights to show this race and the BBC is now bereft of this event? What do you think?