Does Being A Muslim Mess You Up?

  A Lancet report suggests that troops coming back from the frontline are more likely to be violent. Nicky Campbell is running a phone-in asking:  ‘Does the Army mess you up?’ When we have Muslim suicide bombers telling us they are acting in the name of Islam does the BBC ask:  ‘Does being a Muslim mess you up?’ No…it says they are madmen or criminals perverting that glorious religion.   … Continue reading

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

   Via Bishop Hill   This video demonstrates perfectly why the BBC’s refusal to engage in debate about climate change is a damning breach of trust as it abandons its own values and responsibilities to ‘inform, educate and  entertain’. There are three main questions that need to be answered when talking about climate change: 1.  Is climate change happening? 2. If so what is causing that change? 3. Is any … Continue reading

ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT

  Compare and contrast the two very different reports on the same subject, MEPS reject the cuts negotiated recently in the EU budget, one from the Telegraph, MEPs reject EU spending cuts and demand extra £1.7bn from British taxpayers MEPs have rejected cuts to European Union budgets agreed at an all-night summit last month and have demanded that national governments pay an extra £14 billion in spending for this year. … Continue reading

IF IT BLEEDS IT LEADS

    It is customary for news providers to only bring us the bad news…bad news sells. As former American vice-president Spiro Agnew said:  ‘Bad news drives out good news.’ The BBC has become a pioneer of a new type of journalism in which only good news is broadcast….at least when the news comes from Germany. Germany is a happy land, happy to be in the Euro, happy to have … Continue reading

Frack Off Back To Where You Came From Johnny Foreigner

  Richard Black ?@enviroblack @LeoHickman The rules of the #climate battle are currently being set by the sceptics/deniers – progressives have yet to learn from them       Roger Harrabin will get a rap over the knuckles from the BBC’s PC police for this one: roger harrabin ‏@RHarrabin It seems that Johnny Foreigner owns much of UK fracking rights. Quelle surprise. http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/newsdesk/energy/investigations/who-owns-rights-drill-gas-uk …     It seems OK to open … Continue reading

Alternative For The BBC

Astonishing…a new political party in Germany and the BBC still ignores it one day after its official announcement….after all ‘German news magazine Focus found that 26 percent of Germans would be willing to vote for an anti-euro party’ : ‘The Alternative for Germany, or AfD. Founded by a group of businessmen, economists, politicians and journalists, this political party has a simple platform. They argue that the euro has subverted democracy … Continue reading

Panorama Rewrites History

  Greenpeace co-founder Paul Watson said: “It doesn’t matter what is true, it only matters what people believe is true.”   The BBC is going to tell you a story….. Next Monday Panorama broadcasts this: The Spies Who Fooled the World On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Iraq War, Panorama reveals how key aspects of the secret intelligence used by Downing Street and the White House to … Continue reading

NOT WHAT YOU KNOW BUT WHO YOU KNOW

  The BBC’s Dan Snow gives us a guided tour of Syrian history in ‘A History of Syria with Dan Snow’ But who is guiding Snow safely around the warzone is the question at least one Syrian is asking: ‘A History of Syria with Dan Snow (BBC Two) was an excellent opportunity to tell a complex story. But while it provided useful background information, experienced Syria-watchers were likely to be … Continue reading