A lot of people don’t like the French National Party leader, Marine Le Pen and her policies. They would like to prevent any of her policies being heard in public. Perhaps some like the BBC’s Jeremy Hardy would take the extreme position of advocating shooting BNP members and their ilk in the back of the neck. Who is the extremist? Le Pen is speaking today at … Continue reading
The BBC continues its barrage of ‘educational’ programmes on global warming for the allegedly hard of thinking among us…. ‘Expedition to the End of the World’ Not much subtlety there…much like the BBC’s title ‘Fighting The War’ for a series on the Iraq War…which had the sole purpose of painting the war in the worst light possible. Its latest effort is a gloomy, doom laden offering capturing the thoughts … Continue reading
If only BBC journalists had the same backbone: For over a decade, the Arab television broadcaster Al-Jazeera was widely respected for providing an independent voice from the Middle East. Recently, however, several top journalists have left, saying the station has developed a clear political agenda. Doha tries to lead public opinion by the nose. More than ever before, critics contend that the broadcaster is following a clear political agenda, … Continue reading
For the BBC it is an article of faith that Hamas are full of good intentions and that try as they might they are unable to control other groups within Gaza. Given the ruthlessness and total grip over Gaza that Hamas has that was always an unlikely scenario. Hamas in all probability has complete control over every event in Gaza including who launches rockets and when into Israel….and the ‘detainment’ … Continue reading
From BBC Watch: BBC CoJ debates the use of the term ‘Islamist’ The College of Journalism’s own article: ‘Islamist’ – acceptable shorthand or dangerously misleading? BBC Urdu’s Aamer Ahmed Khan gives rise to the suspicion he may not be a reliable witness: “The confusion is where you use [Islamist] interchangeably with the words ‘militant or extremist’. It’s just plain wrong – as wrong as calling a tortoise … Continue reading
How will the world cope with BBC journalists on strike? Radio 4 was a Today free zone this morning and my blood pressure the better for it! Are you enjoying the silence?
Just watched end of “The MidWife” on BBC1. Did you see it? This is pure Statist propaganda — ended up telling is how wonderful free NHS contraception is.
Who says these tend to arrive late? Here is the Monday open thread a little early for you as I see the previous one is bulging at the seams!
Interesting treatment here by the BBC of two of the candidates in the forthcoming Eastleigh by-election. On the one hand, we have Tory hopeful Maria Hutchings “provoking a backlash after suggesting her son would need private schooling to be a surgeon.” Meanwhile, comments in a 1998 book by Labour candidate John O’Farrell have surfaced, in which he said he was “disappointed” that Mrs Thatcher had not been murdered by the … Continue reading
Thatcher’s the best! New poll names ex-Tory leader as greatest prime minister A new poll by ComRes for the Independent on Sunday and the Daily Mirror shows that Margaret Thatcher the most respected leader of the past five decades A new poll by ComRes for the Independent on Sunday and Sunday Mirror newspapers has revealed that the former Tory leader, Margaret Thatcher, is still the nation’s best leader since … Continue reading
