Up to 20,000 patients may have died unnecessarily under the care of the NHS. Whilst they have been given a decent burial the BBC seems to be attempting to bury the bad news…or at least the Labour Party’s involvement in it as the government of the day. The BBC has consistently, across different platforms, avoided using the word ‘Labour’ when talking about this subject…even in a 10 minute interview with … Continue reading
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
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
Time for a new one.
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
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
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
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
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
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
