The BBC has released transcripts of the Pollard inquiry on Savile, but hasn’t made it easy for those trying to find out the details. (above image via Lucy Manning) BBC promotes its Linked Data initiative on its Internet blog. 2 days later: releases transcripts from Pollard inquiry in non-searchable PDFs — Charles Arthur (@charlesarthur) February 22, 2013 Basically, BBC has put biggest obstacles it can in way of journalists wanting … Continue reading →

    “The worst thing would be if we ended up in three years with an acutely polarised social situation in a Western country, and the entire elite going: ‘Where the heck did this come from? Who is the bloke with a small moustache?’ You’ve got to arm yourself against these eventualities.” Paul Mason, BBC It must be with such a directive in mind that the BBC has set itself … Continue reading →

David Cameron attacks BBC over ‘stupid’ Eastleigh by-election coverage David Cameron has attacked the BBC over its coverage of the Eastleigh by-election, accusing the corporation of acting “stupidly” following claims that the Tories have attempted to “hide away” their candidate.     Any chance the BBC took the opportunity to game the Tories and make the most of a chance to make their candidate look either evasive or uncaring? If … Continue reading →

The day started with a surprise…the BBC giving plenty of coverage to the suggestion by what started off as the ‘independent think tank’ Reform that prisons are being run better by private companies than the public sector. Presumably the ‘Reform’ policy institute caught the BBC napping….because it was only later in the day that ‘Reform’ suddenly became a ‘centre right think tank’…meaning everyone can relax….you can ignore this research…the Public … Continue reading →

I was on the BBC this morning discussing what is termed the call “from MP’s” to “name and shame” those companies who are not paying the requisite amount of tax. I HAD wanted to bring up Margaret Hodge’s personal experience of minimising her tax affairs via the Stemcor company in which she has a “tiny” amount of shares (£1.8m) but was warned off the issue as the famously litigious Hodge … Continue reading →

Wednesday arrives and so does a new Open Thread. Over to you folks…

This item by Mark Easton has got the attention of quite a few readers I can see. This is quite a neat dissection of it by a B-BBC reader… “An article on the BBC website today by Mark Easton entitled ‘Why have the white British left London?’. Few of the glaringly obvious reasons are discussed; rather, it is all presented as something normal and natural. In fact, it’s largely down … Continue reading →

        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 →