The BBC has decided its image needs a bit of a burnish…so it decided to look through the archives, find times when it was mired in controversy and catching some flak. It then does what the BBC does best….rewrite history….funnily enough with the BBC always coming out on top having been ‘proved’ right all along in the end. Eight programmes of ‘Battle For The Airwaves’ presented by Nick Robinson…..The … Continue reading
In the case of Omar al-Mishrawi, as with the death of Muhammed al-Durrah, the BBC leapt to conclusions about who caused the death of a Palestinian child…blaming it on Israel without proof. The BBC knows full well the dramatic power of such images and the effect of such lucid and emotive language in its reports upon perceptions of Israeli actions that people will have when Israel is painted … Continue reading
The photograph comes from a small blog (The author says…..‘If you do read this (and to date) it has been viewed 41 times – though whether by 41 people I don’t know…)….but its sentiment expressed in the title could very well be the BBC’s attitude towards Eurosceptics. Six days ago that blog reported this: Monday, March 4, 2013 Forget UKIP, many economists in Germany now want an … Continue reading
The BBC’s State Department correspondent, Kim Ghattas, has a new book out about Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State. A review of it is in the Murdoch-owned (but not tarnished by it) Wall Street Journal, written by their assistant books editor, Sohrab Ahmari. Ahmari came to the WSJ with a legal background, and has co-edited a book of essays from Middle Eastern dissidents entitled “Arab Spring Dreams”. So, much … Continue reading
The BBC, the Greens and the Veggies join forces to damn meat eaters. Their latest was a bit of nonsense about bacon sandwiches needing to have ‘gun licenses’ or some such daftness. All intended to bend our ear and save the planet from the evils of live stock farming. I wonder how they will react to the below: We all know that livestock destroys the planet and turns … Continue reading
Using the term ‘shot’ as an attention grabbing headline and in particular ‘shot in the head’ in the first paragraph, is an attempt to manipulate the way a reader views this report……’shot’ gives the impression of extreme violence intended to kill……when the fact is the man was hit by a rubber bullet in a violent ‘protest’ as the BBC later points out. But the heading and first paragraph have … Continue reading
The BBC must be on form…these threads fill up ever quicker….let’s have more of it and keep them on their toes!
The Egyptians started flooding Palestinian border tunnels with sewage last month. Here’s the link on the BBC: ………………………………………… Ahhh…it’s not there is it? Why might that be?: On twitter, BBC correspondent Jon Donnison is downplaying the importance of the Egyptian actions: Jon Donnison @JonDonnison Having further checked out #Gaza #Egypt tunnel flooding story, still think its being overplayed. Tunnels operating pretty much as normal. https://twitter.com/JonDonnison/stat…41827425435649 … Continue reading
Climate sceptics have been debating the science and the policies of climate change…and Al Jazeera filmed it showing that Sceptics do have valid questions and are perfectly capable of questioning the science and climate policies in a credible manner and should have a place in any discussion about climate change on the BBC: ‘This series of events is a unique chance to be part of the audience of … Continue reading
Nary a peep out of the Beeb on Vince Cable’s desire to cut the NHS budget and presumably the services that would disappear along with such cuts. The BBC does say this: Cable warning over spending cuts Serious damage will be done to industry if only certain government departments are subject to spending cuts, Business Secretary Vince Cable has warned. In a Guardian interview at the Lib Dem spring conference, … Continue reading
