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 →

The BBC refused at first to report the ‘Muslim Patrols’ in London…but were quick to head off to Israel to report on Jews being racist. The BBC are quick to report Sadiq Khan explaining Labour’s next great plan for the economy. Not so quick to report death threats from Muslims to the very same Sadiq Khan because he voted in favour of gay marriage….apparently he is ‘selling out his religion’. … Continue reading →

“We are socialists ….” “We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are all determined to destroy this system under all conditions.” —Adolf Hitler It is now clear beyond all reasonable doubt that Hitler and his … Continue reading →

What’s the US military doing in a remote corner of the Philippines? Kate McGeown’s gone to find out.(12mins 30 secs) International terrorism brought the US troops to the islands….to advise and assist…‘and its clearly paying off’. And  look, the Filipino Jollibee restaurant chain is opening up franchises….   ‘The place is a bit safer now but also a bit more American too.’ Do I detect a bit of regret about … Continue reading →

The Guardinianista’s are up in arms about the Sun’s frontpage:     But not too bothered about the Star:     The Guardian’s Paul Harris though is most upset to see similar frontpages in New York and says: ‘But after having read about the scandal in the UK, what I was not expecting to see as I walked to work in New York was the same offence repeated in New … Continue reading →