Very one sided article here from the BBC “proving” that the Smoking ban has reduced childhood asthma admissions. This smacks of those with vested interests taking selective data to validate their own case and it would have been nice to see the BBC rather more inquiring about the “research”.
Morning all! Here we go with an early Open Thread to start the week! The floor is yours ..DETAIL the bias,
In February 1963 Ridley Scott was named in the title credits as “Designer” for a BBC television Tonight programme about the severe winter of 1963. He went on to famously direct science fiction ‘horror’ films Alien and Blade Runner and recently Prometheus. The BBC likewise, it might be said, has taken a similar path, producing climate ‘horror’ films based more on science fiction than fact. The BBC don’t … Continue reading
Clearly the BBC has fallen out with the ‘ever ready with an anti Iraq War quote’ Craig Murray whom they used to wheel in to the studios to give a reasoned and fair portrayal of the war….or not. Here is his views on the BBC’s ‘impartial’ coverage of the recent events in Israel and Gaza (my censorship of Craig’s Anglo Saxon vocabulary)….. BBC Vomit by craig on November 21, 2012 … Continue reading
You may think that reports of vigilante gangs roaming the streets of London forcing people to comply with a particular religion’s tenets would be big news. Not for the BBC. Muslim gangs attempting to turn their area of London into Muslim only enclaves where British law is held in contempt and attacks on non-Muslims making them comply with Sharia law as they do so might catch a … Continue reading
DB often picks up on the visceral bias that drips from KATTY KAY, head of the BBC World News in America. Here is her received and tweeted wisdom on Jean Francois Kerry … Katty Kay @KattyKayBBC The world still looks for American leadership, will Obama#2 deliver? American foreign policy: The Economist http://econ.st/WKiBed 18hAlainLewis @alainlewis @KattyKayBBC how will John Kerry be as Secretary of State? 18hKatty Kay @KattyKayBBC @alainlewis good, I imagine. He certainly knows foreign policy.
Is it just me or is the BBC rather outraged that the Algerian Government has taken a no-nonsense approach to dealing with Islamic terrorists? I have been following the coverage these past few days and apart from floating the views of those .. ahem.. wise old coves at the F.O. the BBC main meme is to warn of the dangers presented by a robust approach to Jihadi.
I wonder what is the chronic drug and alcohol abuser Will Self that has so moved the BBC to line him up as Radio 4’s writer in residence? Thoughts?
Dr Phil Jones, July 5, 2005: “The scientific community would come down on me in no uncertain terms if I said the world had cooled from 1998. Okay it has but it is only seven years of data and it isn’t statistically significant.” From: Kevin Trenberth <trenbert@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> To: Michael Mann <mann@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> Subject: Re: BBC U-turn on climate Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:57:xxx xxxx xxxx Hi all … Continue reading
‘The consequences of another mismanaged bout of inward migration – for services, for housing, for jobs at the bottom of the economic scale and for trust in politics – are potentially massive.’ Something the BBC refuses to acknowledge or accept. The rise of UKIP has possibly stirred the BBC into action, encouraging them to cobble together some ‘debate’ on the subject of immigration, Europe and UKIP itself.…all circling … Continue reading
