And it seems you can’t keep Richard Black down either….I think we need a reminder of just how bad he was….and how ineffective the BBC is at policing what its own journalists get up to.     “It’s politics, not science,” Richard Muller told me by phone. “Politicians have been doing this kind of stuff for a long time – look at what Al Gore did with all … Continue reading →

Interesting observation here from our friends at BBC Watch; On February 6th, the BBC ran a report entitled “Hezbollah hits out after Bulgaria bus bomb report” in which it devoted considerable space to the denials of involvement coming from the organisation’s deputy leader. However, even after the announcement by the Bulgarian officials and despite the fact that five civilian holiday-makers and a Bulgarian bus driver were killed and around 30 people injured  in what … Continue reading →

My goodness, another week commences and time for the BBC  to hype the weather, drone on about horse meat and do everything possible to avoid discussing the killing fields of the NHS! A new open thread for you!

The BBC conspires not only to keep climate change critics off the air but to smear, undermine and denigrate them and their views as much as possible, going so far as to claim they are in need of psychiatric help. However when you look at the outbursts from, and the extreme views of, many climate ‘believer’ advocates you might begin to wonder just who it is that might be in … Continue reading →

‘Modern methods of printing and advertising make it enormously cheaper to produce and distribute one newspaper with a large circulation than many with small circulations; consequently, in so far as the Press controls opinion, there is uniformity, and, in particular, there is uniformity of news. Broadcasting is a new method likely to acquire great potency as soon as people are satisfied that it is not a method of propaganda.’  Bertrand … Continue reading →

I happened to catch an item on the Today programme this morning concerning the ongoing violence in Tunisia. The essential argument out across by BBC reporter Wyre Davies was the “conservative Islamists” are endangering the joyous hard won fruit of the “Arab Spring” and provoking the righteous anger of “liberal Islamists” who have taken to the streets to protest following the death of “leftist secular politician Chokri Belaid”.  It strikes … Continue reading →

Perhaps this post should have been titled ‘Stones and Glasshouses’.   More than 850 BBC employees have come forward to raise their concerns about bullying and sexual harassment at the corporation, fueling fears about the broadcaster’s culture. A “staggering” number of staff members have contacted private consultants brought in by the BBC in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. Their feedback has been shared with Dinah Rose, QC, the … Continue reading →

In light of the previous post by DB I thought this was appropriate along with a look at what turned David Attenborough into an advocate for climate change:   Sir David Attenborough on global warming Sir David Attenborough has been criticised for not speaking out sooner and more forcefully on climate change. In an exclusive podcast interview for the Guardian he explains why TV fame means you have to be … Continue reading →

So says… *rubs eyes in disbelief* The Guardian’s Leo Hickman (h/t George R).

US bracing for ‘historic’ blizzard A blizzard of potentially historic proportions threatened to strike the Northeast with a vengeance Friday, with up to two feet of snow forecast along the densely populated corridor from the New York City area to Boston and beyond.     I suppose there is no better time than now to amuse oneself with a look back in time at what the Met. Office in 2008 … Continue reading →