A Biased BBC reader sent this! The BBC is carrying a fawning article about Arthur Wharton – see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20878659. Most people will never have heard of him, but he was apparently the first black professional footballer. He was, by many accounts, an interesting character and his story may well be deserving of a wider audience (he was also a preacher). But look how the BBC describes him: “one of the … Continue reading
A new week and a new Open Thread for you folks! BBC being biased? Surely not! Detail it here!
The above is a graph (hopefully now showing…apologies, but was OK when posted originally) plotted using rainfall data from as far back as 1766 by Doug Keenan(via Bishop Hill). It doesn’t show any particular change in present rainfall patterns from those experienced since 1766. The Data is from the Met. Office’s Hadley climate centre…which boasts…. An independent review of the Met Office Hadley Centre commissioned by Defra and … Continue reading
I assume this has an entirely innocent explanation: Right click on the area of screen playing a video and click on ‘Global Settings’, then click on the ‘Camera and Microphone’ tab and open ‘Camera and Microphone settings by site’ and this is what you might see….. s.ytmg.com is apparently Youtube allowing for interactive video games but why does the BBC need to request access to my camera … Continue reading
The BBC ignored the oncoming US ‘Fiscal Cliff’ for a long time but has now got the recent deal that at least initially puts the brakes on marked down as one of Obama’s magical successes….something we in Britain, George Osborne in particular, could learn from. However what the BBC aren’t telling us is that the deal imposes more ‘Austerity’ on the US than Osborne has imposed upon us … Continue reading
The BBC is happily stoking a New Year revolution reporting with glee every claim by Labour, the Unions, charities and interest groups that they can lay their hands on which attack the government in any way possible. It seems that anybody with an anti-government message can have their say on the BBC…but what is more telling is what the BBC is not telling…… Today the BBC are having a field … Continue reading
Here’s a new open thread to head into the weekend.
Fascinated listening to Roger Harrabin talking through his hat about the rainfall records (2 hrs 49 mins 20 secs). He wraps up his report in a vast number of equivocations…..so many that you might start to believe that he didn’t really believe his own report….it’s quite clear that the man made global warming advocates have had their fingers burnt so many times with failed predictions that they … Continue reading
A new definition for your BBC Thesaurus: Employment rises by around one million new jobs in last two years. The BBC’s definition on ‘Today’: ‘Unemployment has risen less than expected.’ One way of looking at it.
This item on Today about smog in Iran illustrates the BBC’s easy going attitude towards Iran’s nuclear ambitions (2 hrs 53 mins)…..apparently the smog is all the fault of sanctions imposed upon Iran…..and just as the BBC endorsed the campaign to end sanctions on Saddam Hussein they rarely miss an opportunity to undermine those on Iran or any possibility of a military strike against Iran to stop its nuclear … Continue reading
