We all know the hypocrisy of the BBC…its well paid stars who criticise banker’s pay, the ‘hidden’ commercial side of the BBC that uses its state subsidy to crush commercial rivals, the criticism of ‘greed’ and ‘consumerism’…..and yet here they are, not satisfied with their BBC income, grubbing around for more.….for the odd speech or ‘appearance’….. Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East Editor, Author & Television Presenter Fee Group: £6k … Continue reading →

  Here’s a supercharged piece of rhetoric from the pen of George Monbiot….calling for revolution to save the planet. What’s interesting is that if you replace ‘Neo-Liberal’ with ‘BBC Liberal Left Elite’ it makes a whole lot more sense….the Left’s  ‘self hate’ of the West, the refusal to act against potent threats, the extreme political doctrine, the protection of elitist interests, the refusal to listen to the ‘People’, the determination … Continue reading →

  On 5Live Drive  (2 hrs 26 mins 40 secs) we had a report from the BBC’s Cairo correspondent Jon Leyne who told us that after the Muslim Brotherhood’s attempt to seize power and steamroller the ‘Revolution’  it had become ‘a very scary situation’ in Egypt….‘a very dangerous point’. ‘Police have fired tear gas in clashes with tens of thousands of protesters gathered near the presidential palace in the Egyptian … Continue reading →

Why is the BBC wasting our money on JK Rowling’s socialist misery porn? …asks James Delingpole. That’s a question I also asked myself when I  read that the BBC are making a film based on Rowling’s latest effort…..Rowling publishes her book and the BBC are straight in there with their cheque book, and our cash, to produce a film that will no doubt be a ‘damning indictment’ of Cameron’s Britain…not … Continue reading →

  The BBC have gone strangely quiet on this story from think tank ‘Cambridge Econometrics’: ‘Large-scale investment in offshore wind would generate more wealth for the economy and create more jobs than relying on gas-fired power plants, a report suggested on Tuesday. Substantial deployment of offshore wind by 2030 would have only a marginal impact on electricity prices but would boost growth, cut dependence on gas imports and reduce emissions, … Continue reading →

      That’s right 6 Mouseketeers…count ’em…one, two, three…..er…maybe four… The BBC’s own arithmetic doesn’t add up……Do you remember being asked abot animal testing by the BBC?…I wasn’t. So where do they get the figure of 1/3 of Briton’s wanting a test ban?….the same figure has been used on news bulletins unqualified by the fact that the figure was derived from a poll of a mere 1,000 people……   … Continue reading →

Hi folks! Still away but posting this for your completion…

    Paul Mason continues the class war…..   Paul Mason ?@paulmasonnews Leveson day semiology: men in ties w plummy voices defending “freedom of press”; victims and relatives rarely given same status of voice   Really? Thought that was what Leveson was all about.…and hardly off BBC. When do the people get a say on immigration or Europe or Islam on the BBC?

‘The media are indispensable to any attempt to answer a key challenge, that is, what might it mean for people to hear about and discuss climate in such a way that they decide to behave “dutifully”? ‘   ‘The process of designing a mass media programme or campaign begins with a ‘messaging workshop’, where the results of formative research are analysed to produce a ‘messaging brief’. The brief describes which … Continue reading →

I’m away at the moment on a short break but have found the time for this new OPEN thread! I will keep an eye on things!