Yes, in this season of good will to all men the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen extends the hand of friendship towards the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. (0810) Many people doubt their democratic intentions…Bowen tells us that some people go so far as to suggest their actions are a ‘blow against Democracy‘….but he thinks not….this is merely the birth pains of any new state…the Egyptians are merely ‘learning how … Continue reading
Lord Patten has been on the phone to me and he says that this new OPEN THREAD carries his full endorsement and enjoys his total confidence! Honest. DETAIL the bias here.
I know it’s been a challenging year and the domain change imposed on me has not helped BUT nonetheless it has been also a good year here on the site and I wanted to take a moment and thank you all for coming here and venting your spleen! A very Happy Christmas to you all!
Here is a little advice for Barbara Plett and all those others at the BBC who casually use Palestinian propaganda language; “It’s not “Occupied Palestinian land” – but in fact, part of the historic Jewish homeland, Judea from where the very name “Jew” originates (and was recognised as the Jewish homeland internationally under the League of Nations Mandate, Balfour Declaration, San Remo Treaty, etc.). The “West Bank” was illegally occupied … Continue reading
Here you go, a new Open Thread for you!
Mark Mardell continues to perform as Obama’s little helper! I listened to him the other morning describe the “stunts” of the Republicans in Congress vis a viz the fiscal cliff. Now once again he may well be right (and I am a trenchant critic of the wretched Boehner) BUT I have yet to hear him describe anything that Obama does as a “stunt”..which is remarkable given he does little else! … Continue reading
Anyone catch Rowan Williams thought for the Day this morning on BBC Today? Appalling liberal stuff from the Druid on the evils of Americans standing up for the 2nd amendment. At one point he seemed to suggest that gun culture in the UK is down to adults not showing “da yoof” enough respect. Now I fully accept the right of Williams to posit his opinion but why is there no … Continue reading
Every now and then, someone will sneer at me, demanding to know why I, a United Statesian, am so concerned about the BBC, a foreign broadcasting organization. I usually bang out a quick diatribe about various issues, but now there’s a very clear example of why I see the BBC as a problem for people in the US to be concerned about. Last year, the BBC hired a young German … Continue reading
This R4 programme is unfortunately not available to listen to anymore… Lawrence of Arabia: The Man and the Myth …but this was one of the BBC’s ‘Trojan Horses’…a programme masquerading as one thing whilst actually being a ‘vehicle’ for something else entirely. Clearly from the title you get an idea of what to expect…but you’d be wrong……far from being a history of Lawrence of Arabia it was another … Continue reading
Well, wonder what you make of the conclusions in the Pollard report on the BBC’s handling of Savile? It seems that, at best, the BBC is institutionally incompetent.
