I was sorry to hear of Andrew Marr’s stroke and wish him a full and speedy recovery. I may not agree with his politics but I hope he gets well soon. However I did tune in to his programme this morning to watch James Landale interviewing Labour leader Ed Miliband and what a difference it made! I felt Landale was to the point, dogged and took no nonsense. Miliband look rattled … Continue reading
Bias comes in many guises. A Biased BBC reader notes concern about the BBC using non-BBC material on news bulletins and their NORTHERN IRELAND website without declaration or caveat; “In the case of the driver last night in Newtownabbey a clip of the incident was played this morning at 9am on Radio Ulster with I think no introduction at all and certainly no mention of the source of the material … Continue reading
BBC have been bigging up Heseltine’s attack on Cameron’s alleged desire to negotiate new relationship with EU. They have kept this narrative going all week. First, US criticism of putative changes in EU relationship, then German, now Hezza. I suppose anyone who stabs Thatcher in back is assured BBC gratitude?
Sometimes, I hear things on the BBC that make me do a double take For the past day the BBC has been trolling the notion that half the worlds food “is thrown away” with UK supermarkets getting accused of wanton waste. On Today this morning, Evan Davies speculated that “Supermarkets give us things we do not want” and therefore end up jinking such produce. What a remarkably stupid and left … Continue reading
Better late than never and by popular request! BBC bothering you? Detail it here!!!!
The BBC’s environment correspondent Matt McGrath reveals that when the science doesn’t match his beliefs he doesn’t bother with the science: I don’t know about you, but the recent row about Met Office climate predictions and a slowdown in global warming has left me shrugging my shoulders. Yes, obviously the science is important and the issue is critical to our survival as species etc etc, but arguments about experimental models … Continue reading
This is too good to pass up. In the open thread, I called attention to a tweet from the anchor of BBC World News America, Katty Kay, where she actually criticized the President for having too many white men in His cabinet. How depressing is the photo accompanying this piece? NYTimes: Obama’s Remade Inner Circle Has an All-Male Look, So Far nyti.ms/UGK1Y8 — Katty Kay (@KattyKayBBC) January 9, 2013 … Continue reading
We have this alarming report from the BBC: Academies could ‘fuel social segregation’ The rising number of schools in England with academy status could fuel rather than improve social segregation, says a report by the Academies Commission. The report says some academies may “covertly” select pupils by using extra information on families or holding social events with prospective parents. I heard an interview on the radio about this … Continue reading
Posted without comment, because, well, just click on the link and watch the video. Video: Secret gun-rights provision in ObamaCare? Yes, the link is to the Right-wing Hot Air, but the actual video is from CNN. Not Fox News, not Breitbart. (Link fixed now, sorry.) Ed Morrisey explains: By golly, Nancy Pelosi was right — they didn’t know what was in ObamaCare until it passed! Of course, in this case … Continue reading
This latest “bespoke” video magazine feature in the BBC’s “Altered States”* series really appears on the surface to be not only a balanced presentation on gun rights and laws, but could actually be interpreted by people not paying attention as being biased in favor of gun advocates. It isn’t, but it’s very cleverly disguised. Would more guns save more American lives? Remember the choice of “more” and “more” in this … Continue reading
