Three days ago a Palestinian was shot in an exclusion zone near the security fence between Gaza and Israel. The BBC made a lot of noise about that ‘breach of the ceasefire’ as they put it…and it is still, three days later, on the website. Gaza crisis: Palestinian ‘shot dead near border’ A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli soldiers close to the Gaza border, Palestinian officials say. … Continue reading
As many people here will be aware, I’ve been collecting a list of biased Beeboid tweets, compiled largely from DB’s fantastic work on catching them, as well as contributions from several others. It’s now over 100, from around 50 different BBC employees from many departments, across the spectrum of BBC broadcasting. What follows is my attempt to explain what I see as the problem with BBC Twitter policy, and why … Continue reading
I found THIS an interesting BBC report on the state of the NHS in Scotland; “Hundreds of previously secret NHS reports into serious incidents, including 105 deaths, have been published by BBC Scotland. More than 300 reports into the most serious incidents in Scotland’s hospitals last year have been released. The reports include a person being blown up while on oxygen therapy after lighting a cigarette. They also detail deaths from … Continue reading
Hi folks. Monday morning arrives and so does the first new Open Thread for the week? BBC been showing bias? Want to share with us? Off you go, detail it here please.
Think you should give this one a read.
Clearly rain has stopped a lot of play…you’re all online chatting….here’s some more space….
Note…Graphic photos of death. The BBC Middle East crew are ratcheting up the propaganda that paints the Israelis as living in a safe haven of bomb shelters, protected from puny and ineffective, makeshift Palestinian rockets by the ‘Iron Dome’ missile system and with a sophisticated, powerful, savage army that brutally enforces the siege of Gaza and targets civilians…or cares less whether they become casualties or not. The repeated … Continue reading
Target rich environment at the moment…..Carry on…..let’em have it.
Sorry, there are no results for ‘radio asian fever’ in the category ‘News’. What is Radio Asian Fever? ‘Radio Asian Fever will serve the south Asian communities of Leeds, in and around the Harehills area.’ It’s also a radio station that had been ruled by Ofcom in June as ‘likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime’ against the gay community. I can find no reference … Continue reading
Bearing in mind that the job was as Director General of the BBC, one of the world’s biggest and most powerful broadcasters, you might think that the job would be hard to just walk into. In fact it seems it would be harder to get a job in the BBC canteen than to get your feet under the DG’s desk. Here is is a statement by Chris Patten which … Continue reading
