IF IT’S NOT FIXED, BREAK IT

David Elstein, former head of Channel 5, calls for BBC to be broken up in the wake of Savile scandal David Elstein, the former chief executive of Channel 5, has called for a “radical” break-up of the BBC following the scandal over child abuse allegations involving the late TV presenter Sir Jimmy Savile.     There definitely needs to be a radical overhaul of the BBC…it constantly, see Patten’s recent … Continue reading

OH…AND ANOTHER THING…

Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened. George Washington United States – September 17, 1796     On the day after Obama becomes President elect the BBC reveal the real truth about how perhaps many countries in the world see … Continue reading

THURSDAY OPEN THREAD

Crikey, the site is buzzing and the Open Threads fill up before I have even a chance to look! Here’s another fresh one for you. I notice BBC are STILL droning on about Obama the Great and the nasty Tea Party….. at moment like this the BIAS just oozes out of them, any pretence of impartiality cast to the wind. Can you imagine how they will behave if Miliband gets … Continue reading

MAKING HAY

  The BBC and Labour have been making hay whilst the sun shines and headlining serious allegations of child abuse against a ‘leading Thatcher era politician’. Not having any proof what so ever they have had to refrain from naming him…..and now it seems the victim may not have named him at the time either (and he still refuses now claiming he is too afraid of being sued)  One  website … Continue reading

COME ONE, COME ALL AND GRANDMA TOO.

  BBC going large on thepro- immigration offensive….   Stacey Dooley will examine border control in the US in the final episode of her three-part series. Every year, thousands of people risk their lives to get to the US from Mexico, facing 70 degree temperatures, rattlesnakes and a five-day trek across the Sonoran Desert. Once they reach the US, in Texas, they come across border guards whose job it is … Continue reading

The BBC Bets It All On Black

    There should be a law against it…oh yeah, there is…it is illegal for the BBC to take sides in any political debate….their own Charter also precludes it. Never mind, rules are made for breaking…and if the Democratic process doesn’t get the result you want….well a little rule bending must be OK in the interest of the ‘common good’. The BBC have gone for broke…and indeed broken just about … Continue reading

Six Impossible Things

As the US at last gets to vote on the most important election in human history (it must be, to judge from the legion of BBC staff running around over here to cover it), the BBC’s coverage of the whole scene has been making me think of the following from Through the Looking Glass: ‘I can’t believe that!’ said Alice. ‘Can’t you?’ the Queen said in a pitying tone. ‘Try … Continue reading