You have to dig to sometimes discern why the bias is there. A B-BBC reader points out: “Another revolting sinophilic article on the BBC News website in their ‘Point of View’ series (usually meaning ‘the official BBC position’). It speculates that China in more democratic than the United States. Notice how the author – Martin Jacques – is coyly described as an “economist” rather than as, say, the editor of … Continue reading
If you have been following the BBC’s coverage of the English exam marking saga you may be a little confused. As I am. I understood that the problem was that the exams in January were marked too generously…and therefore the June exams were marked more rigorously….i.e. to the proper standard. This would mean that those students taking the exams in January have in fact received grades that they may … Continue reading
DACHAU BUCHENWALD AUSCHWITZ TREBLINKA BELSEN MAIDANEK SOBIBOR A special BBC investigation by the Panodrama team have uncovered an incredible relationship between Mrs Thatcher and the Nazi Holocaust….if you take the names of Nazi concentration death camps and look at them closely you can find within them the very same letters that make up ‘Mrs Thatcher’…..and ‘Nazi’. Labour’s Tom Watson states that he has no evidence what so ever … Continue reading
BBC must be gutted to see Denis MacShane, one of their favourite pro EU go-to guys, being forced to resign from Parliament owing to expenses fiddling. A Biased BBC reader observes; “This evening (Friday)just after 5 pm Eddie Mair and Paul Mason were discussing the Dennis McShane resignation and the tone of it was that because he was reported by the BNP it was all their fault and not his. Now … Continue reading
I notice how quickly yesterday’s Open Thread has filled up so here is ANOTHER one for you!
My on my but the BBC must be sweating as Savilegate gets deeper and deeper. Did you read THIS in the Mail today? “Screen legend Leonard Rossiter is the latest celebrity name to be embroiled in the sex scandal engulfing the BBC. The Rising Damp star, who died in 1984 aged 57, has been accused of performing a sex act as he watched three BBC staff trying to rape a male TV extra. An anonymous male accuser … Continue reading
Here’s something to wait up for…. ‘Influence By Degree’ on BBC World Service next Tuesday (6th) at various times: ‘Is academic freedom at risk? Is academic integrity under threat? Across the developed world, government funding for universities is drying up. That means universities are having to seek finance elsewhere. One such model can be found in USA. US universities have been raising money from their alumni for years. Princeton University … Continue reading
When the US jobless figures came out last month showing a drop in unemployment, this was the BBC’s headline: Today’s figures show the unemployment rate has gone back up to 7.9%, so this time the BBC headline concentrates on jobs created instead: Note the phrase I’ve highlighted above. A few minutes after taking that screengrab I noticed the page had been updated (although the timestamp remained the same): Someone had … Continue reading
On time and all ready for you to complete..a new OPEN THREAD to detail the bias from the State Broadcaster.
Have a read of THIS letter of complaint to the BBC from Conservative MP Peter Lilley concerning his treatment on Newsnight.
