Had to laugh at BBC Today this morning. They were crowing how Lord Patten had written to Maria Miller warning her not to question the impartiality of the BBC! Of COURSE this should be questioned and the fact that Patten, that wettest of “Conservatives” felt obliged to “warn” Miller shows just how sensitive the BBC must feel towards the charge of bias. I see that Bland was wheeled on for … Continue reading →

Blimey, busy day so no time to blog so instead here is a new one of these.

Jimmy Savile: BBC did nothing when director caught him in the act David Nicolson, 67, said he reported the incident to his bosses at the corporation in 1988 but was rebuffed and simply told: “That’s Jimmy”.  He told The Sun newspaper: “I was revolted by his behaviour. They just shrugged it off, saying, ‘Yeah, yeah — that’s the way it goes’.”  “Everyone knew what was going on. That includes senior … Continue reading →

Thought this worth sharing…it’s in the form of an Open Letter from Lord Monckton to Jeremy Paxman… “Your Newsnight segment on Arctic sea ice (BBC2 TV, 8 September 2012) featured a “scientist” who said ice loss since a high point in 1979 would cut the Earth’s albedo and, by this feedback, cause warming equivalent to 20 years’ global CO2 emissions. On the IPCC’s current central climate-sensitivity estimates, 20 years’ CO2 … Continue reading →

Wonder if anyone else caught this debate on BBC Radio 4 concerning the oxymoronic concept  “Open Borders”?  “In this week’s programme, Professor Sandel visits the heartland of America’s deep south, hosting a public discussion at the University of Dallas in Texas. He challenges ordinary Texans to consider the moral issues raised when it comes to controlling immigration and deciding who should be entitled to citizenship. Texas has a long frontier … Continue reading →

I was on the BBC’s Sunday Morning Live programme the other week and met journalist and feminist crusader Julie Bindel. I debated her and Donal McIntyre on the need for tougher prison regimes. Anyway, I happened to tune in to BBC Woman’s Hour yesterday to hear Julie “debate” whether woman “own” the abortion issue. I thought she got a VERY sympathetic hearing which I am sure is nothing to do … Continue reading →

Well, further to David’s post below, I was most interested in the final Presidential debate that took place in the wee small hours. I was intrigued to hear Mark Mardell inform the listening audience of BBC Today that the debate had no clear winner and that Romney has adopted “a softer position to persuade Americans that he is not a war monger”.  Interesting, Mark. Just wondering why you chose not … Continue reading →

It’s interesting the language that the BBC chooses at times. As we know language and images are the main currencies of the BBC so words matter. The BBC were to the fore in attacking every action of NOTW when it came to phone tapping and most certainly adopted  high moral tone suggesting that Murdoch’s newspaper empire was evil.  Come this morning, we read that the Daily Mirror has “been hit” … Continue reading →

I’ve rattled off a quick transcript from a key part of the Jimmy Savile/Neswnight Panorama. It really doesn’t get much more serious than this. A: There are now allegations that Top of the Pops was a centre for abuse and that as well as Jimmy Savile others were involved. B: A group of three have been described, men in their thirties, who would collect girls from the Top of the … Continue reading →