Justin Webb and Co always have a pop at the American ‘Right’, or what they categorise as ‘Right’…..those who like to hunt, fish, like pickup trucks and hamburgers…and are Christian. If they come from the South, and are white, or from the ‘Bible Belt’, all the more fun for the city slickers on the Today programme. I know who I would rather chew the cud with given the choice: The … Continue reading
Bizarre but true. It seems the BBC will go to any lengths to nick you for non-payment of the license fee….even to go so far as to ‘create’ the evidence against you: Man wins TV licence battle 2:00pm Sunday 12th August 2012 ‘Michael Shakespeare, from Grays, made sure all his equipment at home could not receive a live TV signal and watched catch up TV through the internet, which you … Continue reading
This is what the BBC will not tell you about the beliefs and actions of the Muslim Brotherhood….and remember the Muslim Brotherhood is well established in the UK. First: ‘Last week in Egypt, when Muslim Brotherhood supporters terrorized the secular media, several Arabic websites—including Arab News, Al Khabar News, Dostor Watany, and Egypt Now—reported that people were being “crucified.” The relevant excerpt follows in translation: A Sky News Arabic … Continue reading
Biased BBC by its very nature doesn’t often praise the BBC, or rather, doesn’t praise some of its professional, reliable and scrupulous journalists. One such journalist could be Ross Hawkins (7 mins) who delivered an excellent overview of the latest controversy over the sale of school playing fields…or rather the new rules for regulating such sales. He explains the complexities and various scenarios simply, with clear insight into motives … Continue reading
From Guido Fawkes ‘The days of Big Media’s gatekeepers deciding what is news and what is not news, are long gone. We decide tomorrow’s news… And so it turned out, as the “Guardian of Beeb“ story not only made the Sun but was also the subject of blogs by Dan Hannan at the Telegraph and Roy Greenslade over at the Guardian themselves. Greenslade asked “Why is that so surprising?” It … Continue reading
Newsnight economics editor Paul Mason has put together a little hit piece on Paul Ryan. Under the pretext of examining whether or not Ryan’s budget proposals will help the US in fiscal crisis, Mason attacks and demonizes. Could Paul Ryan’s plans fix US debt? Hands up all those who think we’re going to get an honest examination of those plans. Nobody? Mason’s opening salvo tells you it’s an attack. Right … Continue reading
Unemployment is down…but Stephanie Flanders is on the case…..she says it should be good news……but to her mind it is a sign of a sickness at the heart of the British economy…and it’s probably all George Osborne’s fault. ‘To get rid of that longer term mystery, the ONS would have to decide that everything it had said about GDP in the past two years was wildly wrong…..implausible, even to those … Continue reading
Morning folks, it’s mid week and so it is time for a brand new shiny Olympic legacy approved Open Thread! Enjoy!
Many years ago, I remember Billy Idol’s Generation X singing about “Wild Youth”. Wonder had he rioting French thugs in mind? I was listening to an item on Today this morning just before 7am concerning riots which have been taking place in various French cities. It seems that in Amiens, around 100 “youths” attacked police, including firing live bullets at them. Other cities like Toulouse and Marseilles seem to have … Continue reading
Mark Thompson has got a new job…as Chief Executive Officer, and President, of the New York Times…the US version of the ‘Guardian’…and equally loss making. How much might the man who presided over the anti-capitalist BBC be paid? Well look at what his predecessor got paid and her ‘retirement’ fund: Robinson’s compensation in 2010 totalled $4.48 million, an 8 percent drop from $4.86 million in the prior year, based on The … Continue reading
