Mark Thompson has left the building. Last week in fact. Perhaps now we can have a genuine outbreak of free speech at the BBC and an open discussion about religion. We all probably know Thompson’s views on the broadcasting of critical, or what some might deem offensive, programmes based on religion. If it’s Christianity essentially anything goes…as long as it can be ‘justified artistically’. Islam…..well that’s a different ball game…for … Continue reading
Just HOW pro-SNP is the BBC? I suppose they instinctively admire any Party that seeks to break up the UK and a Biased BBC reader advises; “As a Brit who does not reside in Scotland I appreciate that this feature might seem a little parochial but I have to inform you that the BBC’s pro-SNP stance is well-known up here and is, quite frankly beyond belief – perhaps a little … Continue reading
Well, hasn’t today been Vince Cable day on the BBC? They have been salivating over him ALL DAY, and even his ludicrous idea of creating Britain’s very own Fannie May and Freddie Mac has gone without any serious economic analysis. Cable must be delighted how the BBC is playing along with his leadership bid and one wonders how Clegg must feel?
The top BBC story of the day? Man loses temper and shouts some angry abuse at copper who refuses to open a gate for him. Man apologises. Copper accepts apology. Done and dusted. Yes? No. Can there ever have been a day in which the BBC proves itself more totally irrelevant and highly politicised? A complete non-story is whipped up into a maelstrom of pseudo political significance by an … Continue reading
Photos here. Click on photo to enlarge it. A dossier of internal police, social services and intelligence reports shows agencies in South Yorkshire were aware vulnerable girls were being abused, but a catalogue of alleged crimes were not prosecuted. The BBC went to town on the police after the inquiry into Hillsborough revealed they had been covering up evidence of their failures….The coverage and mournful examinations went … Continue reading
Give you a breather and let you have your say….
Frank Words in the comments suggests that maybe the BBC could get a couple of musical jokers like ‘Chas and Dave’ to present the Proms. Why do that when the BBC has its very own in-house musical joker…step forward Mr Paul Mason…a man of great depths and hidden talents. Is it April Fool’s Day? I don’t suppose it matters to a rebel like Paul Mason who longs for the … Continue reading
Andrew Marr graces our screens again bringing his expertise and insight to the subject of world history. I shan’t watch it as Marr isn’t actually a historian, and isn’t just reading a script produced by historians…it’s all his own work. The fact that Marr had such left wing politics at university that he was called ‘Red Andy’, and that he is a favoured son of the BBC, makes it unlikely … Continue reading
It is an irony that Webb here suggests blame for distorting and polarising politics in the US can be laid at The Web’s door. The ‘fabrications, the lies, the nonsense’ that comes from the Web are all to blame. Well yes….he’s right….it’s just that he blames the wrong Web. Webb returns to his old stomping ground to add his wit and wisdom to Mark Mardell’s who clearly isn’t biased … Continue reading
For the BBC any talk about climate change can only be in one direction…the science is fixed (I use that phrase rather than ‘settled’ as it seems more apt)….but so it seems is the politics for the BBC. The Lib-Dem Ed Davey, Energy Secretary, has been jumping up and down recently sounding off about Tories destroying the planet. The BBC seem to have lapped it up…and as the science is … Continue reading
