The BBC seem always to be ambivalent about Muslim violence and free speech and tend to side with the view that such protests are the result of centuries of Western colonisation, imperial exploitation and cultural imposition. Wonder what they will make of this: An Iranian cleric is claiming that two young girls beat him up after he told one of them to cover up and dress more conservatively. The report … Continue reading →

Cats look down on you Dogs look up to you Pigs look you straight in the eye and treat you as an equal The BBC doesn’t give a shit what you think.   The BBC?…..‘good examples of moderate, liberal devotion to the idea of a polite, eggheaded vanguard, without whom the proles get distracted, confused, besieged, and eventually succumb to the terminal disease of false consciousness. The problem is that … Continue reading →

  ‘How strange must our system of politicks appear in future ages, when it appears, that while we were carrying on offensive wars in all quarters of the globe with vast fleets and armies, that an enemy rode triumphant in our own harbours.’   The BBC steadfastly refuses to engage in any meaningful debate about the dangers of importing an ideology that is totally at odds with that of the … Continue reading →

Here’s Nicky Campbell talking about the Charlie Hebdo cartoons on BBC Radio Five Live’s Breakfast show this morning: “The BBC has an edict – I’m not allowed to describe these images at all.” (h/t Bodo in the comments) Update. The images the BBC won’t even describe. The individual cartoons can be seen here.

  Biodegradeable posted a transcript of Romney’s ‘Palestine’ comments and it gave me a kick up the backside to read the full transcript of his speech…and as even Mark Mardell is forced to admit….‘He actually sounds a lot more politically savvy than he does on the stump.‘ So Mardell admits Romney’s talking sense? You would be hard pushed to judge that from the BBC’s reports, including Mardell’s, on the subject … Continue reading →

  Scrub that last post about Duggan…Mark Easton just explained the riots, it was police bad manners that sparked the riots.

I wonder if the BBC will return to Duggan’s mother and ask her if she still thinks her son was ‘assassinated’ or ‘executed’?  The BBC were quite happy to allow her to say such things repeatedly on numerous interviews unchallenged.   When you consider that the shooting of Duggan sparked off mass rioting in which people died, lives wrecked and numerous buildings  destroyed by arson you’d think the BBC would be … Continue reading →

  Mark Mardell reports that Mitt Romney’s comments about the Palestinians and the peace process are gaffes of  a catastrophic scale. ‘A new secret video clip has emerged of remarks by Republican candidate Mitt Romney, saying the Palestinians are committed to Israel’s destruction. Mr Romney is shown saying that Palestinians are “committed to the destruction and elimination of Israel”. “The Palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace,” he says, … Continue reading →