Amused to hear a report on the UBS ‘rogue trader’ Kweku Adoboli labelling him as the product of a private school background by the BBC today….is that relevant? The BBC didn’t feel it was necessary to tell us of his immigrant background….all immigrants are ‘good’ for Britain of course. The BBC has nothing but great praise for Private Schools, honest (odd really as so many of them went to such schools)…..so much so … Continue reading
For a long time the BBC has hidden the true face, the true nature of Islam from viewers and listeners. The BBC has always tried to downplay the religious aspect of any actions taken by Muslims…bombings and other attacks have been carried out by ‘criminals’ and ‘madmen’ or men ‘perverting’ Islam…..Islam has not been the inspiration nor has it given divine sanction to the violence. The second part to … Continue reading
Friday open thread. Have at it.
George R in the comments brings this to our attention…..the well known fact of BBC cowardice in the face of threats of violence by Muslims…..if the BBC will not criticises or satirise all religions in the same manner as it does Christianity, then perhaps it should refrain from such an approach until it can also bring itself to do the same with Islam. You would think that the BBC would in … Continue reading
Is Flanders taking a subtle swipe at George Osborne? In this report about the US committing itself to more Quantitative Easing she entitles the piece ‘Your Flexible Fed’. Is that meant to subliminally suggest that Osborne’s approach in sticking with Plan A is ‘inflexible’ and wrong? She suggests that the Fed have decided to do what is necessary to get the economy moving: ‘In effect, the Fed’s policy committee is … Continue reading
A quick return to the BBC’s ‘big conundrum’ of why employment is going up in a ‘recession’. The BBC continues to ask the question…but it is one which it stubbornly refuses to actually attempt to answer….because it believes its own invented answer, that it must be caused by a drop in productivity, is damaging to the Tories. But….Apparently it’s not so much of a recession for manufacturing industry…a fact revealed … Continue reading
Most people here will by now have read that the US is sending 50 marines to help guard what’s left of the US consulate in Libya. The BBC reported it here, and gives a brief mention here. The latter article has an “Analysis” inset by BBC security correspondent (a weird title for a war reporter) Frank Gardner. He says this: In Benghazi, in eastern Libya, the US consulate was not … Continue reading
Mrs Thatcher may not be dead yet despite the wishes of many in the Labour Party and the TUC who want to dance on her grave but the BBC are happy to put the boot in whilst they’ve got the chance. This report from the BBC claims Mrs Thatcher was concerned that the police were being criticised over Hillsborough (and plays into BBC intimations about her ‘defending’ the police because of their … Continue reading
A snippet from ‘Morning Reports’ (5 mins 20 secs) on 5Live which seems to be the BBC creche for young communists finding their feet and proving themselves loyal fellow travellers. The talk is about the Hillsborough Inquiry findings to be published today…..the BBC interviewer decides it’s all a conspiracy by government and police to hide the truth: ‘One hope is they find evidence of a cover up by police and government … Continue reading
Here is a great example of a BBC journalist setting up an ‘interview’ to get a preconceived idea of his own across. Simon Jack starts off (2 hrs 36 mins) with the by now standard BBC sleight of hand question….asking the man from ‘Manpower Solutions’ what the answer is to the ‘big conundrum’…how is it possible that employment is growing when the economy is shrinking? The BBC and Guardian love that question because … Continue reading
