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 →

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 →

…with added spin from its pro-Obama journalists, here’s today’s statement by Romney and his answers to the on-message hacks all asking variations on the same question. Make up your own minds about what he said. My spin – guy did good. Never apologise for free speech.

Today Biased-BBC will be hosting a LiveChat for Prime Ministers Questions at 12 noon UK time. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, although CoverItLive were always commercial at the medium to top volume of their market they have decided to charge everyone now, regardless of size. Their concession is a sliding scale of charges, but it would still impose a financial burden on the site and we decided to … Continue reading →