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
THE NEIL REPORT STATEMENT BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS For the BBC impartiality is a legal requirement. BBC journalists will report the facts first, understand and explain their context, provide professional judgements where appropriate, but never promote their own personal opinions. We will make our journalistic judgments for sound editorial reasons, not as the result of improper political or commercial pressure, or personal prejudice. “At the moment every newspaper … Continue reading
Out of 40 tweets from Mardell 28 are about Paul Ryan or Mitt Romney. For ‘two boring white men’ Mardell certainly finds a lot to talk about on them….not so much on Obama…..how’s his campaign going then? Just as well we have a Guardian hit on Obama to even things up in one fell swoop (The BBC haven’t let it bother them): ‘This swiftboating of Mitt Romney disgraces Barack Obama … Continue reading
The BBC finally admit ‘someone’ jumped an Olympic torch bearer and shouted Allah Akbar whilst doing it: ‘A boy who tried to grab the Olympic torch as it was carried through Kent has been ordered to pay compensation to the torchbearer and a police officer. The 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named, attempted to grab the flame in Rochester Road, Gravesend, on 20 July The court heard as he went … Continue reading
