When the latest British GDP figures were about to be released the BBC treated us to frequent doom laden warnings of what they would contain…and when they were released John Humphrys called them ‘apocalyptic’ having fallen 0.7%. (However since the Coalition took over the GDP figures have only fallen a total of 0.3% overall.) The USA has just released its figures…no fanfare of catastrophe from the BBC, in fact very … Continue reading
US reporter Jenna Fryer is in London to cover the Olympics for the Associated Press. She’s been watching the news output of our national broadcaster: BBC hates Mitt Romney! — Jenna Fryer (@JennaFryer) July 27, 2012 Yup.
A B-BBC reader writes to me; “This is about the Greek triple jumper who was expelled from the Olympics for making a joke about Africans (mosquitoes from Africa have been coming to Africa; she tweeted that ‘at least the West Nile mosquitoes will have some homemade food.’) The BBC writes the following about the tweet and Greece generally: “Golden Dawn party has soared in popularity, entering parliament for the first … Continue reading
It’s Friday, I am inordinately busy, so here’s an Open Thread for you.
When it came to removing Saddam, the BBC were to the fore in the Stop the War movement. When it came to removing the Taliban, the BBC were to the fore in urging restraint. But when it comes to Syria, and Assad, they are to the fore in demanding his head. BBC support for the so called “Free Syria Army” is blatant and Today had yet another report from those … Continue reading
The BBC do like to provide a platform for Professor Mona Siddiqui, the Professor of Islamic Studies and Public Understanding at Glasgow University. She is a regular contributor to Thought for the Day and this morning she was on to talk about how we should react to great tragedies. In particular she referenced how Norway has responded to the Breivik killings one year on compared to how the US has … Continue reading
BBC also in overdrive this morning to highlight the mistake made in Glasgow last night when the South Korean flag was flown by mistake at a Ladies football game featuring North Korea. I think the BBC reaction to this has been entirely disproportionate and if ever there was a Nation that we should not be apologising to it is the tinpot but nuclear armed despots of North Korea. Far too … Continue reading
Oh dear. Seems like the BBC have decided that Mitt Romney is a waycist! There was an absolutely DISGRACEFUL interview on Today this morning with Stacy Hilliard, who worked on Mitt Romney’s campaign to become a Governor in Massachusetts. With Billy Bunter look-alike Mark Mardell also putting in his pro Obama tuppence worth, this was a pure attack piece and I felt sorry for Stacy who at one point seemed … Continue reading
BBC sycophancy towards Vince Cable has reached new levels of nausea this morning. A headline on the Today programme was that Cable agreed that he would make a good Chancellor! You don’t say? This is of course also being used by the BBC as a not so coded attack on Osborne but it’s remarkable how the BBC grovels to Cable. I wonder if Cable’s self declared “war on Murdoch” is … Continue reading
The BBC has been using the Olympics as a springboard to attack the big commercial companies that are part of the Olympic deal. The BBC, for all its talk about GDP, growth and jobs seems implacably opposed to the very businesses that provide all those things. This is what a BBC high flier has to say about his time at the BBC: ‘Sir Antony (Jay) admitted that when he was … Continue reading
