I did enjoy this interview with the UNISON representative on Today concerning the success the private sector has made of Hinchingbrooke NHS Trust. Well worth a laugh if you get a moment and a sublime accidental exposure of NHS priorities as seen through the prism of a Trade Unionist.
BBC Today has this touching tribute to vile anti-Semite and left wing fantasist Gore Vidal this morning. Dear Gore, they guy who felt that Bush was behind 9/11 and who declared “that Anti-Semitism got poor Polanski”.
I suspect this may not bother some readers as much as it bothers me but I was sickened by the way in which the BBC headlines the utterly loathsome PR spin from IRA commander Martin McGuinness re the Claudy atrocity. The fact is that the BBC has been to the fore in promoting a “peace process” which has enabled a man like McGuinness to reach the highest level of Government. … Continue reading
Another day on the BBC, another opportunity to put the boot into the Coalition using the most spurious “news”. Oh look, “Homelessness” is soaring. Guess what? Disposable Incomes are at a nine year low. You know what you have to do? Yes, vote Labour.
A classic example of the BBC editing out voices that do not parrot the desired narrative….in this report the BBC give the floor to a disabled charity, Scope, to make claims which are completely unsubstantiated by any objective standards, and whilst in a very early morning radio report we heard a dissenting voice, that voice has been noticeable by its absence from any other reports as have any other people … Continue reading
I’m sure that you have read David’s post below on the treatment afforded Mitt Romney by the BBC. I see that the BBC wanted to have the final word on the overseas visit by the GOP candidate by declaring “Romney wraps up overseas tour amid tensions with media..” Do have a read, I particularly liked the way they keep a sting to the last sentence. Let’s face it – the … Continue reading
I also found this aspect of Olympic coverage yesterday a bit perplexing and a B-BBC reader picks up on it.. “The BBC are ridiculously excited about the fifteen year old ethnic Lithuanian immigrant who won a gold. Not only did they go on about her for about three hours yesterday, but Derbyshire has been banging on about her today as well, and claimed people consider her ‘one of ours’. Really? … Continue reading
Don’t know if you have been listening to the series Stephanomics on BBC Radio 4. Presented by Stephanie “Two Eds” Flanders, this mornings gem focused on whether or not we really need economic growth. On the programme was the the biographer of John Maynard Keynes, Lord Skidelsky; the environmental economist, Cameron Hepburn; and the leading advocate of free-markets, Patrick Minford. Skidelsky sees long term growth as undesirable.(If you follow Keynesian … Continue reading
In the open thread, I made a comment that Lech Walesa was now on the BBC’s sh!t list for having spoken positively of and essentially endorsing Mitt Romney. Since Romney is the enemy of the President, I just knew the BBC wasn’t going to look favorably upon the hero of Solidarity and Polish freedom from Soviet oppression. No prizes for guessing if I was right. Mitt Romney Poland Visit Stirs … Continue reading
Mardell strikes again raining on Romney’s parade in Israel…far from just reporting he adds into the mix a few of his own moralising comments which seem based more on a partiality towards Palestinians than a desire to reveal any truths. ‘Mr Romney was talking about what he called “the dramatically stark difference in economic vitality” between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. He said that in Israel, the gross domestic product … Continue reading
