BBC business journalist Dominic Laurie: Now the NHS. so we’ve had the china up yours. Now it’s the US Romney up yours! #socialism — Dominic Laurie (@dominic_laurie) July 27, 2012 A BBC business reporter bigging up the #socialism hashstag – says so much about BBC newsroom mindset. How long would a BBC business journo last in his job if he punctuated his tweets by promoting #freemarket or #libertarianism hashtags? I’m … Continue reading
For many years now we have been told by the BBC that we have peace in our time…peace that is, in Northern Ireland and have been generous with the airtime for the slippery Hain and Mandelson who spared no blushes in fulsome praise of the brave Gerry Adams for making the decision to use the ballot instead of the bullet. Except of course he never really did…just as he has … Continue reading
‘YOU WILL SEE WHY 1984 WILL NOT BE LIKE 1984’ ‘With more than a nod to George Orwell’s novel 1984,the advert warned of a future where soulless drones unquestionably soak up the words of their dictator who speaks to them from a large screen. Moments later a gorgeous nameless heroine in red shorts and a white tank top comes running down the aisle with a hammer in her hands … Continue reading
This is an interesting programme from the BBC about the Amish in the US. It is interesting in its own right but you cannot help wondering if there is a message buried in there somewhere. Every BBC programme now comes prepacked with a message….about climate or stimulating the economy or the joys of Islam. The Amish are pretty fundamentalist followers of their particular version of Christianity as taken … Continue reading
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
