Anyone else catch the simpering interview Evan Davis conducted with SNP doyen Nicola Sturgeon on Today this morning @8.10am? The SNP campaign to leave the Union begins today and I felt she was given such an easy ride by Evan Davis, who should know better. For example, she made continual references to Scotland “paying its way” (It doesn’t, it is a net benefactor of English tax largesse via Barnett) and … Continue reading
This little piece of BBC bias was picked up over on Twitter by @IvorGrumble. I bring it your attention thanks to her eagle eyes… Tensions over fishing rights around the British territory of Gibraltar have been raised, following an incident involving Gibraltarian police boats and British Royal Navy, and Spanish police. It comes after several days of dispute in which Spanish police escorted Spanish fishing boats near the area. The … Continue reading
A Biased BBC reader asks the sensible question…. “Yesterday it emerged that many BBC announcers, news readers and regular stars of major BBC programmes are being paid through companies, thereby paying lower rates of tax. Why are BBC journalists, as employees of a public broadcasting corporation, not investigating and reporting this news, together with background information and names, with the same passionate fervour at every opportunity on radio and TV, … Continue reading
Ah, my old twitter sparring pal, Mehdi Hasan, has been moved on to greater things! Biased BBC’s Alan asks; ” Wonder when the BBC will see the light as another of their favourite ‘moderate’ Muslim commentators is felled? Mehdi Hasan has been ousted from the New Satesman and gone further to the fringe at the Huffington Post UK. http://freebeacon.com/huffpos-house-jihadi/?tw_p=twt ‘Raheem Kassam, editor of the conservative The Commentator, told the Free Beacon … Continue reading
A BBC Four programme that asks ‘Roundhead or Cavalier….Which one are you?’. B-BBC alan wonders… “I didn’t know what to make of it at first but a metaphor soon sprung to mind that suitably encapsulates everything that this programme is about….imagine driving down the road and you look up to see a small boy mooning you from the back of a bus….amusing huh?….only on a closer look do you see … Continue reading
B-BBC Contributor Alan notes “Perhaps I have missed the BBC report into this matter?”: ‘It emerged last week that the ASA is investigating an advertisement from the Coalition For Marriage (C4M), which campaigns against changing the law, following claims it is “offensive” to homosexual people. Archbishop Cranmer, a popular political and religious blog, was asked to justify carrying the advertisements, which also appeared in a host of other media after … Continue reading
Tonight Question Time comes from King’s Lynn (Coat of Arms Motto: “I can’t read or write, but I can drive a tractor”). The arrival of the BBC moving-picture machine demoncraft has been reported widely in the local newspaper – which is published fortnightly to warn the locals of upcoming full moons, new roads and immigrants, as well as providing the timetables for witch burning. On the panel: Universities Minister David … Continue reading
Some people here may be aware of Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, New Jersey. He’s a rising young Democrat star, well-liked in his city, and has gotten quite a bit of press and praise for his use of social media to get people together and personal touch when actually helping voters. Even the BBC knows about Booker. They’ve reported, for example, about how he personally helped to save a neighbor … Continue reading
If anyone still doubts that the BBC reports negatively and one-sidedly about Israel, do look at the comments (296 and counting) below the line at Nick Robinson’s article here. The dubious standard of literacy and the appalling ignorance indicates that the commenters aren’t in the habit of seeking out details or background beyond their own armchair. In other words they’ve been relying on the BBC. All they seem to know … Continue reading
The BBC were wrong footed on Today when they asked Lord Woolf to comment on the running of ‘Inquiries’. His first comment was about the ‘Hutton Inquiry’ and the treatment of Lord Hutton…..he said that during the Inquiry Lord Hutton had been praised by all for his running of the Inquiry…however when his judgement was released suddenly that view changed and he was treated totally unfairly….and of course the BBC was at the … Continue reading
