Nick Robinson happy to tweet about coughs and football but misses the funny one when Labour’s Shadow Education Minister Kevin Brennan gets his numbers wrong: ‘Only 3 in 10 pupils, that’s 60% as I know the Secretary for State’s not very good at maths, got a good GCSE in 1997.’ However the BBC ever comprehensive in their approach to reporting the full story buried that gem in this … Continue reading
@bbcnickrobinson via Twitter Bring back O levels, attack Jimmy Carr’s tax avoidance, defend the Falklands – attempt to reverse damage of omni shambles perchance? O Levels….leaked by someone (libDem?) to Daily Mail. Carr’s tax….brought up by the Times. Falklands…Think that was the Argies making the running on that one. So all in all poor show and rubbish analysis. Bit of a ‘omnishambles’ of a tweet perchance?
Daphne Anson in the ‘Open Thread’ has brought this to our attention and reminds us of the highly selective narrative that the BBC adopts in relation to the Israeli struggle for survival….no doubt made all the harder with the election of a Muslim Brotherhood member as President of Egypt…who claims he will protect Christians and women (from whom?) but no mention of the Jewish neighbours. The BBC “got it wrong” by … Continue reading
Quite a few comments recently on the ‘Fast and Furious’ debacle in the US. I haven’t been following the BBC’s coverage of it too closely but having had a quick look here are some thoughts. The BBC as a whole has reported the story, the latest being on the 20th June, both unattributed as to the author: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18524414 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18528798 However as noted in the comments the BBC’s … Continue reading
A new Open Thread for a new week….same old subject!
When Richard Black or Roger Harrabin deride climate sceptics as ignorant non-scientists ask yourself exactly what qualifications do they have for the job as chief environmental journalists at the BBC? Roger Harrabin might find a little difficulty when formulating an answer……but interesting that he had already developed a dislike for fox hunters and right wing politics….so that’s a couple of ticks in the box at the BBC job interview….the final … Continue reading
Three eyecatching items from the Sunday Times (pay ‘apartheid’ wall in place). First Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamic extremist relates how Islam is developing in this country…and it may surprise those in the BBC Bubble who like to say the fundamentalists are a fringe minority…..all other Muslims are moderates. ‘At one time all south Asians – Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus – used to go to each other’s weddings, … Continue reading
Ed Miliband made his speech on immigration and said nothing that would commit him to anything at all, and the apology was a touch insincere as he had no problem with the numbers of immigrants ‘flocking’ here. The BBC was naturally delighted…Labour coming out fighting in a passive aggressive way defending mass immigration whilst at the same time apologising for it…..A fair chunk of air time was given over to … Continue reading
The BBC’s very own Mark Easton has made the big time, his habit of trashing anything Tory whilst putting up a stiff defence of anything Labour has been noticed by the MSM…. Labour’s latest star performer The Labour Party is a bit short of top-rank performers to wheel on to the Today programme, so it must be relieved to have found someone expert at skewering Coalition policies. Last week, … Continue reading
Here’s an interesting question says the interesting Evan Davis to Vincent Tchenguiz who was arrested for fraud but released later as innocent…. ‘Let’s suppose you were a white, English born, public school educated, er, toff with a Sir in front of your first name…do you think the Serious Fraud Office would have had any interest in your case?’ Vincent shoots down Davis saying that race or class had no impact … Continue reading
