A Biased BBC reader sent me this… “I watched both Sky and BBC News yesterday to compare their respective ‘takes’ on the Asian rape gang subject. Both reported the sentences and both reported the Judges suggestion that there might have been racial overtones. BBC interviewed the ex head of Dr Barnardos who reported that there was a known Asian dimension to the matter. And this had been known for some years. … Continue reading
Mark Mardell is so excited about Obama giving his support for gay marriage. A “courageous act” on this “hot button issue” chirps the Beeb’s man in Washington as he religiously obeys the BBC handbook on brown-nosing Barack Obama at very possible opportunity. But many Democrats would rather their man led, than followed. Just because the timing of this announcement was unplanned and unwanted doesn’t mean it was undebated within the … Continue reading
BBC Home editor Mark Easton believes Downing Street must be disappointed by the small scale of today’s strikes because, apparently, it shows that the government’s attempts to create an engaged citizenry is failing: But if there is a surprise at the action today, it is that we haven’t seen more of it. And as I shall explain, I think for some in Downing Street, that is a bit of a … Continue reading
The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate for President in Egypt has launched his campaign. A leading Egyptian cleric, Safwat Higazi, gave a keynote address. I give you the following highlights (translated by Memri): Ceremony leader : Mursi will liberate Gaza tomorrow. Crowds : Mursi will liberate Gaza tomorrow. Ceremony leader : I am an Egyptian and proud of it. Crowds : I am an Egyptian and proud of it. Ceremony leader : … Continue reading
Another recurrent BBC theme at the moment is the idea that the shareholders are revolting…..against the “big bosses” and their pay and bonus schemes. In fact they are prepared to go to the ends of the Earth to prove it, in this case, Australia. The government is to set out in the Queen’s Speech how it plans to give shareholders more power to control executive pay. Vas Kolesnikoff, chief executive … Continue reading
Middle of the week and time to provide you with a new one of these. Here you go, share the bias…
Following in from yesterday’s post about those Pakistani Muslims convicted on grotesque sex crimes against young white girls, I tuned in to Today this morning to see how the BBC would develop this story. It was exactly as feared. They wheeled on the Deputy Children’s Commissioner Sue Berelowitz who explained that the grooming of young girls for sex is a crime going on in every community, not just the Asian community. … Continue reading
I know you have been discussing this on the Open Thread but I wanted to focus on the BBC coverage of the conviction of Nine Muslims in Rochdale for sexual crimes against young girls. For some reason, the BBC sees no reason to point out that they are all Pakistani Muslims, all part of that rich multicultural diaspora. The Daily Telegraph makes reference to their Pakistani origins and Sky even … Continue reading
A Biased BBC reader writes; “I note that James Lovelock has changed his tune on climate change. When he was preaching gloom and doom the BBC loved to cover his every word. Now that he is saying it is not so bad they describe him in today’s article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17988492 as ‘maverick’. He was described like that earlier.”
Remarkable; “Production staff in an English TV crew were dismayed when they lost the chance to work at the World Snooker Championships for the BBC. But their disappoint turned to anger, when they realised their jobs were still available, but had been replaced under a quota scheme which favoured employing staff from Scotland. As a result, Scottish production crews were relocated to England and put up in a hotel – … Continue reading
