FAST & FURIOUS – A PRIMER

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We’ve been banging on about Operation Fast and Furious for quite a while here on Biased BBC but, understandably, some people may still be not up to speed on the topic. It’s a growing scandal in the States and has the potential to become a big issue in the US presidential campaign. The BBC has touched on the story, but only in that unenthusiastic late-to-the-party nothing-to-see-here manner it adopts whenever … Continue reading →

WE’RE ALL SOCIALISTS NOW!

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Well then, EU-phoria rules at the BBC this morning as they celebrate the “decisive” victory by their poster garcon Hollande in France last evening. Hard to know where to start but Evan Davis was in Paris and seemed almost giddy with excitement as the new red France era dawns. Did you hear him? The funniest moment for me was when they wheeled on Peter Mandelson who was  suggesting that the … Continue reading →

ALL WHELAN GOOD

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Biased BBC’s Alan observes; http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01h7k21/Have_I_Got_News_for_You_Series_43_Episode_4/ ‘Have I Got News For You’ loads the dice by having Jeremy Clarkson host the show…..easy meat for Hislop and Merton when Murdoch has just been villified by people with no vested interests what so ever. Clarkson as well as being a columnist for the Murdoch (Boo Hiss) Sun is also one of the notorious ‘Chipping Norton Set’ renowned for eating babies and hunting down … Continue reading →

CONTRAST AND COMPARE…

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A B-BBC reader observes; London Mayor: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17946742 Boris wins ‘by tight margin’ (51.5% vs 48.5%) French President: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17975660 Hollande has won ‘a clear victory’ (51.7% vs 48.3%) An impartial observer might note that the percentages are practically identical. But for the BBC? when a socialist loses, it’s ‘tight’; when a socialist wins, it’s ‘clear’. Ho hum.

Life In These United States – No. 3

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The latest edition of my report is up on EyeTube now (no embed possible at the moment). It clocks in at 15:23. Some stuff the BBC covered badly, and some they haven’t covered at all. Sources are below, and my thanks to all those who took the time to listen to the previous editions. Life In These United States – No. 3 SOURCES: BBC report about slowing US jobs growth, … Continue reading →