A reader send me this… “THE Australian Financial Review and British broadcaster the BBC selected a handful of emails from a cache of almost 15,000 to paint a blatantly incorrect conspiracy theory of a global piracy scam orchestrated by News Corporation. Forensic analysis of thousands of those emails, which the AFR describes as the “great bulk of our supporting material”, shows the 45 stories they sparked were based on incorrect … Continue reading
Here’s a NON local Election related Open Thread for you to run over the weekend! Detail more general bias here!
Why does the BBC insist on politicising every programme…is there the slightest possibility that I could watch something without being lectured or sold some dodgy political line or social metaphor? Biased BBC’s Alan ponders… “Their series on ‘Ancient Apocalypses’ continues with every disaster being the result of catastrophic climate change, their election broadcasts flood the airwaves with ‘overwhelming’ Labour victories….whilst leaving for the small print the fact that yes Labour … Continue reading
I enjoyed this from Today’s very own Evan Davies; Evan Davis @EvanHD I wonder if aspirin can help protect people against the effects of the Chancellor? Collapse Reply Retweet Favorite 50+RETWEETS 17FAVORITES 7:08 AM – 21 Mar 12 via web · Details
I posted here on a BBC Today entirely contrived all-Labour debate on whether Louis Mensch was RIGHT to say that the declaration that Rupert Murdoch was “not fit to run an international company” had NOT been debated by the Parliamentary Committee set up to review this. Paul Farrelly plainly stated she was wrong and that it HAD been discussed in formal debate. The following day, the BBC invited Louis on … Continue reading
Thought I would put this up for you. Labour have managed to win 39% of the 31% who bothered to vote and the champagne is flowing in Broadcasting House. My observation of BBC coverage relates to the Conservatives. It has been busy all morning setting up the poor saps that follow Cameron into declaring they will definitely not swing to the right, but rather stick to those essential Tory values … Continue reading
Had to laugh at this; “Always suspected Stephanie Flanders doesn’t know what day it is…and here’s the proof from Guido on a Wednesday: http://order-order.com/2012/05/03/flandering-about/?tw_p=twt Stephanie Flanders @BBCStephanie Just tried to vote. My polling station, in Hammersmith, had closed two hours early. Has anyone else had same problem? Stephanie Flanders @BBCStephanie My democratic outrage is now in abeyance. Apparently all stations closed because, er, today isn’t Thursday. Clearly I … Continue reading
Biased BBC’s Alan notes “As you know the BBC had Mervyn King do a speech for them last night but seem rather shy about revealing some the contents so far… Mervyn King in a speech for the BBC Today programme states that because Labour’s economic policies and failure to control the banks we have lost 1 million jobs in the UK. The Telegraph has a report here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9242161/Labour-lost-a-million-jobs-says-Bank-chief.html The BBC … Continue reading
Rowlatt is an unusual name, so it didn’t surprise me to learn that Bee is Justin’s other half. Bee is a BBC World Service producer, so should she really be participating in the Palestinian Festival of Literature (affectionately known as PalFest) as Hadar Sela recounts here? Not that anyone could object to a lovely cultural festival of booky wooks written by the Guardian’s favourite authors, poets, and literary geniuses. Or … Continue reading
Tonight Question Time comes from Question Time from London for the second week in a row – presumably because the BBC chickened out of the promised Mayoral Special last week. On the panel: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith MP, Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Hatemen MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Walter “Ming” Campbell MP, leader of the PCS union and semi-detached nutter Mark … Continue reading
