When dealing with the BBC, it is often not what they tell you, but what they choose NOT to tell you. Just consider this one, flagged up by B-BBC contributor Alan. “I heard the BBC reporting on the loss of jobs at two dairies this morning…what I didn’t hear was this: ‘One million jobs for young people lost since 2007 as Labour is accused of hiding scale of unemployment on … Continue reading
Did you read this report in the Telegraph concerning the news the BBC has spent more than £8million making just 20 members of staff redundant? Wow, lucky they have unique funding otherwise 400k redundancy per redundancy might seem a tad extravagant?
I see that Biased BBC favourite, Richard Black, has been leading the BBC charge against Fracking. There was an item on Today about it this morning and it seems to me that the BBC seems more like an echo chamber for Friends of the Earth, that radical hard left organisation. Mind you it’s a tough time for Richard. Here he is dealing with the fact that some glaciers are confounding … Continue reading
Biased BBC contributor Alan takes issue with Victoria Derbyshire here. “Victoria Derbyshire confirmed every prejudice I ever held against her today as she presented a phone in on unemployment. Derbyshire lives in the BBC bubble completely out of touch with reality continually expressing either amazement or outrage at everyday realities that most people recognise as ‘normal’. She of course is flown to work by her employers, and no doubt gets a … Continue reading
A B-BBC reader informs me that whilst doing a bit of research on the internet he found a fascinating photographic comparison of how the City of David, just outside the southern walls of Jerusalem looked in 1915 and how it looks today as the Arab village of Silwan: As is clearly evident from the 1915 photograph, no “ancient” Palestinian village existed on the this site, which was virtually empty, as was much of the … Continue reading
Been a busy morning for a little socialist evangelising on the Today programme. Earlier we had a charming item on the minimum wage postulating the theory that it has reduced in real terms over the past number of years because it has not always kept up with inflation. The focus of the interview was that the rate needs to increase and it was asserted that the advent of the minimum … Continue reading
For an allegedly impartial broadcaster this is an interesting insight into the thinking of the next possible D-G of the BBC; “With the post of BBC director-general now being advertised, former Newsnight political editor Michael Crick has an intriguing insight into the personality of one of the frontrunners, George Entwistle, the Yorkshire-born director of BBC Vision. ‘Entwistle used to be my editor on Newsnight, and I vividly recall him saying … Continue reading
For a supposedly impartial journalist BBC News interactive’s business and technology editor Tim Weber likes to spin US news in a rather skewed direction (h/t Jeff Waters). I think it’s safe to say he’s not a fan of the Republican Party: The BBC’s business section – spinning for Obama, along with the rest of the BBC.
I wondered why it is that John Bell from “The Iona Community” is such a frequent contributor to the “Thought for the Day” programme. So I toodled over to their web site and read this…. “The Iona Community is a dispersed Christian ecumenical community working for peace and social justice, rebuilding of community and the renewal of worship.” Mmm, and then… Members’ involvement varies according to the area they live … Continue reading
OK, George here and so glad we aree back to normal after last week’s disruptions so I am wanting to get our natural rhythm back and so here is the Monday Open Thread just in time for this new week! BBC bias bothering you? Detail it right now….we are all ears.
