Over the last few days Nick Robinson and Mark Mardell have been speculating about likely topics of conversation between David Cameron and President Obama. They predict that having settled Afghanistan, the new buddies will turn their attention to Iran. Or rather Israel, because the question they will be tussling with is not “How to make sure Iran doesn’t acquire nuclear weapons” but “how to stop Israel taking unilateral military action”. … Continue reading
“Hundreds, if not thousands of people think the BBC is pro Israel. And an equal number think the opposite. How on earth do you adjudicate on matters as complicated as that?” asks BBC Newswatch’s Raymond Snoddy. BBC Trust’s Richard Ayres has been brought in specially to help tell us that on balance the BBC gets it about right. “It’s extremely difficult! It’s almost impossible for the BBC to do a … Continue reading
M D’A:“good evening. This is Mark D’Arcy at Westminster, where a peer who quit the Lib dems renews her attack on Israel.” J T:“I am not antisemitic. But I am anti-injustice.”M D’A:“Plus border tensions between parliament and the civil service as the Sir Humphreys insist they answer to ministers, not to MPs[…] but first tonight, former Liberal democrat peer Lady Tonge who quit the party whip in the Lords after … Continue reading
The latest greenie wheeze to spend tens of millions of our hard-earned cash is a nutcase scheme to build 100 £200,000 towers to counter the effect of an alleged planetary emergency’ of warming in the Arctic circle. British greenie fanatics now claim the seawater-spraying towers are required to prevent a build-up of nasty methane. The idiots involved previously wanted a fleet of £20m ships built to do the job, but … Continue reading
The weekend approaches and seeing how it is St. Patrick’s, a themed open thread icon! Over to you! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
An outraged B-BBC reader tells me; “I could not believe my ears (or perhaps I should have, knowing the BBC) The report covered the truce between Militants (?) and Israel. The report was by Rupert Winfield Hays in the BBC Gaza Office!!! Can I suggest that you listen to pure BBC Bias http://tinyurl.com/6wzarab Examples .. More than 20 Palestinians killed.. not Militants…And some 200 rockets fired at Targets in Southern Israel.. … Continue reading
As you will be aware the BBC is to sell TVprogrammes for download minutes after they broadcast Some might see this as a step forward, but one presumes that this is in addition to, and not instead of paying £145.50pa in advance as well, regardless of use or value. Worse again, the BBC informs us that viewers just can’t wait to lay out even more cash!!! WHO do they think … Continue reading
Tonight Question Time comes from St Andrews. On the panel tonight we have Conservative leader in Scotland Ruth Davidson, Charlie *hic* Kennedy, Labour rebel Frank Field, Scottish National Party MSP Humza Yousaf and irritating toothy professional whinger Janet Street-Porter. Your Moderators line-up consists of David Vance, David Mosque, TheEye and John Ward. It’s a 10:30pm kick off and afterwards we will suffer the maddess that is This Week. In the … Continue reading
Here you go, an overdue New open thread to detail the bias! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
One of our many readers notes;“I emailed the below to The Today Programme about BBC correspondents and why Jim Naughtiehad to go to the USA – needless to say I have had no reply except the automaticthankyou email……. “Jim Naughtie is sent to the US for Super Tuesday, or is it just a jolly?If I Google LIST OF BBC CORRESPONDENTS I get a Wikipedia page of who is alreadystationed there. There … Continue reading
