NEWSNIGHT LIVE!

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Hi Folks. Let’s take on Paxo and the Newsnight gang – live here at 10.30pm. Fancy a bit of lively debate? Come along and join in the fun as we stuff Newsnight in time for Christmas! If you survive that, then there’s This Week for afters! <p><a href=”http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=501062dedf” >NEWSNIGHT LIVE!</a></p> Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

PROPAGANDA WHORES

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Electricity bills to rocket by 25% because of ‘green’ targets, says Government Low-carbon technology ‘will not mean big bill rises’ Spot the difference. The fatcat quango the Committee on Climate Change – a supposedly ‘independent'(ho ho ho) body set up to check the government’s climate change policies, but actually stuffed with alarmist zealots – has published a report that purports to dispassionately examine the impact of these fanatical policies on … Continue reading →

END OF IRAQI DAYS

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Let us be clear. The BBC opposed the liberation of Iraq long before US troops went in and ever since it has done everything possible to undermine and de-legitimise the war. Aligned with the “International Community”,  I am sure Saddam appreciated the efforts of the BBC to derail the necessary regime change and it’s just such a shame that he is no longer around, along with his evil sons Uday and … Continue reading →

GREEN ENERGY IS CHEAP ENERGY

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Great propaganda job here on the BBC this morning. First up, we had David Kennedy, chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change to explain why claims that the costs of green energy and other low carbon technologies will lead to sharp rises in fuel bills, are wrong. Then, we had a “debate” between Matthew Sinclair, Director of Tax Payers’ Alliance and George Monbiot, journalist and green campaigner, discuss whether … Continue reading →

THE NEWS YOU WONT READ ON THE BBC

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Most excellent post here on Autonomous Mind questioning the BBCs print wing – The Guardian. You won’t find this update, about the Guardian’s allegations about Milly Dowler’s voicemails being deleted by people working for the News of the World, on the BBC News website. The BBC, as the broadcast arm of the Guardian, has an editorial culture of omitting stories that paint the Guardian in a negative light and thus … Continue reading →

TOUCHED A RAW NERVE?

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Doesn’t BBC DG Mark Thompson sound a tad defensive? Mark Thompson, the BBC director-general, has suggested criticism of its faked wildlife programme scenes had been fuelled by newspapers’ bitterness over the corporation’s coverage of the phone hacking inquiry. Mr Thompson questioned whether condemnation of misleading footage of polar bears in its Frozen Planet show had been influenced by the BBC’s comprehensive reporting of the Leveson inquiry into press standards. “I do rather … Continue reading →

OPEN THREAD

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Wednesday dawns and time for a new one of these since the Monday one is bursting at the seams. Looks like you have been able to discern plenty of bias from the State Broadcaster so once more the floor is yours…see how quickly you can fill this up. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

NO NEWS LIKE BAD NEWS!

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Given BBC antipathy towards the current UK Government, one can almost understand it’s enthusiasm to move the debate on from yesterday’s better than forecast inflation figures and back onto the negative narrative so preferred. We got a double whammy of that this morning from the BBC. First was the “news” that government plans to reform the system of funding for elderly care could be delayed by 10 years to 2025. Andrew … Continue reading →

SALMOND SYCOPHANCY

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Anyone catch this interview with SNP Leader Alex Salmond on the BBC this morning? Although I missed the beginning of it I knew it had to Salmond speaking such was the lack of interruptions and deep respect afforded to such a BBC preferred “Statesman”. Salmond was there to put the boot into Cameron, of course, |(BTW – How upset must the BBC over the latest polls showing a  Conservative “bounce”? … Continue reading →

THE POVERTY SCAM

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Taking a short break from endlessly repeating that the UK “is isolated” and that Nick Clegg “is unhappy”, the BBC was flogging that old favourite “child poverty” chestnut this morning. It brought on former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn  (Once a BBC hero) to pronounce on the alleged “rise” in what they call “child poverty”. What struck me was that although Milburn and the BBC are now forced to concede … Continue reading →