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 →

ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK…

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Ah, the Now Show, such a gem. A Biased BBC reader notes… “Some of your hat-tippers may have already picked this up, but last Friday’s edition of The Now Show featured a comedian called Paul Sinha. Amusingly, and to much audience laughter, he said that in order to meet the BBC’s commitment to editorial balance a comedian from the Far Left was always balanced by one from the Centre Left. … Continue reading →

REWRITING ALL THE TIME…

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Looks like our pals at the BBC have been very busy boys today! A Biased BBC reader notes… “There was an interesting article on the BBC website this morning about a report from the Adam Smith institute claiming that renewable energy is flawed. The article was quite a surprise as it seemed fairly balanced however it was clearly off message as it has now been completely re-written to say something … Continue reading →

THE STERN GANG

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The BBC is determined to present the outcome of the Climate Change debacle in Durban as some sort of triumph and this was all too evident with this interview with Lord Stern this morning. What struck me was the way in which he was allowed to waffle without interruption; the way in which he was allowed to present unsubstantiated claims as incontrovertible facts; the way in which any dissenting voices … Continue reading →

JUST ANOTHER BIASED MONDAY

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Question to start the week. How often can you get the term “Bad for Britain” and the word “isolated” into a news programme? The answer is, lots, based on this morning’s Today programme. Did you catch it? Even by BBC standards, this was visceral hostility towards the Conservative Party. At one point, a trailer for a later story asked “Is the Coalition doomed?”. We had David Miliband on to offer … Continue reading →