SOME BROWNS MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS?

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When the BBC areputting excess pay under the microscope will they consider all such examples ofexcess….or just politically convenient one? Only joking… Via Guido Fawkes: Some easy money for Gordon Brown….an hours speech and its champagne on thefirst class flight home….. •£48,166.00 for a speech to Visa International.•£36,639.66 for a speech to Credit Suisse in Miami, Florida.•£36,018.18 for a speech to Comtec Med in Geneva, Switzerland.•£35,873.94 for a speech to World … Continue reading →

BECAUSE HE’S WORTH IT?

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Biased BBC reader Alan picks up on this post by Steve Barclay as to whether a BBC manager could be paid £1 million pounds! Recession? What recession? John Smith, Chief Executive of BBC Worldwide. Mr Thompson was explicit in saying that no BBC manager is paid over a million pounds in total remuneration. He denied explicitly that Mr Smith was paid anywhere near the million pounds figure, saying “no that is not correct”. Below are … Continue reading →

CLIMATEGATE 2

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Understandably there’s a great deal of discussion about Climategate 2 in the comments. I’m sure Robin will be along to give us his take but in the meantime here’s a thread dedicated to the subject. There’s a searchable database here (those with time might like to start sifting through the results for “BBC“). Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

BBC CHURNALISM

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Many thanks to Katabasis for pointing out his analysis of churnalism and the Environment Agency. I urge you to read it all, but here are some highlights: The BBC is by far and away the worst offender for simply repeating whatever the Environment Agency claimed in its press releases.Out of the 393 articles where “significant” churn had taken place, the BBC were responsible for 44%. Likewise for the 49 articles … Continue reading →

YOUR TUESDAY EVENING MOMENT OF ZEN

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Meanwhile, over at BBC News online – another report about the MF Global scandal which fails to mention that Jon Corzine is a former Democrat governor and major fundraiser for Obama. And imagine how many times the word “Republican” would be screaming out from the headline and opening paragraphs of this article about the jailing of Tony Rezko if he’d been a GOP supporter (also check out the BBC’s ass-covering … Continue reading →

NOT SO SUPER, COMMITTEE

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Well then,Stateside the “Super Committee” tasked with reducing the massive US deficit has, predictably, failed to agree on a plan. Naturally the BBC rows in behind Obama’s view that this is entirely the fault of the Republicans, as this report makes abundantly clear. Mark Mardell is grasping at straws for The One here as he prays the fewer people respect Congress than Obama. Click through to read and contribute comments … Continue reading →

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

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The politics of envy feature large on the BBC radar. Give this debate a listen of you get a chance, it’s on the subject of whether “excessive deals for the UK’s top bosses is having a corrosive effect on the economy, for companies as well as society as a whole.” I have also been involved in BBC debates on this topic and the BBC are determined to present “big bosses” … Continue reading →

FROM PIG TO MAN…

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Wonder if you share my..ahem..surprise…that Allegra Stratton, the former political correspondent at the Guardian, has been appointed political editor of the BBC’s Newsnight programme. BBC..Guardian..BBC. Let me quote Orwell.. “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

Not Taking Sides

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“We don’t take sides!” is a cry repeatedly heard from certain biased organisations that operate under banners of impartiality.On the other hand, the foreign secretary isn’t constrained by such a banner. Nevertheless William Hague says the government isn’t taking sides on the intricacies of Egyptian politics.“We do take sides,” he admitted moments later, “on behalf of democracy!“Democracy must always be entirely for the good, it seems, even if the electorate … Continue reading →