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
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
Time for a new one of these! Got any thoughts on the bias from our Broadcasting Big Brother? Detail them here! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
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
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
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.
“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
It turns out that the Television Trust for the Environment – the BBC greenie programmes supplier whose problems I noted here – derives half its income, more than £500k, from the EU, and effectively gives its programmes away; last year it made less than £50,000 from sales. In effect, therefore, it is a propaganda arm of the EU. Not without coincidence, I suspect, its website was mysteriously taken down on … Continue reading
As I pointed out in the comments yesterday, the BBC’s Matt Danzico has been touting for book donations for a new Occupy Wall Street library organised by his sister Liz (aka “bobulate”): (Liz sounds like she could be one of Occupy’s Uptown crowd.) Even *ahem* impartial BBC journalists such as Matt Danzico might think twice about giving stuff to OWS when they hear of the money swilling around the place. … Continue reading
It seems that the BBC will be ‘Starting the Week’ tomorrow morning with a particularly objectionable duo on the guest list. Not only Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
