It’s all about editorial decisions. Confronted with the breaking news that the entire Eurozone Bail-Out has been thrown into chaos thanks to Slovakia rejecting the deal even as the US accuses Iran of planning acts of terrorism on US soil using Mexican killers, it’s only natural that the BBC focuses on the searing issue of the day; Is Liam Fox gay? Pathetic. The BBC’s continued baiting of Fox comes down … Continue reading
First the good news. Slovakia’s parliament has voted against measures to bolster the powers of the eurozone bailout fund, seen as vital in combating the bloc’s debt crisis. The governing coalition had linked the vote to a confidence motion and as a result has effectively been toppled. Slovakia is the last of the eurozone’s 17 member states to vote on expanding the European Financial Stability Fund. Then the bad.. “However, the BBC’s … Continue reading
Did you realise that “questions remain” over the causes of the thuggery and feral maligance that infested the streets of some of our major cities a few months ago? Oh yes. Professor Tim Newburn, of the LSE, is working on a shared piece of “research”with The Guardian (tick box) looking into the real causes behind the riots! Naturally, the BBC is there to provide the Professor with a soapbox. Naturally the … Continue reading
“Institutionalising Altruism” – an interesting phrase used by Lord Hennessy in this interview on the BBC this morning. His Lordship holds the view that any changes to how the NHS operates that would mean that the lines of responsibility do not lead back to the Health Secretary are most unwelcome. It’s a perfectly valid view albeit one that I take issue with. However my question is WHY the BBC only … Continue reading
It’s all about WHO you know, don’t you know? Julia Middleton; founded ‘Common Purpose’, a member of the Media Standards Trust and founder of the left wing Demos think tank. A good friend of the BBC’s Robert Peston. Robert Peston; Media Standards Trust member and supporter of ‘Common Purpose’….his ‘Speakers for Schools’ charity works with the Education and Employees Trust….Anthony Salz; on the board of the Education and Employees Trust … Continue reading
The BBC are great advocates of the Minimum Wage and this piece of analysis provided in this FOI request provided by B-BBC reader Alan may explain why; “BBC researchers or admin staff are clearly well rewarded for their endeavours. Looking at a BBC reply to a freedom of information request it stated that: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/foi/classes/disclosure_logs/rfi20101040_common_purpose_spend_200506_200910.pdf ‘As not all training is recorded centrally, in order to respond in full to your request … Continue reading
Here’s another little nugget from Twitter just to keep the blog ticking over on a quiet day. This tweet comes from Mark Sandell, editor of the BBC’s World Have Your Say discussion show (and also Mr Victoria Derbyshire): He couldn’t resist – he just had to put a #nice tag in there. He’s also concerned that not enough musicians are lending their support to the Occupy Wall Street demos. (Right-on … Continue reading
A couple of days ago, I commented on a previous open thread about Mardell’s latest journey amongst the great unwashed in search of more hope for the President’s chances of re-election. It was basic human interest stuff, anecdotes about how the economic crisis and continuing New Depression have hit black people hardest. He didn’t do any in-depth analysis in that piece, as it was just supposed to set the stage … Continue reading
Mark Easton’s report for the Today programme (reproduced on his blog) about a study into civility by “social science think-tank” The Young Foundation is a classic of the Easton genre. He opens the piece with some Tory bashing, in this case reproducing a 2007 David Cameron quote which he then dismisses as “dangerously counter-productive bunkum”. He explains: “Generalisations about declining standards of civility are inaccurate and problematic”, say the researchers…. … Continue reading
A little update to yesterday’s post. Here’s BBC Newcastle reporter Sarah Walton’s reply to BBC London News producer Jane Bradley on Saturday: The love of lefty protest is no great shock, but I am a little surprised to discover that BBC journalists still hold Assange in such high regard. I guess it’s all part of displaying one’s radical cred. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
