I’m catching up on a number of issues sent my way in recent days. This one covers the determination by the BBC-approved European Court of Justice which has stated: “National legislation which prohibits the import, sale or use of foreign decoder cards is contrary to the freedom to provide services and cannot be justified either in light of the objective of protecting intellectual property rights or by the objective of encouraging … Continue reading
It’s been fascinating watching the BBC get itself worked up into a state of moral outrage over the relationship between Liam Fox and Adam Werritty. To listen to the breathless coverage afforded this tale of business card usage one could be forgiven that this was a major international story rather than just another snide little BBC hatchet job, encouraged by Labour, on one of those Minister’s that they just do … Continue reading
It’s that unique BBC mindset at play; The BBC pledged to become “significantly smaller” by sacking 2,000 staff yesterday, but immediately struck a deal with unions to allow departing employees to return as freelances after three months. So, that’s alright then? From my own point of view, I don’t really mind how many employees or freelancers the BBC uses to provide output. I just don’t to be fund so much … Continue reading
On the Question Time panel from where the Conservative conference was held – Salford – tonight we have the inclusivity box-ticking Baroness Warsi, Shadow Junior Minister for Drains Andy Burnham, Charles *hic* Kennedy, Hello! and Sun journalist Jane Moore and, returning to our BBC screens after an absence of at least 25 minutes, Billy sodding Bragg. TheEye is Back and Beautiful tonight, so will rejoin the Two Davids…Vance and Mosque … Continue reading
Mark Mardell, the BBC’s man in the USA, lets the mask slip in a rather unpleasant piece on Governor Palin’s decision not to enter the 2012 Presidential race. Shriekily filled with venom against a president she branded a socialist and suggested was un-American, in love with guns, God and the unborn, apparently ignorant of the outside world, indeed not fully clued up on the lower 48 (the USA outside Alaska) … Continue reading
On Monday David Preiser contrasted the way the BBC reported the Tea Party movement (“a bit strong for our tastes” as R5L’s Peter Allen put it) with the sanitised PR effort it is producing on behalf of Occupy Wall Street. David headlined his piece: “The BBC Loves Left Wing Protest“. No kidding – check out Paul Mason’s tweets of encouragement to the New Statesman’s lefty activist Laurie Penny: Here are … Continue reading
A Biased BBC reader has sent me this link to a petition to “Scrap the BBC”. Scrap the BBC Responsible department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport “The BBC started life as a TV broadcaster at a time when televisions were created back in the 1940’s and has done great shows like Morcambe and Wise, Panorama and the Generation Game etc. But lately it has been overcharging us the license … Continue reading
A B-BBC reader writes; “Lyse Doucet, Here is a recent article by Patrick Seale, whom you chose to interview recently on the BBC as a supposed impartial expert on the Middle East. Seale is a notorious anti-Israel, antisemitic journalist with close ties to corrupt Arab regimes (such as Syria’s Assad family). In this particular article, Seale says that the US is making a terrible mistake in demonising Iran (whose leader … Continue reading
Time for a new Open Thread to detail your opinions of BBC bias. Off you go! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
I guess it is predictable that the usual vested self interests in the NHS would use today, the day when Health Minister Andrew Lansley addresses the Conservative Party conference, to try and undermine him. It is equally predictable that the BBC would row in behind this politically directed criticism! I listened to one of these NHS uber alles types being interviewed on Today and his assertion that competition was “doesn’t … Continue reading
