PULLING WHOSE STRINGS?

The BBC is hysterical in the sustained attack on Murdoch. Give THIS a listen to if you want to hear the comrades in full battle cry. I was particularly amused when Humphrys pointed out the global reach of the evil Murdock empire. So unlike the BBC!! And if that was not enough, try THIS if you have a strong stomach. There is NO pretence of balance here, just unrestrained bias … Continue reading

ACE KELLY

I beg your indulgence for another hacking scandal post. The topic on Nicky Campbell’s phone-in this morning on Radio Five Live was: “Will you mourn the News Of The World?” Kelly from Stafford was good value: Nicky Campbell Phone-in, R5L (mp3) Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

Where to start? For the third consecutive day, the BBC devotes a huge amount of resource to further excoriating the Murdoch Empire. Having gained the scalp of the News of the World, the BBC agenda moves on. First, in order to sustain its deluded image of solidarity with “the workers”, the BBC line is that  lowly journalists have been sacrificed to save those higher up. Right on, comrades. So the … Continue reading

Question Time LiveBlog 7th July 2011

Question Time comes tonight from Basingstoke, which is twinned with Isengard and Mordor. Locally known as Gaysinblokes it is a marginally stylish buffer between the twin dumps of Southampton and Reading. It only features a swimming pool, two instantly forgettable colleges and a massive nightclub called Liquid which is populated by tattooed grannies dressed as 17-year olds.* On the panel tonight we have Dept of Work and Pensions Minister Chris Grayling, … Continue reading

CLOSURE?

Well, it’s a dramatic if not ruthless decision by the Murdoch empire to close The News of the World. In a sense one less trash newspaper is to welcomed, although it reduces competition and choice whilst ensuring that the leftist point of view increases, something I am certain the BBC will be delighted about. I’m just hoping that the disgraceful practice of phone hacking was restricted to NOTW and did … Continue reading

HARD FACTS

Autonomous Mind explains brilliantly why the closure of the News of the World is a triumph for the BBC-Guardian axis. Meanwhile Roger Harrabin continues to pump out greenie untruths which are making us all seriously poorer and show the power of the liberal-left media class. As usual, he ignores the real facts – a quarter of Brits live in fuel poverty as energy bills rocket. Click through to read and … Continue reading

THOMPSON WEIGHS IN…..

Coincidence? Curious timing of this interview with the DG of the BBC….couldn’t be part of the BBC’s ongoingcampaign to pressure the government to kick the BSkyB deal into the long grasscould it?  “The director general of the BBC speaks to Joan Bakewell in an exclusiveinterview with the New Statesman. ‘We’re talking about a concentration of media power in the UK that’s unheard ofin British history and unheard of anywhere else in … Continue reading

HALF THE STORY, ALL THE TIME

As always with the BBC, it is as much what they DON’T talk about as what they do select to cover. Just consider these wheeels within wheels, all ignored by the BBC;“The BBC crows aboutMiliband criticising Cameron for employing Andy Coulson as his media advisorbut says nothing about Labour’s own Murdoch man, Tom Baldwin. In its report of his appointment as Milibands advisor the BBC limits its reporton Baldwin to this … Continue reading