CARBON PANIC CRUSADE

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The really chiling element of climate change activism is the extent to which it has taken hold. Take Forest Europe, a co-operative body which sounds on the surface to be a sensible initiative. It is not part of the EU, exists independently, and should be playing a sensible, active role in encouraging strategic cross-border co-operation in the management of one of Europe’s biggest assets. Not a bit of it. The … Continue reading →

BETWEEN THE LINES

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One of the most loathsome aspects of the BBC is how it advances an anti-Israeli agenda by leaving out information which might make at least some people question the “independence” of what it reports. A Biased BBC reader notes…“The lazy journalismof the BBC ensures that anti-Israeli voices are not challenged even when theyuse deception to spread their lies: The words of Tom MacMaster, an American student in Edinburgh who posed as … Continue reading →

WHO IS RIPPING OFF THE TAXPAYER?

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Interesting example of bias by omission here; “HM Treasury is failing to monitor “excessive” profits from the selling-on of PFI (private finance initiative) equity, the BBC has been told. One industry analyst says its “inadequate” records do not reflect the billions of pounds made in the so-called secondary PFI market. Ian Swales, MP, said the large profits made raised serious questions about whether the deals to finance, build and maintain … Continue reading →

Kevin Connolly’s lazy narrative

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A guest post by Israelinurse: “In the Middle East once you have chosen between the irreconcilable narratives on offer, everything confirms the narrative you have chosen, and nothing confounds it.” After barely a year in the Middle East, the BBC’s correspondent Kevin Connolly appears to have reached the conclusion that facts and objective analysis of events are not what he came here to look for. Like many a Western journalist, … Continue reading →

WORLD CLASS LYING

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As David Vance pointed out yesterday, Lord “I love my EU Commission pension” Patten had his begging bowl out for the World Service yesterday and was moaning loudly that a reduction in its budget would lead to loss of British influence round the world. Actually, the BBC’s main message to the world these days is what a lousy, nasty, colonial influence the UK is. Meanwhile, the BBC World Service Trust, … Continue reading →

BBC "Forgets" Palin E Mail Story – I Wonder Why……

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Having read DB’s post at Biased BBC and the frenetic overture to the Palin e mails saga trumpeted on the BBC website a few days ago Critics say the e-mails may damage Palin’s presidential chances I thought I would check out the Beeb’s reaction to the general consensus in the US media that the much vaunted NYT/WaPo “investigation” had spectacularly backfired. Even plodding Politico hack Molly Ball at Politico (probably … Continue reading →

THAT AFRICAN LAND GRAB!

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Oh those BAD capitalists. A Biased BBC reader observes with regard to this item on the BBC ; Traditionalregurgitation of agitprop press release from “The Oakland Institute”which five seconds googling reveals to be an activist lefty pressure groupdevoted to the usual stuff and established to counter “conservative”influence. All unmentioned in the BBC’s “think tank” description. Thelink from the front page refers to a hedge fund “grab” of”Africa’s land” – ie the … Continue reading →

CONVENIENT LIES

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The BBC’s assiduous cultivation of ecowackery is one of its key reasons to exist, and a Biased BBC reader notes; Phil Jones, July 5, 2005: “The scientific community would come down on me in no uncertain terms if I said the world had cooled from 1998. Okay it has but it is only seven years of data and it isn’t statisticallysignificant.” From: Phil Jones <p.jones@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> To: Tim Johns <tim.johns@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, “Folland, … Continue reading →