BBC Admits Editorial Breach Over McWhirter (Eventually)

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From the Telegraph: “BBC apology over suggestion that Norris McWhirter was a fascist” “David Baddiel and Alan Davies discussion about Norris McWhirter on Radio Five Live was in breach of the BBC’s editorial guidelines.” Cranmer points out that when he and others complained to the BBC about the comments they were informed: “The Alan Davies Show is a live, light hearted, entertainment programme and in this context we are satisfied … Continue reading →

Mangold on Panorama

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Not sure if this was mentioned in the comments, but ex-Panorama journalist Tom Mangold unloaded on his former employer in Sunday’s Independent: Primark’s objections were investigated by the BBC’s internal Editorial Complaints Unit (ECU); its admirable report, completed last summer, was, at the request of Primark, never published – because the retailer thought it would jeopardise its appeal to the BBC Trust. Remarkably, senior BBC managers used that decision to … Continue reading →

The BBC Hits Obama Hard – Only Joking….

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Remember how the BBC regularly hit us hard every day with stories about the arrogance and inefficiency of the Bush presidency? So hard, in fact, that you would have thought we had become the 51st (or, according to Obama, the 58th) state of the union. Also how any mistake made by an officer of the administration was the President’s responsibility? How times change. Not much from the Beeb about the … Continue reading →

MORE LAME BBC U.S. COVERAGE

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Check out this BBC article about the Obama impersonator whose act at the Republican Leadership Conference was cut short. It’s basically an excuse for an unnamed anti-Republican BBC hack (ie any BBC journalist covering US affairs) to reproduce some jokes at the expense of the leadership contenders, but it’s also noteworthy for this piece of anti-Tea Party propaganda: The ultra-conservative Tea Party wing of the Republican Party had questioned the … Continue reading →

So They Do Have Some Standards

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You can call the Tories whatever you want on Radio 4, but just be careful what you say if you’re writing the live cricket updates for BBC Sport: England fans will be pleased to know that nighT WATchman Jimmy Anderson survived until the end of play. Good job they’re not playing the test match at Scunthorpe. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

Mark Mardell and Andrew North Caught Spinning For The White House

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Just the other day, both Mark Mardell and Andrew North defended the President’s position that the current US involvement in the war against Libya is legal and He doesn’t need Congress’s permission to continue. Mardell’s contention was that it was just a political attack by His enemies, those nasty Republicans, looking for a cheap attack line. To further push the Narrative that there is no legal problem and it’s just … Continue reading →

LEAVE OF ABSENCE!

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Just to say that I will be away on holidays for the next week and unlikely to blog! Hope my fellow writers can keep the momentum going by providing you with further red meat on the topic of BBC bias and I will talk to you again in around 8 days time. Hope to return refreshed and ready for the fray! Click through to read and contribute comments on this … Continue reading →

THEY LOVE DEATH LIKE WE LOVE LIFE

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I’m not talking Jihadists but rather the BBC. Interesting interview here with Baroness Finlay of Llandaff. Along with some other peers, she has stated in a letter to The Times that the BBC is “running an orchestrated campaign” to change the law on euthanasia. Justin Webb sounds decidedly hostile to the contention put forward by the Baroness and after contradicting her position himself, he then plays back comments from another … Continue reading →

DEAR JOHN..

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The underlying bias of the BBC comes across in some small ways as well as more obvious ways! I was listening to an interview concerning a new book on the interrogation of Rudolf Hess at 7.42am. John Humphyrs was conducting it and all seemed quite reasonable until suddenly, as from nowhere, Humphyrs makes a snide comment about waterboarding and then answers himself by pointing out that “some” use waterboarding as … Continue reading →