On Today we had ‘Thought for the Day‘ presented by Abdal Hakim Murad, a Muslim. He’s a regular, unsurprisingly. A reader writes; “As usual with nearly all Muslims he slips in a bit of anti Christian rhetoric whilst promoting Islam. Jesus is the Son of God in Christianity, the Lord Jesus, divine himself, God on Earth. The Muslims claim he was just a man, merely a prophet. Murad cleverly attacks … Continue reading
Some interesting observations here from a B-BBC reader…. “Anyone hear John Pienaar on the BBC this morning getting over excited and giving us his version of events?Cameron says he had no inappropriate conversations with News Corp. people. Pienaar essentially claims Cameron is lying. Pienaar states that Cameron has spoken about BSkyB with the Murdochs based solely on the way Cameron phrased his answer. To me it was quite clear…he had … Continue reading
Here’s one for you:Report: Obama top recipient of News Corp. donations Political donations by News Corp., its employees and their families were evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, with President Obama the all-time leading recipient, according to a report from the Sunlight Foundation.The transparency watchdog noted Tuesday that Democrats received 51 percent of contributions while Republicans received 49 percent, despite the firm’s highly publicized links to the GOP, such as … Continue reading
I have often wondered about the tone to adopt in writing posts here about the BBC’s reporting of climate change. Are my thoughts about Richard Black and Roger Harrabin too waspish, and should they be toned down? I need not have worried. So-called “independent scientist” Steve Jones, whose so-called report about BBC science reporting is published today, is a first-class Millwall-terraces-of-old thug in the downright nasty, vindicative and partisan remarks … Continue reading
One of the worrying things about the BBCs current wall-to-wall coverage of the Murdochalypse* is that when the Eurozone utterly collapses your average BBC viewer will ask themselves “when did that start?” and “how come nobody put that on the telly“? It’s been brewing for months…years…eh? Why didn’t anyone say anything? The BBC, mindful of this, are getting their defence in first. Good tactics, lads. Interesting because it flies in the … Continue reading
Newsnight gave the pie-thrower the briefest of mentions last night: “There was an attack by a member of the public… A man was led away in handcuffs.” A bit coy about identifying him there. In January Newsnight commissioned a film – UK Uncut in their own words. Look who had the starring role: I wonder why they didn’t mention that. (h/t George R) UPDATE 18:00. Newsnight’s Paul Mason tweets from … Continue reading
I was away yesterday and have just caught up with the news that the BBC Trustees are due to publish their long-delayed report on science coverage today. The Mail says that geneticist Steve Jones – who believes that private schools are a “cancer” (no clue to his politics and worldview there, then)and that those who dare to disagree with his views on evolution should not be allowed to practise medicine … Continue reading
Missing – one carefully constructed narrative. If found, please return to BBC or Guardian. UPDATE. Do the Germans have a word for the schadenfreude one feels when another person’s schadenfreude turns sour? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Vanessa Feltz on BBC London this morning showing up Alastair Campbell for the hypocrite he is. She puts all the big boys on Newsnight, PM, the Today programme, Radio Five Live etc to shame. Alastair Campbell v Vanessa Feltz: listen to their sharp exchange over phone hacking… (mp3) UPDATE. Talking of hypocrisy, great stuff from Cityunslicker: “The voice of the people” (h/t George R.) Click through to read and contribute … Continue reading
So, on the day of the Show Trials being held in the Star Chamber, who better for the BBC to give a prime time bully pulpit to but a blast from the past..Neil Kinnoch. Yes, the Welsh windbag was afforded an opportunity to bash Murdoch “an enemy of the Labour movement” as he helpfully put it and was sympathetically defined by Humphrys as “a victim” of the evil empire. Earlier … Continue reading
