Do you share his pain? Despite paying annual salaries of hundreds of thousand of pounds, Mark Thompson claimed it was “extremely hard” to fill executive roles as the broadcaster tried to cut costs. In the past year, the BBC has pledged to reduce what it pays in some executive roles after repeated criticism. Mr Thompson is trying to find a new director of television after Jana Bennett left the public service … Continue reading
Yes, I have been following it – Mr Marr’s sudden conversion to openness. Your thoughts? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Still electioneering but wanted to highlight this story for you! Does Al Queda have sympathisers in the BBC? The files, obtained by the WikiLeaks website and passed to The Daily Telegraph, disclose that a phone number of someone at the BBC was found in the phone books and phones of a number of extremists seized by US forces. A detainee assessment, dated 21 April 2007, states: “The London, United Kingdom … Continue reading
A guest post by Hippiepooter. This is overdue but I think you’ll agree very worthwile covering. H/T to ‘Buggy’ for bringing this up in the Open Thread a couple of weeks ago. Here is a BBC Online report 7th April that they headline thus:- Blackpool children ‘safer than ever from grooming gangs’ When you compare it to the Blackpool Gazette story below, you may agree with me that it touches … Continue reading
Mail Online, which has just overtaken The Huffington Post to become the second most popular newspaper website in the world, reports on a story that the BBC is also running near the top of its news agenda today – but their take on the story could hardly be more different to the BBC’s: ‘We will unleash a nuclear hellstorm if Osama is killed’: Wikileaks releases chilling interrogation files of Guantanamo … Continue reading
When something bad happens to Jews or Israelis the BBC reacts with indifference or worse. The reporting of two recent incidents (or non-reporting of one of them) contrast sharply with the BBC’s treatment of similar incidents, which, when they concern Palestinians or Muslims, cause cataclysmic BBC eruptions. Incident 1, the burning of the Torah in Corfu, was mentioned on the Open Thread with a link to Ray Cook’s blog, but … Continue reading
Everybody who frequents this site will know that the BBC has spent lashings of our telly tax on legal fees to safeguard the secrecy of a report they themselves commissioned. The subject was their coverage of the Middle East, and the question was: is the BBC biased against Israel?The legal battle took many twists and turns, and Steven Sugar, who steadfastly fought for the release of the Balen report, very … Continue reading
A so-called “investigative” scoop in the Daily Telegraph suggesting that the BBC is involved in the organisation of COMplus, an international group that supports climate change alarmism, has also caused ripples in the blogsphere. Richard North and WUWT have followed up. I’m totally in favour of enterprising, sceptical journalism, but I’m afraid on this occasion, the Telegraph is more than a year behind. I filed this story (based on research … Continue reading
This is a Guest Post By esteemed commenter Chuffer.______________________________________ What you missed by not watching News24 at 11 o’clock, Easter Sunday….Dramatic Intro Music. Nicholas Owen: This is BBC News; the headlines at 11 o’clock.Video: grainy film of a Syrian funeral.Owen: The Liberal Democrats launch a stinging attack on the [confused pause] campaign to change our voting system.(Video ends – cut back to frowning and confused-looking Owen.) They accuse the ‘No’ … Continue reading
Back by popular demand (would that Martin were too!): What’s getting up your trunk about the BBC today? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
