Reverend Nadim Nassar, a Syrian-born Anglican priest living in Britain, keeps in touch with contacts in Syria. He also listens to various media reports of the crisis. In an interesting interview on Today with Justin Webb he remarked on how extreme the differences are between what he’s hearing on Arabic stations, Al Jazeera etc. etc. – and the BBC. I would have liked to hear exactly what he meant, but … Continue reading
What a fascinating turn of events. WikiLeaks has revealed that the government was so determined to uphold our reputation as a safe haven for the world’s oppressed that it repeatedly ignored warnings about radical Islamic extremists and refused to admit that harbouring them was not the simple humanitarian gesture they believed it to be. Now that they’ve managed to turn British cities into Al Qaeda hubs, it’s a bit late … Continue reading
I found this interesting; Helen “Impartiality” Boaden has beenawarded honorary doctorates by the University of East Anglia. Isn’t that where the CRU emails came from…isn’t that one of the BBCenvironmental journalist’s favourite source of information? Just why did the likes of Black and Harrabin and Fielding go to such lengths todefend Prof. Phil Jones at the UEA? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
A Biased BBC reader writes; “Frank Gardener, the BBC’s security correspondent, today condemned the government for not taking Abu Hamza seriously as a threat…this from a man who works for an organisation that told us Al Qaeda doesn’t exist in its programme ‘The power of nightmares’ (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/3755686.stm) ….. ‘In the past our politicians offered us dreams of a better world. Now they promise to protect us from nightmares. The most … Continue reading
A new open thread for you… Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
The BBC’s contempt for those of us who carry a Christian faith contrasts nicely with its deep concern not to offend those who follow Mohammad or indeed any other faith. Take this item on the Today programme this morning concerning the death of Indian “sage” Sai Baba. In the commentary by the BBC presenter , Jesus Christ is referred to as “another prophet”. Just to be clear – Christians do … Continue reading
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
