As Richard North sagely notes this morning, the most important priority with budgets is to watch what the chancellor is doing with his other hand or behind his back. Wee Georgie slipped in the news that the government was chillingly pressing ahead with plans to triple investment (to £3bn) in the Green Investment Bank, and also to put an insane floor on the cost of UK CO2 emissions. So the … Continue reading
Anyone spotted this on the BBC yet? It’s over on Harry’s Place but the State Broadcaster with it’s multi-billion resources seems to have overlooked it; ‘Press Release: British Muslims for Israel condemns Jerusalem Bomb Plot British Muslims for Israel condemns the terrorist attack in Jerusalem today.Such acts of indiscriminate violence are never justified, hurt the cause ofPalestinians and harden public opinion in Israel. Hasan Afzal, a spokesperson for British Muslims for … Continue reading
It’s odd the things that Stephanie Flanders overlooks; A B-BBC reader observes; “Distinct lack of interest from the BBC economic reporters on the record borrowing for February. This gives the lie to Labour’s, and Balls’ claim of ‘cutting too far too fast’. Shame the BBC cannot bring itself to delve into the figures and shed some light on Balls’ claims…though John Humphrys let slip a non-Party line this morning in a … Continue reading
Today I’ve been mostly looking at reports of the terrorist bomb in Jerusalem. Leaving aside the unnecessary inclusion of:”Jerusalem suffered a spate of bus bombings between 2000 and 2004 but attacks had stopped in recent years.”and again further down:”However the attacks have stopped in recent years. Jerusalem last experienced a bus bombing in 2004.” – duplication possibly intended to imply good behaviour on the part of Hamas – this time … Continue reading
Interesting to read how the private sector could help us all by running parts of the BBC; I am advised; “As the BBC comesunder increased pressure from tightened budgets, the executives of theBirmingham-based commercial radio station brmb have come up with a solution tomaintain localness and save money. There is serious debate about limiting BBC local radio stations to one or twolocally produced shows a day with BBC Five Live filling … Continue reading
Will George Osborne announce the slaughter of the first born? Perhaps the unemployed will be required to go up chimneys? The BBC – led by Stephanie “Two Eds” Flanders – is setting up Osborne to ensure that whatever is announced later will be wrong. It’s as if the reason for deficit reduction had no connection with the government that preceded the Coalition. Let’s capture the budget bias as we roll … Continue reading
Back again and wanting to hear from YOU about what is most annoying about BBC coverage today! The floor is yours and the Ministry of Truth awaits…. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
It looks like the tyrannical regime is split, divided, at war with itself and surely it is only a matter of time until it falls? Libya? Nope – the Coalition if one judges this on the shockingly biased BBC coverage of the pretend “split” between UK armed forces and the Government. The BBC is determined to portray the Cameron leadership as confused and conflicted and if all else looks pear-shaped … Continue reading
Is it possible that the BBC is actively trying to neutralise the presence of Christianity in the UK ahead of the Census? A B-BBC reader notes the following disturbing facts; “Has anyone elsenoticed that the BBC appears to be subtly attempting to maximize the ‘noreligion’ response in the 2011 census? There have been two prominent items ontheir website in the last 24 hours in which the apparent aim is to … Continue reading
The BBC is one of the most respected news organs in the world is it not? But why?I’ve compared two reports about the recent activity in Israel. (Reuters and the BBC.) I’ve divided them both roughly into three categories. Facts, Background and Analysis. Reuters is the longer report. Perhaps the BBC is pushed for space, time or some other constraint, such as ‘dumbing down’ so let’s make allowances for that.The … Continue reading
