Here’s some good news..”BBC faces hundreds of job losses” Now it’s all very well for Jeremy Dear, leader of the NUJ, to whinge about HOW AWFUL it is but let’s face it, we’re all in this together.Thing is that a 20% reduction is not enough, it needs to closer to 100%. There is no way that the cash-stricken UK can afford the indulgence of the State Broadcaster on that multi billion … Continue reading
Can’t wait for the BBC’s coverage of this story. He’s in the Tea Party (ergo racist), he supports Sarah Palin (ergo racist and also hate inciter) and..oh yes, he’s BLACK. Mark Mardell, are you paying attention? If you don’t attend Tea Party rallies or listen to political talk radio, the name Herman Cain may not register. Cain intends to rectify that. He’s planning to seek the GOP nomination, so he’s spreading his … Continue reading
Anyone catch Ed Miliband being “interviewed” by Andrew Marr this morning? Talk about sycophantic indulgence! Red Ed was allowed to rewrite political and financial history and then lecture the Coalition on effective economic policy. Marr seemed unwilling to pursue ANY angle that would give Miliband discomfort and the body language between the two was fascinating, with Marr as the all to obvious supplicant. From what I saw, Marr was basically … Continue reading
Well, the excruciatingly awful Nicky Campbell “The Big Question” is back. Here are two of the topics chosen today; “Will bankers got to heaven?” and “Is Islam a better guide for life?” Need I say more? BBC in full on anti-Capitalism and anti-Christian mode for a Sunday morning! What would the chances be of the following “big questions” being asked.”Will Trade Unionists go to heaven” and “Is Christianity a better guide … Continue reading
Looking again at Justin Webb’s recent remark that US broadcasters see British rules about impartiality as an attack on freedom of speech, I did wonder whether he sees it that way too. I also wondered what he thinks impartiality actually is. Maybe he sees it as not being free to lay his own political views on the table during political interviews. Maybe instead of playing devil’s advocate, he longs to … Continue reading
Well, it’s Friday, and time for a new Open Thread. The Oldham and Saddleworth by election result, the fallout from Arizona, what is bothering YOU about our biased broadcaster? Speak now… Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Tonight the first Question Time of the new year comes from London. David Dimbleby will be with Michael Gove MP, Diane Abbott MP, Charles Kennedy MP, right-on lesbian novelist and delicatessen owner Jeanette Winterson and Dragon’s Den judge Nazim Khan who now calls himself James Caan since watching “Godfather”. For those playing the Buzzword Bingo, we’ll be using the Soft On Crime, Soft On The Causes Of Crime Rules so any … Continue reading
Anyone catch Mark Mardell and Justin Webb on “Today” just after 7am? They were discussing Obama’s speech in Tucson, Arizona and boy was it PURE undisguished Obama worship. For starters the BBC neutral headline was “Obama saves his Presidency”….that set the tone. Mardell warbled about the “healer in chief” and explained how deep his words were. When the words “Sarah Palin” were used, there was a visceral sneer (Naturally no … Continue reading
I was sent this link by one of our regulars. It concerns Justin Webb – he who is a key presenter on the BBC’s political flagship “Today” programme. Here is Justin writing in The Mirror (natch!) today… America is a nation of white picket fences, neat flags and have-a-nice-day smiles. So why do they appear to hate each other so much? Shortly before Barack Obama was elected, I spoke … Continue reading
On January 13, 1898, an open letter by renowned writer Émile Zola was published in the French newspaper L’Aurore. Zola reacting to the unlawful conviction and imprisonment of a Jewish officer in the French Army, Alfred Dreyfus. He accused the government (and, one was meant to extrapolate, the press and society) of anti-Semitism, and declared that this prejudice is what led to Dreyfus’s imprisonment in spite of the facts of … Continue reading
