Who Said What

Robin Shepherd has another well deserved pop at the BBC for revelling in Mike Leigh’s ‘message’ to Israel. Another instance of luvviedom meddling naively in Middle East politics.After Ken Loach, this is even better for the BBC because apparently Mike Leigh can speak AsaJew. Deep joy, as Professor Stanley Unwin used to say.Not only that. It gives them a golden opportunity, which they grasp with alacrity, to opine negatively in … Continue reading

GENUFLECTING TO THE RACE HUSTLER

I think I shared with you the great offence that the BBC took when I called Jesse Jackson (and Al Sharpton) a race hustler. They choked on their caffe lattes at my entirely accurate description. Now then, Jackson was on the BBC this morning and if you want to hear nauseating genuflection give THIS a listen from Justin. Even the heading is biased “One of the most poignant images of … Continue reading

DOOMED…!

The boys and girls in the BBC biodiversity political movement are in full scale production. Here’s Mark Kinver telling us that cemeteries are perfection in promoting biodiversity, even in nasty industrial places like Manchester (moral let’s kill more people?). I can’t quite see the news angle, but what does news matter if you are on a crusade? If that doesn’t drive the message home, try David Shukman, who has been … Continue reading

MORE BBC TWEETS

Do you think George Osborne is trying to “knacker the economy” and “ruin lives”? Do you love Green Party leader Caroline Lucas (despite her weird eyebrows)? Is leftie human rights lawyer and Labour peer Baroness Kennedy a hero of yours? Do you believe that the BBC Trust was wrong to criticise an inaccurate report by Jeremy Bowen? Do you think the rescue of the Chilean miners offered a good excuse … Continue reading

Getting it About Wrong

Serve a complaint robust enough to penetrate the barrier surrounding the BBC’s complaints department, if there really is a complaints department, only to get it batted back with “We think we got it about right” A typical case in point concerns the Middle East coverage, about which Mark Thompson says “We get complaints from both sides so we must be doing something right.” I’m no statistician, but I think I’ve … Continue reading

THE REGIONAL MALIGNANCY

I think it’s useful to sometimes consider how the BBC regional programmes also play a significant role in advancing the BBC’s own national malignancy. Take this small item tucked away in the Northern Ireland section. It takes a report from one of the local Banks flagging up a loss of “consumer confidence” ever since “the General Election and the June emergency budget”.  The coda is simple – the Coalition is … Continue reading

THE NOT SO DARLING BUDS OF MAY

Anyone catch this interview on Today? John Humphrys versus Theresa May. As ever, our intrepid BBC impartial interviewer (it’s in his DNA) was out to grill the evil Conservative and I think he gave the game away when at one point he claims “your job is to protect police jobs”. No, her job is to provide us with an efficient and affordable Police Force. In the BBC world view, the … Continue reading

MESSAGE CONTROL!

Further to Robin’s post on the Richard Black led “End is nigh” waffle on the Biodiversity Junket in Japan, I noticed that Today was quick enough to follow on that item with an item on how the Otter has made a remarkable comeback from “the edge of extinction.” All subtle stuff from the State propagandists. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.