The BBC is salivating at the tension created by the vote on Tuition Fees that comes later today. Listen to Nick “Mr Impartial” Robinson fantasising about how there might yet be a revolution in the Commons to stop the vote going through. I find it entertaining that the BBC consistently ignores the fact that it was Labour that introduced Tuition Fees, that is was Labour that opened up the floodgates … Continue reading
This morning, the BBC focuses on a new government scam to insulate our homes , then there’s fawning coverage of heroic Chris Huhne the ecoloon’s mission to try get a binding treaty at Cancun, and oh, by the way, don’t worry because it’s getting warmer (even though the army has had to becalled in to deal with the heaviest snowfall in Scotland for 50 years after the coldest start to … Continue reading
Have you read these words of wisdom on the Eurozone, faithfully reported HERE at the BBC? Studying this profound economic analysis, I must say how I am impressed by this new chap Brown. But where has he BEEN for the past eleven years when his country needed such insight….. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Here’s an interesting one for your review. BBC Radio 4; The Odd half Hour Series 3. Broadcast 7 December A comedy show. A sketch in which a reporter interviews the widow of a man killed in an accident. He asks her for the deceased last words. BBC iPlayer at 10mins 20secs: “He said the Jews secretly run the world, he had a lot of funny ideas like that, that’s maybe why … Continue reading
It’s time the BBC stopped immortalising the theory that settlement building is the obstacle to peace, or should I say to peace talks.There’s a lot more to the settlement issue than meets the eye, and we should be given the complete picture. At present, not renewing the moratorium is viewed by most people as merely defiant and provocative on the part of Israel. So it has come to symbolise Israel’s … Continue reading
Anyone catch THIS interview with SNP Leader Alex Salmond this morning? Given the SNP’s central role in releasing Libyan bomber Al-Megrahi and given the chaos on Scotland’s roads and streets, one might have expected a rather more challenging interview from Humphyrs but apart from a few token barks at the beginning, I thought he was rather purring as Salmond was allowed to get away with rhetorical murder, in the same … Continue reading
BBC Northern Ireland has been running a story today concerning the news that “Former Sinn Fein councillor Mairtin O’Muilleoir is to re-enter politics as a party representative on Belfast City Council” There are a few problems with this. First of all, WHY does the BBC assume that O’Muilleoir will win a seat in a ward that does not currently have a Sinn Fein representative?!! Did they just take a Sinn … Continue reading
OK, here we go with a new Open thread, the floor is yours, let’s be hearing from you! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
The BBC is impartial, as we know, because it tells us loudly and often, especially when it comes to reporting the weather and climate. I wonder, then, why it expunges from weather stories figures that show record cold in North Yorkshire? And also why it is champing at the bit in reporting record world heat when a few minutes with a calculator will tell you that even despite natural warming … Continue reading
Last week, as the BBC ramped up its mission to downplay the potential consequences of the stolen documents published by hacker and alleged rapist Julian Assange, JournoList groupie and partisan Katie Connolly produced the following article:Has release of Wikileaks documents cost lives? Following the open angry statements by various US officials is a series of foot-shuffling and “can’t say, guv”s. In short, the message here is there’s no way to … Continue reading
