We’ve been despairing over the BBC’s Middle East reporting for donkey’s years, but it’s still pretty shocking to read what Israel’s outgoing press officer Danny Seaman has to say about the difficulties of dealing with both foreign and home-grown journalists.(Hat tip Elder of Ziyon) Woe betide an outsider who joins in criticism of a beloved family member, because the same words assume a different cloak when the critic lacks intimacy, … Continue reading
Into the weekend – and a NEW Open Thread! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Check out this election wrap-up by Matt Frei and Katty Kay, who co-anchored the BBC’s coverage of the second-most important election in human history. Their bias is there for all to see. Frei’s personal bias and unwavering support for the President gets even more outrageous in his blog post. Their first point is about all the money spent on the campaign. I completely agree – as do most people in … Continue reading
Of course there is an element of snark in this BBC piece on the latest Palin video but there is also a reluctant admission It is one minute and nine seconds of pure advertising genius – a dazzling calling card from the woman who, most now agree, wants to be president. The writer, Paul Adams, is naturally sniffy about the imagery, calling it “political bromide”. That had me laughing into … Continue reading
Anyone catch moonbat Amanda Foreman on with Brillo Pad on “This Week” last night? I was impressed by the utter delusionalism of her analysis of the US Mid-terms and one can understand WHY the BBC lined her up. With Jacqui Smith and Portillo lining up to mostly agree with Foreman, we had the BBC view manifest. Obama won, the Tea Party lost. All is well. You couldn’t make it up … Continue reading
My sincere thanks to the NUJ for saving me from Today. I am indebted. Wouldn’t it be great if everyday was like this? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
I have concluded that the BBC is frantically busy compiling the equivalent of the Malleus Maleficarum, the documentation of “proof” by the medieval Church that witches existed. Here, we have alien species – in this case, floating pennywort, a nasty invader from the nasty US – callously and viciously invading the pristine waterways of Northern Ireland. Here, strange men called Megonigels are devising new and ever more cunning ways of … Continue reading
Here’s Peter Allen introducing the post-midterm edition of Drive on BBC Radio Five Live yesterday: Listen! Depends where you stand. (Hat tip John Horne Tooke) Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Question Time tonight comes from Sheffield, a city with the world’s first ever official football club, 2 million trees and absolutely no Tory councillors. On the panel tonight we have David Davis MP, Jeremy Browne MP, Jack Straw MP, Universal Shami (to be fair, she hasn’t been somewhere on the BBC now for, ummm, a whole 10 minutes) and Jon Gaunt. For those playing the Buzzword Bingo, tonight’s panel has been … Continue reading
Anyone know how they’re filling the schedules? Fingers crossed for 48 hours of Bilko (about time that was back on the telly). Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
