John Simpson, the BBC’s World Affairs Editor, has compared the licence fee freeze to “waterboarding”. In a letter written to Ariel, the BBC’s own in-house newsmagazine, the BBC’s own in-house newsmagazine Mr Simpson says that only “far-right idealogues” and the “Murdoch empire” think the BBC should share the pain being endured by the rest of the public sector. It’s not fair that B-BBC doesn’t get full recognition there too. “Our … Continue reading
The BBC is reporting “Israel halts ‘dialogue’ with UK over war crimes law.”This looks like another of Israel’s deliberate snubs, this time aimed at the UK rather than the US (over the curious incident of the announcement about settlements coinciding with Joe Biden’s visit.) William Hague is being humiliated, so they say, but at least he doesn’t risk being arrested in Israel, as Israeli officials do if they are foolish … Continue reading
Wednesday and a new open thread for y’all….ooops, must be the Tea Party influence! The floor is yours Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
The morning after the night before. Feeling a bit shattered after our collective LIVEBLOG late last night, but it seemed to go well and betraying my OWN bias, I am of course happy to have seen the GOP/Tea Party deliver a stinging rebuke to BBC poster boy Obama. Thanks to all those hundreds who came along, I enjoyed your comments and company. However the BBC has not been prepared to take … Continue reading
Tonight we’ll be live-blogging the US mid-term elections. The BBC and the left-leaning media are already trotting out the excuses, the blame game is beginning and the spinning on all sides has been going for days. But the polls are only just closing and careers can still be won and lost in the next few hours. We’ll have the live-chat going at midnight UK time, which will be two hours … Continue reading
Today, Nov. 2, the US is holding mid-term elections to choose who is going to represent them in the House of Representatives, the Senate, and selected State capitals. Judging from the wild-eyed Katty Kay in the video DB posted below, it’s also clearly the second-most important election in human history. The main question on so many people’s minds since even before the BBC dared ask it is: Why are all … Continue reading
Let me introduce you to Barra Best. Who is he? Well, he presents the weather here on BBC Northern Ireland. He has a little history, here he is being interviewed BY the BBC back in 2005! “Gerry Adams stands out for good reasons. He actively promotes the Good Friday Agreement and encourages positive change. Ian Paisley stands out for bad reasons. He publicly ridicules the Good Friday Agreement and seeks … Continue reading
It’s a referendum on Sarah Palin, apparently. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Here’s Richard Bacon dog-whistling his Twitter followers to get angry about a New York newspaper which is not supporting the Democrats: Murdoch’s New York Times? Someone’s a bit too keen to play the Murdoch card to bother paying attention to detail, there. The image to which he links is of the New York Post. The New York Times is, as usual, backing the Democrats, which is what all newspapers are … Continue reading
Many of us have noticed the BBC’s fixation with cruelties imposed by Israel on the Palestinians.This obsession forces them to scrape every half-baked crumb from the bottom of the barrel. I do feel sorry for this lady, bit I want to know why I should feel less sorry for Israelis who live on constant alert, a state of affairs which, after all, is at the heart of the cause of … Continue reading
