Phew – it’s Friday and time for the launch of our latest open thread which should take us across the weekend. Please detail here your observations concerning BBC bias. We know they read these pages so don’t hold back, I am sure they appreciate the feedback. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Today’s been a big day for Today doing it’s very best to “understand” terrorism. At 7.12am BBC ace reporter Andy Martin went to Lurgan – a nexus for “I can’t believe it’s not the IRA” violence in Northern Ireland and but a few miles from where I live. He met with community workers to try and “understand” what makes young kids take to the streets, throw fire bombs at Police … Continue reading
You can always rely on the rancid BBC to try and undermine the glorious achievements of our past – and the Battle of Britain was always going to be in their sights. On Today at 8.31am (no link yet) “It is the 70th anniversary of Winston Churchill’s speech praising “the few” of the Battle of Britain. History professor Norman Davies and author James Holland discuss whether we in fact mis-remember … Continue reading
Talking of Dumb BBC, via commenter D B, this tweet from “Justen” Webb : Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Posting this video just to piss off any passing Beeboids: Bush 6 points more popular than Obama in Democrat marginals – says Democrat pollster! How will the BBC deal with all of this? Stay tuned. Update. Obamacare toxic too. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Couldn’t believe that our dear friends at the BBC have given even more time to eulogise their fallen comrade Jimmy Reid. Listen to it here. The BBC have already devoted considerable time to his death here. I wonder what was it about the communist labour agitator Reid that so appeals to the BBC? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
As we celebrate record A-level results for the umpteenth successive year, let’s spare a thought for those BBC Online staff who don’t know the difference between fare and fair. UPDATED – they’ve changed the page (but not the timestamp, natch) Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Dumb Jon, who’s (wo)manfully taken on the task of watching BBC Breakfast so you don’t have to, reports on the shock BBC revelation about the Battle of Britain – women were involved, too ! “This is the other thing about the BBC’s crappy reporting. Not only is the bias bad in and of itself, it also blinds them to actual points. It is genuinely interesting to hear from a – … Continue reading
With the electorate having engendered the wrath of the BBC for daring to throw out Labour. it’s only natural that every story be taken and given a twist that puts the knife into the evil Coalition. And so it is that on an item on an exhibition of life in the Victorian workhouses, there is the suggestion that “in a way” this is what the Coalition is proposing bringing back. … Continue reading
Wonder if you listened to this interview on the BBC this morning? It’s one more of those which in essence is gay advocacy dressed up as anti-discrimination. It concerns the news that the Roman Catholic Church has lost it’s campaign to restrict adoption services to heterosexual people. Naturally the BBC sees this as a judicious move, ensuring that gay couples are not denied that right to adopt kids. (Not sure … Continue reading
