The Oz general election is on a knife edge. There’s no doubt who the BBC is supporting. Here’s the profile of Labour’s Gillard: * Welsh-born former lawyer * Taken to Australia as a child in 1966 for the warmer climate * Known for her pragmatism and sharp tongue * Seen as intelligent and determined * Lives with her partner, a hairdresser * Faced criticism from conservatives for not having children … Continue reading
Laura Kuennsberg didn’t exactly cover herself in glory on Wednesday’s Newsnight, when she repeatedly interrupted Republican Brad Blakeman over the issue of the Islamic centre at Ground Zero, while not interrupting Mosque-supporter Nihad Awad of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. (She even called the latter ‘Nihad’). Last night’s performance was if anything even worse.http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/newsnight (beginning about nine minutes in). After another completely one-sided report from Liz MacKean, which propagandized for … Continue reading
Watching the BBC’s blanket coverage of the announcement of forthcoming peace talks between Israel and Fatah, I noticed that requirements for a possible peace deal consisted exclusively of concessions that must be made by Israel. What has happened to recognising Israel and renouncing violence? Without these, accomplishing any kind of peace seems a very tall order. At least Mark Regev was given a slot, which is bound to stir up … Continue reading
Following on from David’s post Defeated in Iraq… Whatever your own view of the Iraq War, the BBC constantly campaigned against it. The BBC also loves Obama. So how to report the withdrawal of US combat troops from Iraq? Clare Spencer, the left-winger who writes most of the Daily View pieces for the BBC website’s See Also column, is back from her holiday today. Her first post is Daily View: … Continue reading
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.
