Here are two nice examples of how the BBC does subtle bias provided by a thoughtful B-BBC reader! A couple of curious examples of potential bias on the BBC. Not of the direct kind, but one of apologist and one of omission kind. Firstly, a news report on a pipe bomb found on school grounds in Northern Ireland. Nothing biased about that of course, but a line from the reporter … Continue reading
I’ve listened to Roger Harrabin’s second and final programme about climate change available here (due to be broadcast on R4 tonight). Obviously B-BBC readers will make up their own minds whether the programme could be regarded as balanced, but I have deliberately chosen this out-of-context phrase from Mr Harrabin because in my view his whole construct was deeply flawed. Yes he interviewed so-called sceptics, and yes, he conveyed elements of … Continue reading
More evidence of how unbiased the BBC has become in this new era of Mark Thompson balance… ” Yesterday The Telegraph had a letter that gave information about how much money the BBC spent on job advertisements for the different newspapers: In The Guardian, the BBC spent a massive £231,944; in The Telegraph, £32,535; in The Times only £6,159. yet The Telegraph has by far the largest circulation of the … Continue reading
A Biased BBC reader pointed me in the direction of some more dubious Stephanomics….here she goes; “Partly thanks to Ed Balls, the debate over the scale and timing of spending cuts in the UK is still very much alive. Next week I’ll be taking a look at the arguments in detail, as part of the BBC’s special season on the spending review. But in the meantime, anyone who agrees with Mr … Continue reading
It always encourages me when I see other people picking up on the blatant bias of the State Broadcaster. So hat-tip to Butterflies and Wheels (by no means an anti-BBC blog) for this excellent catch. I know that Susanna Reid is cute but the programme she presents is really ugly. “The BBC has outdone itself this time. BBC1′s Sunday Live did a programme on whether it is right to condemn … Continue reading
Seems a long time since Friday evening (!) and so I offer you a fresh platform to start the week. Any bias about do you think…..? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
For once it wasn’t a pro-Islam thought for the day. No, it was pro-Socialist and anti-Conservative. You can’t say the BBC does not offer variety. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
So, James Naughtie goes to the States to investigate the Tea Party. Here’s the interview. Did you think it fair and balanced? You can see why the BBC views this grass-roots organisation with such hatred, it is the antithesis of everything it believes in. Imagine – someone coming out to damn Socialism! Nice touch at the end – a little banjo music. Oh to be an Islington sophisticate. Click through to … Continue reading
Any one catch this interview with Met A.C. John Yates on the BBC this morning? The Labour Party must be absolutely delighted that the BBC is enthusiastically advancing the Coulson attack strategy.(Nothing like trying to undermine the Coalition on a wet Monday morning) And who would have guessed that allegations from John Prescott entirely unencumbered with evidence would nonetheless be treated as Holy Writ by the BBC? I though Yates did … Continue reading
From a discussion about crime, punishment and rehabilitation on Kate Silverton’s Radio Five Live show this morning: Laurence Lee (solicitor for Jon Venables): It goes back in my opinion to maybe the sixties, lack of parental discipline. I don’t want to sound too right-wing here… Silverton: No, carry on because we all get accused of being too left-wing here so we like a bit of the other. Yeah, a “bit” … Continue reading
