A B-BBC reader provided me with this excellent example of how the BBC seeks to sanitise. Same story, two variations. This is the BBC version where the headline is “Dutch Police Question Two Men on Transatlantic Flight”, whereas this is the NYT version where it’s highlighted the men are from Yemen and the issue is “were detained by the Dutch police after landing on Monday in a bizarre episode that … Continue reading
Monday arrives and so does this NEW open thread. I hand you the podium, please let us know what you are thinking about the BBC and it’s relentless bias today! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
I was sent some of the detailed comments from Mark Thompson’s Edinburgh Festival lecture. Reading it he comes across as an arrogant man suffering from BBC cabin fever. What do you think of his comments? There is a stunning lack of humility in what he says, combined with the delusion that if one is antagonistic to the BBC the fault cannot lie with the BBC! “Systematic press attacks on broadcasters, … Continue reading
I was stunned by the BBC coverage of Islamic history here. Could it be MORE anti-Christian and slavishly pro-Islam. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Nice pro-Gypsy piece here. I love Justin Webb’s first question to mild mannered Government Minster Bob Neil “So, you don’t like the travelling community?” I also like his snide dismissal of Daily Mail/Daily Express readers. (Oh to be a sophisticated Guardian reader, eh Justin?) Not sure why the BBC thinks that Government has a duty to provide sites for Gypsies, in fact I’m not sure how Bob Neil arrives at the … Continue reading
Monday morning and the sun is shining outside. Time for the BBC to broadcast what struck me as a very odd item on how trust in the IPCC can be “rebuilt”. Let’s leave aside the obvious point that a significant number of people never had any trust in this body in the first instance and focus instead on how the BBC framed this debate. On the one hand we have … Continue reading
And if you thought Newsnight was bad… This week’s World at One was another Labour-heavy zone. The list of UK politicians interviewed across all five programmes runs as follows: Labour – Sally Keeble (2.5 minutes)Andy Burnham, (6 minutes)David Miliband (8.5 minutes)Michael Meacher (1 minute)Ed Balls (4.5 minutes) Conservative – Damian Green (3 minutes) Liberal Democrat – No-one (No mention of anyone declining to be interviewed either!) There were also interviews … Continue reading
Had to smile at the BBC coverage of the mass rally in Washington organised by Glen Beck and attended also by Sarah Palin. It starts of by saying…“Tens of thousands…” attended the rally. Oh Really? I have read other US media channels giving the number of a minimum of 300,000 up to 500,000+. But to the BBC, who must view Beck and Palin with something approaching horror, it was just” … Continue reading
I see the BBC are helping push the Demos line that by keeping counter-terrorism secret, Government encourages terrorism! It takes a special sort of leftist mentality to embrace such a lunatic idea but to the BBC the Demos suggestions must seem logical. Also, can we please ensure that the words “left-wing” always precede the use of the term Demos just so people can be clear what they are reading? Click … Continue reading
The BBC News Channel’s coverage of the government’s decision to scrap NHS Direct has descended into self-parody. The story broke this afternoon. BBC political correspondent Arif Ansari initially reported the story fairly, presenting pros and cons, but the BBC News Channel is nothing if not biased so… 16.03 Frank Dobson, Labour – strongly attacked the move16.06 Lord John Prescott, Labour -strongly attacked the move16.33 Nick Chapman, chief executive of NHS … Continue reading
