As we approach the final for the World Cup this evening, the BBC is boasting what a terrific success it has been and one in the eye “for those” who said South Africa couldn’t produce such a high quality tournament. (Meme, ANC = good) Throughout the tournament the BBC coverage of the games has had a fair smattering of cultural awareness reporting spliced amongst it aimed at making us feel … Continue reading
Richard Black ploughs on with his eco-scares. Today he yells ‘fire!‘ about fish – they are going to become extinct by 2050 thanks to our greed. He frames the topic entirely in terms of the agenda of greenie fanatics, and fails to deal properly with the real villain of the peace, the EU. Its insane Common Fisheries Policy (under which millions of dead fish are slung back into the sea), … Continue reading
Now that the killer Raoul Moat has killed himself, the BBC are not happy. Their angle on the story is to query Police strategy and in particular the use of tasers, the use of negotiators, etc. The tone of the story is that Moat is some sort of victim. He isn’t. He was a killer. But then again BBC hatred of the force of law and order runs deep… Click … Continue reading
Things might be looking up. On last night’s R4 World Tonight there was a discussion about the Camel Corps bloggers . The inappropriate sentiment blogged by two important Middle East diplomats and representatives of Her Majesty’s Government; namely UK ambassador to Lebanon Frances Guy’s fond farewell to the late suicide bomb enthusiast and ‘moderate Hezbollah spiritual leader’ Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, and the Arabist /anti Israel views of James Watt, … Continue reading
As the weekend approaches, and the previous Open Thread threatens to pass the 200 comments mark, time for a brand new Michael Gove authorised and approved open thread….! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
A Biased BBC reader observes… I was listening tothe BBC World Service (in Singapore) shortly after the news that British troopswere to be redeployed from Sangin to other parts of Helmand province. I wasastonished when the news reader went to the BBC’s correspondent in Afganistan forreaction to hear that the ONLY reaction sought and reported on was from theTaliban; who predictably described it as a British defeat etc. To say … Continue reading
I note that Conservative MP David Tredinnick shares some of our concerns regarding the State Broadcaster.. “Tory MP David Tredinnick used the statement to raise concerns about the BBC’s report on the issue. “Many years ago during the Gulf War, I accused the BBC of being the Baghdad broadcasting corporation,” he told MPs. “I am very concerned that there is now a similar situation with the Taliban, in that they are getting … Continue reading
The BBC loves the ongoing conflict with the Anglican Church. On the one had, it presents the forces of liberal enlightenment who seek to have Gay Bishops and Woman Priests, and on the other there are those dreadful stick-in-the-mud “traditionalists.” You can always tell which side the BBC is on and it keeps nibbling at this issue, always portraying those who would seek to maintain Anglican scriptural traditions as the … Continue reading
Despite telling us how “beautiful” Islam can be, sometimes even the BBC has to deal with the reality of the pathology of “peace”. Covering the story of the Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death but now, allegedly, reprieved by those kindly Mullahs. the BBC makes the following observation… Under Iran’s strict interpretation of Islamic law, sex before marriage is punishable by 100 lashes, but married offenders are sentenced … Continue reading
Isn’t it REMARKABLE to see the BBC keeping the non-story concerning administrative errors in a list published by Education Secretary Michael Gove’s Department running, trying to suggest this could be a resigning matter and might be the first split in the Coalition. Like rabid dogs, the BBC shows no logic on this but instead chooses to use it to try and hurt Gove and the Coalition. The BBC is trying … Continue reading
