James Naughtie is baffled. Some bad men have attacked a children’s’ UN summer camp in Gaza. He asks Jon Donnison if he knows anything. “Could it be something to do with Hamas?” he speculates. “Only, it’s the second time this has happened.”“Why do you suppose Hamas don’t like the UN summer camps?” He wonders.“They’re jealous, because their own summer camps are rubbish. Also, they don’t like girls cavorting on the … Continue reading
New week and a new open thread…off you go! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Why oh why has the BBC spent so much time promoting Glastonbury? It’s been all over our screens and yet it is a minority musical event for hippies and druggies. Oh hang on a sec,,, Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Great to see that BBC Northern Ireland have been showing a programme called “Adams” tonight – plotting the “path to peace” chartered by Grizzly Adams. Yes, we discover tree-loving Gerry is a deep thinker who reached out to his enemies in order that we may all live in peace. Except, that is, for all those thousands murdered by the cut-throat gang of terrorists he commanded. Next week – Hitler – … Continue reading
Interesting obituary being carried by the BBC on the death of Democrat Senator Robert Byrd. We learn he was 92…that he was the longest serving Senator in Congress….that he was suffering from bad health. Oh – and nine paragraphs later that he was a senior member of the Klu Klux Klan …although this was a youthful indiscretion….could have happened to anyone….. Click through to read and contribute comments on this … Continue reading
The interminable legal wrangle over the non-release of the Balen report seems to hinge on whether it’s covered by an exemption from the FOI act on the grounds of being “for the purposes of journalism.” The argument over whether ‘for the purposes of’ is the same as ‘actual’ journalism seems like dancing on the head of a pin. Why does the BBC want to keep it secret? Surely it can … Continue reading
Only on the GOP-hating BBC can one listen to an item which seeks to compare Richard Nixon to Caligula and which is openly contemptuous of George W Bush – all dressed up as a homage to the Roman historian Suetonius. 7.25am on Today. What a load of garbage from the Beeb Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Well, football may not be coming home after all these years of hurt but a humiliated English team IS! I was amazed to hear on the BBC Today programme this morning that the “weak coalition government” is to blame, it was just before 8am but can’t find the link! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
What is it with the BBC and the CERN particle collider? This bizarre report, by Katia Moskvitch, crows aggressively that this hugely expensive piece of boys’ toys kit is about to become the best in the world and to outdo the dastardly rival in (boo! hiss!)the United States. It reads more like a partisan cub reporter’s coverage of a footie match than a science feature. The reality is that our … Continue reading
The BBC love him – just can’t get enough of him, in fact. I refer to the loathsome Jeremy Hardy. I was listening to “I’m Sorry I haven’t a clue” on the BBC earlier today (Still missing Humph) but it was spoilt by Hardy’s malign presence. Were that not bad enough, it was announced that fun-loving Jeremy has a new series starting later this week on Radio 4. Hardy is distinguished, … Continue reading
