Well, I’ve been away for a few days and didn’t listen to the BBC but that changed this morning, God, but it is bad, isn’t it? This morning we had Diana Fulbrook of the Probations Chief’s Association on to shill for a liberal approach to those who commit serious crimes, following on from the BBC’s approval of Ken Clarke’s ludicrous statement that there is no connection between sending people to … Continue reading
The BBC has a new-look website. Check it out, it’s quite sharp. No doubt it cost tens of thousands of our cash to engineer. The main purpose remains depressingly the same, however. For example, I checked out the new science and environment page. Every link at the bottom (a new feature, I think) – the Environment Agency, DEFRA, the Royal Institution, the Royal Society, Research Councils UK, NASA, the National … Continue reading
Hello all, good to be back (not that any of you noticed I was gone, you feckers). Do you recall that time of political limbo following the general election when the make-up of the next government was still undecided? We all had opinions… I mention this only because “maxiec” happens to be a producer on Radio 5 Live’s Breakfast show. God forbid should anybody suggest that the BBC isn’t impartial. … Continue reading
BBC Today programme very keen to paint the notion that the past few nights of Republican thuggery on the streets of Northern Ireland are in some way linked to “contentious” Orange Order Parades. This is so outrageous that I thought I might set the record straight. In most instances, the violence is taking part in IRA controlled heartlands and those terrorists firing at police officers are out to KILL them. … Continue reading
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The BBC in general, and Richard Black in particular, have been warning us for years, in typical alarmist fashion, that Greenland’s ice is melting and we are all going to drown. This is what Mr Black wrote in 2009: The Greenland ice sheet is losing its mass faster than in previous years and making an increasing contribution to sea level rise, a study has confirmed…The team used weather data, satellite … Continue reading
Just Journalism accuses the BBC of downplaying Hezbollah’s history of violence. They cite two pointedly non committal BBC articles about Hezbollah, save the brief, hastily written afterthoughts.‘The US and Israel view Hezbollah as a terrorist group.’ and: ‘Hezbollah’s military wing is proscribed in the UK as a terrorist organisation’ In case BBC viewers don’t know, Hezbollah is a genocidal Iran-backed Islamist terrorist organisation hell-bent on finishing off Israel for starters, … Continue reading
It’s amazing the way the story swings. Reading this latest BBC account, it seems nothing but criticism is being hurled at the Police. By contrast, Mote is increasingly being portrayed as the victim – when in fact he was a victim-maker. The Police are put in impossible positions and this is one. BBC keen to given Andy Hayman a platform, I note. Click through to read and contribute comments on … Continue reading
BBC reports that swimming lessons in some Staffordshire schools should stop during Ramadan to ensure Muslim pupils “do not swallow water”, a council has suggested….. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has issued an 11-page Ramadan guide for schools to help pupils who may be fasting when the school year starts in September. It said swimming was acceptable to Muslims but posed a high risk of swallowing water that may break a fast. … Continue reading
I don’t know how much Richard Black is paid by the BBC. They spend almost a billion a year on their newsgathering and news programmes, but don’t reveal individual salaries. I do know, however, that a friend of mine who is a BBC presenter is paid north of £150,000 a year; on that basis Mr Black, as a specialist correspondent, probably gets at least £70K and probably substantially more. He … Continue reading
