Actually I thought that Marc Landers was a little harsh on the BBC’s David Reid in dealing with his treatment of Iranian bloggers. Blogging has improved freedom of speech there, despite the recent appalling state persecution of bloggers. The tone of the BBC article when writing about Chinese and Iranian bloggers was not objectionable to me. However Marc Landers hit the Beeb fair and square when it got to Rather … Continue reading →

It’s been awhile since former Clinton National Security Advisor Sandy Berger’s embarrassing shenanigans splashed across the newscape. He has been given a mercifully light sentence after perjuring himself in a Washington court. For some strange reason the Beeb repeats Berger’s ‘inadvertent’ defense in this story as if it is still Berger’s claim. Did Berger just accidentally walk off with those documents? Here’s how the Beeb puts it. Former national security … Continue reading →

Another reader writes: There was an extraordinary example of presenter bias on WATO yesterday about the Archbishop of Canterbury’s warning on the politics of fear ( i.e. don’t mention right-wing issues!). Nick Clarke: Now, have you seen evidence in the campaign so far of the exploitation of fear? Rowan Williams: Well, of course the campaign hasn’t formally started yet, has it? NC: I accept that – in the pre-campaign then, … Continue reading →

Reader Alex writes in with some observations from March 31 2005 – Whilst Sky News for the most part treated the Prince Charles story as a bit of fun, The BBC took a very serious tone indeed and on News 24 invited the Royal Correspondent of The Mirror to comment, he took an even more serious line (well, he would wouldn’t`t he). Amongst his remarks was “…they cost us a … Continue reading →

– the BBC. Missing headline alert launched by Countercolumn (“All Your Bias are Belong to Us.”) (Via Instapundit.) Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

I just heard a BBC reporter say this, without much qualification, and giving the impression that this was a very credible claim. This claim was apparently based on a report by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment team (who were funded by – who else? the UN), although the BBC simply reported this as “a team of hundreds of scientists”, without even saying who they were (had to go to the BBC … Continue reading →

in yesterday’s Scotsman. It concludes: Further evidence of Beeb blinkers was the fact that story of its own 176 job cuts was the lead on Reporting Scotland last Monday. On the same day, Babcock at Rosyth announced 320 job losses and this didn’t merit a mention. Is this the kind of quality journalism that Mr Low seeks to maintain? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

Who was the typical attendee? Here are some pictures of the crowd and their banners. Note the preponderance of “Free Palestine” signs. (And the ones saying, “Victory to the Iraqi Resistance!”) However the BBC quotes an ex-soldier and a lady from CND. (Via Rottweiler Puppy – read his comments – and House of Dumb) UPDATE: Following Rottweiler Puppy’s links, I see that the BBC ran not one but two picture-series … Continue reading →

Viewers of BBC3 were recently treated to a showing of Castaway – complete with “an on-screen message promoting Casanova… for the duration of the film”, which, apart from being annoying, presumably obscured some of the more, shall we say, revealing aspects of the film. According to BBC Complaints, people were unhappy, and “some viewers found this ‘programme pointer’ distracting”. What a surprise! They continue “We do not usually put such … Continue reading →

The Beeb journalist is reporting about Iraqi kidnappings. It’s bad news. Naturally he gets over-excited while interviewing people: ‘On the wall behind him the faces of the handful of kidnappers they’ve captured stare out. Black and white images of the men who terrorise their fellow citizens. “What I want is for the government to apply the law that deals with kidnapping. They should hang criminals to keep the peace.” Most … Continue reading →