Biased BBC

NEW OPEN THREAD….

By David Vance | May 14, 2011 - 9:27 am |October 13, 2012 open thread

George here, back after a little hiatus and keen to hear your instances of BBC bias. Don’t be shy… Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

CALLING MR OSWALD….

By David Vance | May 14, 2011 - 8:53 am |October 13, 2012 bias, Nicky Campbell.

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This was sent my way and thought it needed sharing;“I dont know if anyoneheard this on the Nicky Campbell Show ? The subject was Max Mosley and his privacy caseat the EU court. The program is supposed to be a public phone-in but to myrecollection only 2 members of the public got on air for about 20 seconds only.The rest of the program was taken up by so called “expertcontributors”. … Continue reading →

THOSE BBC AUDIENCES!

By David Vance | May 14, 2011 - 8:43 am |October 13, 2012 9/11, bin laden, question time

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Pleased to see that Biased BBC gets a mention here in the always excellent Newsbusters with regard to the behaviour of a Question Time audience on the topic of Bin Laden’s exit of planet Earth; By total contrast, when Douglas Murray, the associate director of the Henry Jackson Society, told the BBC’s flagship program Question Time last Thursday that he felt “elated” at the news, he was booed, heckled, and … Continue reading →

SCHENGEN DEAD?

By David Vance | May 14, 2011 - 8:31 am |October 13, 2012 immigration, Schengen

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For a rabidly pro EUSSR BBC, any suggestion that border controls be rigourously reintroduced between member states is deeply disturbing. Give this debate a listen if you haven’t already. I was entertained by Naughtie’s alarm that the de facto assertion of National sovereignty could lead to “a mess” whereas to most sane people, Mark Steyn’s aphorism that “United they fall, Divided they might stand” is the logical stance. Note how the … Continue reading →

INDEBTED

By David Vance | May 14, 2011 - 8:24 am |October 13, 2012 Stop the Debt.

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Today brings the “Stop the Debt” public rally to the streets of London. Naturally the BBC, a chief cheerleader for racking up the debt in the first place, was never going to be sympathetic towards this event. On Today, at 8.53am, the BBC gives us Alexie Stalin sorry, I mean Alexei Sayle and Simon Heffer to “debate” the event. This cued up Sayle to engage in a rant about the … Continue reading →

Catty Comment

By Sue | May 11, 2011 - 3:25 pm |October 13, 2012 bad taste, cult of celebrity, dumbing down

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Late last night I switched on BBC1 in the middle of a mesmerisingly tasteless kinetic version of Heat Magazine, called “See you in Court” What do George Galloway and Danielle Lloyd have in common, apart from both being remorseless self-publicists?You got it. They’ve both been contestants on Big Brother. Appearing on Big Brother may be an instant, if sad way of increasing your public profile, but contestants must be aware … Continue reading →

OPEN THREAD

By DB | May 11, 2011 - 3:19 pm |October 13, 2012 open thread

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One of a number of enigmatic tweets from Guido this afternoon: What can it all possibly mean? Anyway – open thread. New. Here. Now. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.

BBC Agendas

By DB | May 11, 2011 - 10:51 am |October 13, 2012 BBC/Guardian symbiosis

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Yesterday the Guardian splashed with the story that David Willetts was considering proposals to allow the wealthy to pay their way onto oversubscribed university courses. The BBC, brimming with righteous anger, made the story its lead item in the morning. Today the Telegraph led with a letter from 42 family doctors, the heads of GP consortia representing seven million patients, in which they declare their support for Andrew Lansley’s health … Continue reading →

RAMPANT SCAREMONGERING

By Robin Horbury | May 11, 2011 - 7:33 am |October 13, 2012 Uncategorized

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I’ve been away in Italy, enjoying the spring sunshine. Meanwhile, in New Zealand, the government has seen through elements of green eco-thuggery as represented by the so-called charity Greenpeace (so often reported in hero-worship tones by the BBC). Said Greepeace has lost its charity status down under because – as is blindingly obvious – it is nakedly political. But at the BBC, nothing changes. As has been pointed out in … Continue reading →

Springtime For Arabs/Happy Independence Day Israel

By Sue | May 10, 2011 - 4:17 pm |October 13, 2012 anti-Israel, pro-arab

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What is the Arab Spring? People think the uprisings in the Arab world denote a kind of dawning of the age of Aquarius. “Harmony and understanding,Sympathy and trust abounding” they chirrup delusionally. But the Arab Spring is….. a spring. Coiled, tense, and poised to uncoil in an explosion of hatred for Israel, and perhaps the West as well. The BBC have lost interest in Egypt, but the Muslim Brotherhood is … Continue reading →