tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post736399656912973342..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Absurdity upon absurdityCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-88612083147308196212015-09-27T16:27:20.762+01:002015-09-27T16:27:20.762+01:00It's not just professionally dishonest, it is ...It's not just professionally dishonest, it is ultimately self defeating. Leave gaping gaps and they will get filled, often with something worse than what apparently cannot be trusted to the public to contemplate.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-74274198453058921942015-09-27T00:08:06.089+01:002015-09-27T00:08:06.089+01:00Call it code-speak. I heard another example on An...Call it code-speak. I heard another example on Any Questions, when they were debating the latest assault on free speech by the government. The I and M words were completely absent. Instead we heard of "some people", "some communities", "sensitivities" and "unprecedented threats" (threats that appeared to have dropped out of the sky, the way they were talking about them!). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-74697194240262806342015-09-26T19:48:43.456+01:002015-09-26T19:48:43.456+01:00But I can vividly recall two encounters in the USA...But I can vividly recall two encounters in the USA. <br />In the first, I was in a pizza restaurant in Texas when four young uniformed US servicemen came in, including one who had been disabled by an injury: everyone stood up and clapped, and the four were given a free meal. <br />In the second, embarrassingly for myself, about thirty years ago I had a flat tire on my rental car on a nature reserve in California, and was in a bit of a mess, on my own, away from major roads and before cell-phones existed. A group of local men, out fishing, saw my plight and helped fit the spare. Almost inevitably, when they heard my accent, conversation turned to the War (WWII) and, when they learned that my father had been in the RAF - only as a ground-based engineer, not flying in combat - they insisted on taking me for a free meal with them.<br />If only we showed the same respect for servicemen as I have observed with the Americans.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258919527205864140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-12476348091447213092015-09-26T18:44:23.740+01:002015-09-26T18:44:23.740+01:00Hey, count your blessings. My stupid Government ke...Hey, count your blessings. <i>My</i> stupid Government kept armed soldiers away from embassies and consulates in dangerous areas (e.g. Benghazi) because they didn't want to upset the local Muslims.David Preisernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-70307127845356931472015-09-26T17:47:17.189+01:002015-09-26T17:47:17.189+01:00If it was merely absurd you could dismiss it as a ...If it was merely absurd you could dismiss it as a crazy aberration, but in fact it is a disgrace. Disgraceful behaviour by the hospital for not standing up for the soldier and disgraceful reporting by the BBC for concealing the truth. Once again, lying by omission.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com