tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post1144542424075380555..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: “Islamophobia” and the BBCCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-31414046931014763982014-03-31T21:12:11.738+01:002014-03-31T21:12:11.738+01:00It's just finished, and very damning it was to...It's just finished, and very damning it was too. John Ware did a very fine job, I thought.<br /><br />Whether it will finish Rahman off is another matter though. His strategy may see him win another election on another tiny turnout, and it may be Eric Pickles who holds the key to holding him to account.<br /><br />John Ware mentioned the Bangladeshi researcher who made off with confidential docs and gave them to Rahman's office, and the accusations of "racism and bias" against 'Panorama' [he didn't mention the accusation of "Islamophobia"]. He said that most of the programme's information came from Bangladeshi sources. <br /><br />So an all-Bangladeshi cabinet, most of the mayor's faith funding going to mosques, £25,000 going to a mosque that hosted an extremist IJew & Christian-hating) Saudi preacher, £100,000 to a mosque/community association, and a huge displacement of money to Bangladeshi/Somali projects at the expense of the other Tower Hamlets communities...<br /><br />Yes, very interesting. Let's hope it does lead somewhere positive.<br />Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-29379116450595209482014-03-31T14:39:50.877+01:002014-03-31T14:39:50.877+01:00Andrew Gilligan thinks this edition of Panorama &q...<a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100265630/lutfur-rahman-faces-government-investigation-after-failing-to-stop-bbc-panorama-expose/" rel="nofollow">Andrew Gilligan thinks</a> this edition of <i>Panorama</i> "might possibly be a turning-point, that an organisation with the BBC’s clout is finally taking notice of this scandal."Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.com