tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post5318024736674920142..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Early July Open ThreadCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-54526611423275639402019-07-21T19:21:28.735+01:002019-07-21T19:21:28.735+01:00"helpful baby step suggestions" - wonder..."helpful baby step suggestions" - wonderful! Thank you.Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-31619149003900026232019-07-21T19:20:12.507+01:002019-07-21T19:20:12.507+01:00@Arthur Trof.
Uptick@Arthur Trof.<br />UptickLittle Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-67918976263601733402019-07-21T19:16:19.596+01:002019-07-21T19:16:19.596+01:00We watch men as the gladiators in combat on behalf...We watch men as the gladiators in combat on behalf of the spectators. We might watch women wrestling in mud or chocolate or playing netball whilst scantily clad; the attraction is different. Long live both of them!Little Black Sambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699227938165106710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-51429998458911300702019-07-18T17:00:56.927+01:002019-07-18T17:00:56.927+01:00Islamophobia was a term invented during the fallou...Islamophobia was a term invented during the fallout of 9/11 to shut down any criticism of Islam. Whereas anti-Semitism has a terrible and tragic history that stretches back through the eons of time. But who in politics in the present climate would dare say that?<br /><br />It is not just the Labour Party who make the false equivalence. BBC journalists repeatedly make this claim. <br />Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-14397793103380395462019-07-18T16:20:51.653+01:002019-07-18T16:20:51.653+01:00It is an extremely dangerous false equivalence. Bu...It is an extremely dangerous false equivalence. But it is being encouraged and spread by the "anti-semitism in the Labour Party" row in my humble opinion - and I think there is evidence to back up my opinion. As I've indicated, this is a power struggle. The problem for the soft left (I was going to say non anti-semitic but the soft left whinge obsessively as the hard left about Israel, just minus the consipracy theories) is that they can't detach the unions from the Labour Party. If they could, or at least take some, they would have a viable party. <br /><br />I don't really see a solution to that. The Corbynistas/far left are going to maintain their hold on Labour. <br /><br />Labour as a party of the people is dead as far as I am concerned. I think the only hope is for emergence of a populist party...but that is a very slim chance. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-18364819141073460402019-07-18T16:12:52.815+01:002019-07-18T16:12:52.815+01:00Yep. They don't want foreign interference in e...Yep. They don't want foreign interference in elections unless it's their own foreign proprietors, think tanks, websites and funders doing the interfering. They want all laws strictly applied to Tommy Robinson, but don't want laws on privacy, drugs and contempt of court applied to themselves. They want free speech - for themselves but not for the plebs. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-21104705146982103852019-07-18T15:44:15.618+01:002019-07-18T15:44:15.618+01:00So what you’re saying is - (sorry) - that if antis...So what you’re saying is - (sorry) - that if antisemitism were downplayed, tolerated or not made such a big fuss of, retaliatory accusations of Islamophobia from the likes of Warsi would have less traction, therefore less chance of closing down debate or silencing legitimate criticism of Islam. <br /><br />I would ask you this: is tolerating antisemitism a fair price to pay for being able to criticise Islam? Perhaps in a completely unemotional sense, there is some logic in your hypothesis.<br /> <br />But what if you’re not quite as detached? <br /><br />There are a number of examples of Jewish practices being caught up in the fallout from negative and intrusive aspects of Islam. Dietary conventions for instance, or circumcision. Also, specialist religious education.<br /> <br />Personally I hold no brief for traditional cultural or religious practices (but I ‘know a few people who do.’) <br /><br />It seems to me that observant British and European Jews had been getting along fine, minding their own business, until the Muslims came along with their vociferous in-yer-face religious prohibitions, cultural practices and their demands that everyone else likes it or lumps it.<br /><br />We shouldn’t let the rise of Islam force us to sacrifice the right to freely practice any religion, that is unless it impinges on others or harms its own vulnerable, where there’s a good case for intervention. Otherwise live and let live. <br /><br />The nub of the problem is that there is no equivalence between antisemitism and Islamophobia. We need to quash that falsehood somehow. It’s dangerous.suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693686958796849316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-19205641062871909872019-07-18T15:04:11.739+01:002019-07-18T15:04:11.739+01:00BBC are luvving this story...expect this one to ru...BBC are luvving this story...expect this one to run and run unlike numerous stories from our own shores and mainland Europe. <br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49029865Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-55232521569748155792019-07-18T11:09:13.431+01:002019-07-18T11:09:13.431+01:00You're right Arthur, but who in the political ...You're right Arthur, but who in the political elite is really going to stand up and say "there are legitimate concerns about Sharia and Islamic ideology"? Have you ever heard any MP actually say that? There is only one Parliamentarian who has ever stood up and said that at Westminster - Lord Pearson...so one Parliamentarian out of about 1500. The good Lord's cogent remarks were then the subject of collective outrage by his fellow Peers many of whom wanted him disbarred from the House. <br /><br />My fear is that the "anti-semitism" narrative is a massive own goal:<br /><br />1. It has not taken down Corbyn. <br /><br />2. It has encouraged the belief that "You can be critical about Israel without being anti-semitic" (I don't agree with that - or rather it's a matter of degree...obsessive criticism of Israel, while remaining silent on Iran, or Pakistan or China,for instance, is a very typical aspect of anti-semitism). <br /><br />3. It has increased support among the Muslim community for the Labour Party as their natural base party. That in turn encourages Labour MPs to pander to the Islamic wishlist. <br /><br />4. It has allowed the likes of Warsi to promote the "Islamphobia" agenda, the true aim of which is to close down all critical comment on or debate about Islam. <br /><br />I suspect the narrower aim has been to help prevent Corbyn becoming PM. That aim might be achieved. But, if so, it will have been achieved at great cost. However, there is no guarantee that it will deliver defeat for Corbyn at the polls. He might still become PM at the head of a Labour-SNP-Lib Dem-Green coalition. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-18753609084750834882019-07-18T11:00:17.408+01:002019-07-18T11:00:17.408+01:00Why did the studio full of media people want to po...Why did the studio full of media people want to portray TR as a man who has no respect for the law ?<br />...cos they are PROJECTING themselves ..they are the most most hated of professions cos they do behave as if they are above the law : able to do anything they want to further their narratives; phonehack, monster people, break secrecy etc.<br />They are saying "yeh look at the Bad Man over there"<br />When in fact TR is the one most in favour of the spirit of the law.stewgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223073927227101097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-82150656965483242682019-07-18T09:01:48.752+01:002019-07-18T09:01:48.752+01:00If Corbyn's supporters see the use of antisemi...If Corbyn's supporters see the use of antisemitism as a means to court the Muslim vote - in other words the latter vote is worth much more than the Jewish, then it should be emphasised that there is no counterargument to explain the so-labelled Islamophobia in the Conservative party. Such reservations are shared equally across all parties. The cry of Islamophobia is no more than a mud-slinging defence.Arthur Trofhttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-49757931635739820512019-07-18T01:01:53.868+01:002019-07-18T01:01:53.868+01:00Yeah, SYL was a small boy who had one million Face...Yeah, SYL was a small boy who had one million Facebook followers till Zuckerberg pulled the plug...<br /><br />Ezra Levant was getting over 2 million people following his tweeting of the court case. That shows how much (correct) distrust of the MSM there is about. <br /><br />Ezra is a great guy and he made exactly the right decision not to do a recorded interview. The BBC are deceitful and will edit to reflect their own views, not the views of the interviewee. <br /><br />Yes, reporting restrictions or not, the MSM do v. little follow up to the cases. There'll normally be an hour or two of reporting on a Friday evening and then that's it. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-81497505543909619302019-07-18T00:57:41.915+01:002019-07-18T00:57:41.915+01:00I haven't been at all happy about the "an...I haven't been at all happy about the "anti-semitism" campaign re the Labour Party. I've predicted it would go nowhere and would in fact just encourage the spread of the bogus Islamophobia concept which is being used to shut down all critical comment on Islam and Sharia. <br /><br />We can now see how this is developing. May goes on "the attack" (or what passes for an attack for her) during Question Time berating Corbyn for his failure to deal with "anti-semitism" in the Labour Party. Corbyn strikes back with "what about Islamophobia in the Conservative Party". Meanwhile the whole to-and-fro allows the BBC to appear "even-handed" by relentlessly pushing the Taqiyya agenda about Islamophobia within the Conservative Party. Does anyone seriously think there won't be an intrusive EHRC inquiry into Islamophobia before too long? <br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-politics-49022803/muslim-conservatives-speak-out-after-criticism-of-the-party-over-islamophobia<br /><br />Using the anti-semitism stick to beat Corbyn after all the other attempts to remove him had failed was always going to be a risky enterprise. <br /><br />It's as much likely to legitimise Corbynista opposition to Israel and entrench Corbyn in power as tackle real anti-semitism and remove Corbyn while encouraging people to think there is a "thing" - a bad thing - called Islamophobia. <br /><br />Basically this is a power struggle and Corbyn has (a) the membership and (b) the big Trade Unions on his side. Unless someone can unearth Corbyn saying something truly horrendous and overtly anti-semitic I don't think that's going to change. In any case if you removed Corbyn you would just get McDonnell or another Corbynista take his place. Tbey will be equally intolerant of Israel and tolerant of anti-semitism. <br /><br />Many of the people who have used this stick to beat Corbyn with have in any case been dismantling free speech and free political debate in this country, backing no borders policies, supporting mass immigration and happily tying us into a centralising European Superstate. They don't really get a lot of sympathy from me. <br /><br />We need a populist government like Trump's or Orban's that shows strong principled support for the State of Israel's right to exist and prosper. A party or government that supports Israel will not attract anti-semites. <br /><br /><br /><br />Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-91473943862999080072019-07-18T00:30:53.022+01:002019-07-18T00:30:53.022+01:00That Media Show TR item
Amol was reasonable
but th...That Media Show TR item<br />Amol was reasonable<br />but the media lawyer and Casciani acted like anti TR activists.<br />They childishly insisted that he must be called SYL etc<br />They explained they are proper media people who wear BIG BOY PANTS and TR is just a small boy.<br />Yet they made basic errors about the case<br />- Amol said at the time of Leeds and now TR works for Ezra Levant ..and no one contradicted him<br />In fact TR has been independent since a few months before Leeds<br />(I can see the prog contacted Ezra for first time only 2 hours before the show aired..Ezra refused to do a recorded piece)<br />- Casciani said <br />" TR broke a reporters rule he didn't check with clerk of the court"<br />Untrue, TR didn't need to as he knew there were restrictions & mentioned that in his livestream<br />.. he assumed that things ALREADY published in Guardian/BBC could not be restricted/<br /><br />Amol also misrepresented TR<br />by saying that TR said that contempt law is used to restrict the reporting of Groom/Rape gangs <br />TR's main point is that the metro-media deliberately under report them irrespective of contempt restrictionsstewgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223073927227101097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-59988333920597441182019-07-18T00:29:10.003+01:002019-07-18T00:29:10.003+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.stewgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223073927227101097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-66504065335054490682019-07-18T00:20:05.015+01:002019-07-18T00:20:05.015+01:00Good vid from Katie. Roy Larner would have been gi...Good vid from Katie. Roy Larner would have been given a Knighthood by any sensible UK government. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhtN5_wKpq4<br /><br />Katie's pretty brave herself. She's a target for any passing Antifa nutjob while making her videos. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-4449698736211252322019-07-18T00:09:13.723+01:002019-07-18T00:09:13.723+01:00H/T to "Biased BBC" where a poster refe...H/T to "Biased BBC" where a poster reference this recent video by Politico - a nice filletting of the use of gagging orders in the case of so called "grooming gang" cases. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxljjT5JHCk<br /><br />The gagging orders are an absolute scandal designed simply to minimise the impact on the public imagination of the trials. <br /><br />A populist government would launch an immediate inquiry and require judges to explain their actions in these cases but it seems not in other cases. <br /><br />We need some proper analysis. How many cases involve gagging orders? How many of the cases involve defendants from particular religious backgrounds or ethnic groups? How many trials have had to be called off where gagging orders were not in place due to "unfairness"? Why is bail allowed in such serious cases where there is a well established history of people abscondding to South Asia? <br /><br />The other interesting point in this video is something I have mentioned several times: passport borrowing as a means of illegal entry and absconding. Over 90k UK passports are "lost" each year. I suspect that over 95% of those cases are bogus and that passports have been used by others. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-55103106227059043402019-07-18T00:02:33.041+01:002019-07-18T00:02:33.041+01:00That would make sense if the average audience is j...That would make sense if the average audience is just over third of a million. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-48904261467358534112019-07-17T22:52:42.437+01:002019-07-17T22:52:42.437+01:00I tried to check what Newsnight stats are
but Barb...I tried to check what Newsnight stats are<br />but <a href="https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/four-screen-dashboard/" rel="nofollow">Barb only gives me the top 15 progs in a week</a><br />Newsnight is never there so much get always less than 1 millionstewgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223073927227101097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-64766801919867992072019-07-17T22:47:03.669+01:002019-07-17T22:47:03.669+01:00The claim comes from Chinese whispers on what
Ste...The claim comes from Chinese whispers on what <br />Stephen Barclay said to the Exiting the European Union Committee, Wednesday 17 July 2019<br />He didn't say those words<br />Benn said sheep could be slaughtered<br />SB said they had contingency, and went on about money for farmers who couldn't sell sheep.<br />https://twitter.com/eddwilson/status/1151519139795808256 stewgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223073927227101097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-76456921819378920222019-07-17T22:33:43.957+01:002019-07-17T22:33:43.957+01:00Thanks! So, just as I thought. But Mindless Maitli...Thanks! So, just as I thought. But Mindless Maitliss will seize on anything, however absurd, to bolster her ill-founded Guardian reader's belief that Brexit will be a catastrophic calamity. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-2651471769065808972019-07-17T21:58:42.704+01:002019-07-17T21:58:42.704+01:00Defra:
“A widespread cull of livestock is absolut...Defra: <br />“A widespread cull of livestock is absolutely not something that the Government anticipates nor is planning for in the event of no deal...<br /> We have contingency plans in place to minimise any disruption, and we have made it clear we will use our power to intervene to provide direct support to the most vulnerable sectors, such as sheep farmers, if required.”stewgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223073927227101097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-41099041126723561072019-07-17T21:55:56.628+01:002019-07-17T21:55:56.628+01:00She tweeted
\\ I understand that Defra has a no-d...She tweeted <br />\\ I understand that Defra has a no-deal contingency plan<br /> that would require the slaughter<br /> and burial of up to 9 million sheep.//<br /><br />Michael Gove replied 6 hours ago<br />\\ Mutton-headed nonsense //stewgreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223073927227101097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-87728811394979136552019-07-17T21:17:09.040+01:002019-07-17T21:17:09.040+01:00If they start describing them as "militants&q...If they start describing them as "militants" I'd be worried. That would mean they are engaging in indiscriminate slaughter, according to BBC-Speak. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-46063026582080826432019-07-17T21:15:51.404+01:002019-07-17T21:15:51.404+01:00Why is Emily Maitlis retweeting the following outr...Why is Emily Maitlis retweeting the following outrageous Project Fear nonsense from someone called Jenny Chapman who claims to be an MP and Shadow Brexit Minister...against the advice of Fran Unsworth?<br /><br />https://twitter.com/JennyChapman/status/1151435517453619201<br /><br />Chapman claims 9 million sheep will be slaughtered and buried in the event of No Deal exit. This has got to be one of the all time great Project Fear Lies. Up there with "planes won't fly" (don't hear much about that one these days do we?).<br /><br />Actually we already slaughter 14.5 million sheep and lambs in the UK every year so why would suddenly decide to start burying them in the ground is not entirely clear. <br /><br />It seems Chapman has taken an answer from Barclay, the Brexit Minister, that reasonably accepted "if the government did nothing", farmers "might" be forced to slaughter a large proportion of their flocks...But of course the present government and Boris have made clear they will do lots to help farmers transition to the new marketing conditions. <br /><br />So this claim of Chapman's, that Maitlis has helpfully amplified, is absolute nonsense. The sheep farmers in particular will get significant financial help. <br /><br />I don't think it would in any case be legal for farmers to bury sheep in the ground...I think they have to be incinerated don't they? <br /><br />And even on that worst case scenario, surely it would make sense for farmers to sell at a loss or reduced profit rather than slaughter "and bury" their animals (which would mean they lose ALL the value of the animal but also have to pay for slaughter). <br /><br />Maitlis is a vile example of BBC bias at its worst. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com