tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post6068364664600213909..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Taken by surpriseCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-39074574384755802462014-12-18T19:12:37.810+00:002014-12-18T19:12:37.810+00:00Indeed not. And nor were most viewers of that '...Indeed not. And nor were most viewers of that 'Panorama' at the time. They could see what the BBC was up to even then:-<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/7264618.stm<br /><br />Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-22497504167579806102014-12-18T13:15:39.865+00:002014-12-18T13:15:39.865+00:00I'd like to query the BBC coverage of the Paki...I'd like to query the BBC coverage of the Pakistan school massacre on BBC's Radio 4 Today programme. MH - yes, it's her again - seems determined to push a line once more. This time it is "Pakistan united in grief, on the basis of shared common decency and Pakistan govenrmnet is now gearing itself up to tackle terrorism. " The softness of her interviewing technique has been in marked contrast to that reserved for UK and US politicians. It has been left to Pakistani locals to point out: Pakistan's government has actually supported terrorists like the Taliban and the Kashmiri gangs in the past. And nowhere was the "I" word used. <br /><br />Why on earth, given the Taliban explicit claim to represent true Islam, is there never any reference to the religion in these programmes? It's like covering an American school massacre with no mention of gun laws. <br /><br />I suspect as well that some of the descriptions of the terrorists must have been censored since we know they always shout religious exclamations on such occasions. <br /><br />Dan Read <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-19940188218294108412014-12-18T13:10:13.508+00:002014-12-18T13:10:13.508+00:00The British Army has always used torture on detain...The British Army has always used torture on detainees. It clearly has done in the recent wars as it has in past wars. To suggest otherwise is naive. <br /><br />The murder charges may have been played up as a smokescreen. <br /><br />I noticed the guy on Sky who has been in a lot of war zones was being very circumspect about saying the inquiry had got it right. <br /><br />Dan Read Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-51261773714169051082014-12-18T12:18:16.722+00:002014-12-18T12:18:16.722+00:00I wish all Beeboids would bugger off and go and li...I wish all Beeboids would bugger off and go and live in North Korea. One reason the BBC hates the military (unless it is Britains' enemies' military ) is that the military and intelligence services are about the only professional organisations left in the UK, the amateurs being headed by the 3rd rate BBC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-23037510469150101312014-12-18T02:03:45.848+00:002014-12-18T02:03:45.848+00:00The BBC was merely "waiting for the facts to ...The BBC was merely "waiting for the facts to come in". The pre-determined narrative was what any right-on thinking person would expect the result to be, so no bias. From their perspective, it's the middle ground.<br /><br />No directive on high needed for this one, no scheming editorial meeting planning it all out necessary. It happens naturally, again and again.David Preisernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-9997809261918341732014-12-18T00:04:54.071+00:002014-12-18T00:04:54.071+00:00Con Coughlin - in the Telegraph - Is not very happ...Con Coughlin - in the Telegraph - Is not very happy with the beeb either:-<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11299537/Al-Sweady-inquiry-The-British-Army-deserves-a-full-apology-from-the-BBC.htmlNumber 7noreply@blogger.com