tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post9024069766235889725..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: BBC bias proved, once and for allCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-86235694200154331532014-06-11T09:56:29.609+01:002014-06-11T09:56:29.609+01:00I absolutely agree that the BBC always bends over ...I absolutely agree that the BBC always bends over backwards to minimise the threat of fundamentalist attitudes being piped down our children's necks.<br /><br />Whether this is due to an institutional pro-Islamist bias, liberal 'leftishness' or just plain timidity is hard to tell - and frankly irrelevant.<br /><br />I'd suggest that there's a huge amount of timidity about it - no one there wants to risk their plump salaries or their favoured access by puting their heads above the parapet. <br /><br />But what's sauce for the goose, is sauce for the gander - could you seriously imagine the BBC broadcasting something like this ABC documentary today? ..<br /><br />http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2014/02/10/3939266.htm<br /><br />AdrianDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-63579721353036975752014-06-10T15:30:04.423+01:002014-06-10T15:30:04.423+01:00absolutely smack on the money here. This is the wh...absolutely smack on the money here. This is the whole problem with Aunty that its a state organ for propaganda. That's why I hate the BBCTHE ANGLICANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366786477267906567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-24641704532904544312014-06-10T00:05:56.615+01:002014-06-10T00:05:56.615+01:00Something was definitely up there, Deborah.
The ...Something was definitely up there, Deborah. <br /><br />The first boy (with the incipient Hamas beard) was definitely spouting some rehearsed lines [by his family? his teachers?], as was the second boy [far too clever a line for a kid to say]. There was definitely some off-camera influences being brought to bear there.<br /><br />The third boy shot off message - and, typically for the BBC, was the ONLY one challenged by the BBC reporter. He was rather drowned out by the other three voices in that section of Reeta C's report, and she made sure she gave the 'It's all a conspiracy against us Muslims' guy the final word.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-45645178201143449172014-06-09T23:45:03.717+01:002014-06-09T23:45:03.717+01:00I grit the impression that the three boys in the B...I grit the impression that the three boys in the BBC report had been well rehearsed in their comments; I noticed a guiding hand behind one boy,probably one of the others been interviewed but definitely been encouraged by the one to the right as they faced the camera.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08223253889086419817noreply@blogger.com