tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post9157858740855346010..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Well, Is Labour Antisemitic?Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-37161834682152026532019-07-13T14:54:24.871+01:002019-07-13T14:54:24.871+01:00The idea that anti-Semitism in the left is some ki...The idea that anti-Semitism in the left is some kind of new phenomenon connected to Corbyn’s leadership is in many ways disingenuous. On the specific charge of anti-Semitism masked as anti-Zionism this has characterised the British left for a very long time indeed. It has come to the fore under Corbyn because this is the first time in decades when the Labour leadership has been truly of the left. It’s very convenient for the BBC to push this narrative, because to do otherwise would be to admit that they are a massive part of the problem. Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-15805179746149935642019-07-12T23:22:05.634+01:002019-07-12T23:22:05.634+01:00I have predicted here a number of times that if th...I have predicted here a number of times that if the Corbynistas take power they will move swiftly to take over the BBC and turn it into a revolutionary Marxist broadcaster (you think it is already? - you ain't seen nothing yet!). They can use organisations like Ofcom and EHRC to achieve this; they can use their access to secret service info on BBC personnel; and they can use HoC Select Committees to humiliate BBC personnel they want removed. That's with current legislation but they can of course bring in new laws to ensure they can control the media. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-2368463893961130792019-07-12T22:28:40.698+01:002019-07-12T22:28:40.698+01:00I should watch the Panorama documentary, but someh...I should watch the Panorama documentary, but somehow I feel I will be disappointed. But what is extremely disturbing has been the response of Corbyn’s supporters, even if it was predictable. Should Corbyn ever become Prime Minister, today’s BBC bias could be as nothing compared to a BBC in which any dissent is silenced.Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-54194875742151480442019-07-12T21:49:14.378+01:002019-07-12T21:49:14.378+01:00Yes, one of the most annoying things is the BBC...Yes, one of the most annoying things is the BBC's refusal to admist that "Palestinian" ie Palestinian "Arabs" include a large proportion of Egyptians, Bosnian Muslims, Turkish colonial occupiers and other immigrants from non-Palestinian Arab territories who arrived at about the same time or after many Jews. <br /><br />People like Corbyn and Creasy wear their virtue like armour to deflect the arrows of reality and truth. Corbyn thinks "I believe in a single democratic state that will be home to both Jews and Arabs. That sorted, I can now be as nasty about Israel as I like." Creasy thinks "I believe in helping refugees. That means I can argue against any policy designed to protect our borders from unregulated migration." <br /><br />The BBC has deliberately conspired in keeping the public ignorant about what Hamas stands for (as set out in its horrific pro-genocide constitution). Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-12380730129906851372019-07-12T21:28:19.704+01:002019-07-12T21:28:19.704+01:00What is the BBC’s game exactly?
The BBC opposes r...<i>What is the BBC’s game exactly?</i><br /><br />The BBC opposes racism. Most of the personnel are therefore uncomfortable with the concept of a ‘Jewish’ state. (Which they suspect is a racist endeavour) <br /><br />In general, the BBC seem to be in collective denial of the nature of Islam, and a profound ignorance of all pre1967 Middle-Eastern history leads most of them to erroneously conclude that the Palestinians are the true indigenes and the Jews are interlopers. (The completely false narrative that was invented by antisemitic Arabs.)<br /> <br />To be anything other than equivocal over Israel’s actual existence would only lead to cognitive dissonance gawn mad. Imagine that drawing of the human head in profile with the brain replaced by virulent, awful scribbles, some going outside the lines. That’s what would happen if they had to support Israel as a Jewish state.<br /><br />Jeremy Corbyn doesn’t think the Jews deserve their own state; he’s a simple chap who believes that if Jews deserve a right of return, so do Arabs. Beyond that simplistic equation the implications neither interest nor bother him. There’s a video of him saying this - I saw it on Twitter.<br /><br /> The BBC is littered with ignoramuses, some of whom are probably even worse than Corbyn. They don’t care about his links to Hamas because they’re not quite sure, but they <i>suspect </i>Hamas is right. <br />suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693686958796849316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-44569956020460293662019-07-12T17:08:34.357+01:002019-07-12T17:08:34.357+01:00Not entirely! But you seemed to think Panorama was...Not entirely! But you seemed to think Panorama was going over a lot of old ground as well. <br /><br />The Corbynistas have come back with an effective attack on the BBC and on picking on a woman undergoing chemotherapy...The BBC is obliged to set out their response. The average Joe or Jo or Jo-Jo will be none the wiser. <br /><br />What is the BBC's game exactly? Why do they not make more of Corbyn's demonstrable links to Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iranian government and the IRA? Why don't they challenge his claim to be involved in "peace"...he always seems to pick one side, doesn't he? <br /><br />I think the BBC don't go down those roads because (a) they too have a problem with Israel (which they have fallen out of love with - I am old enough to remember when, along with most of the Labour Left, they were quite pro-Israel seen a progressive state with its communal Kibbutzes and so on) and (b) they have always supported the idea of a single Irish state...not quite sure why but it probably goes back to the strong support within the Labour Party for Irish nationalism, reflecting in turn the strong Irish Catholic roots of many Labour Party members. <br /><br />In other words, the BBC is a dodgy dishonest news outfit, so it's difficult to make an exception for one programme. <br />Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-90202647511527575642019-07-12T16:28:05.780+01:002019-07-12T16:28:05.780+01:00Indeed the origins of a/s are multifaceted, and an...Indeed the origins of a/s are multifaceted, and an increasing number of analyses are appearing alongside the worsening atmosphere as historians and students of the subject wring their hands and despair.<br /><br />I’m sorry you didn’t find the programme compelling - you seem to have dismissed it a priori.<br /><br />I particularly disagree with you here:<br /><br /><i>The various talking heads claiming to be terribly upset looked rather like bruisers who could take a few punches and deliver as few as well”</i><br /><br />That seems harsh and insensitive. Perhaps this is because you ‘skipped through’. Might you also have skipped through my post?suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693686958796849316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-59080762378659576922019-07-12T13:10:50.231+01:002019-07-12T13:10:50.231+01:00The answer to the question is a yes, but obviously...The answer to the question is a yes, but obviously I am not suggesting that the Labour Party leader secretly dons Thirdreich uniforms of an evening to practise his SeigHeil salute in the mirror or that the NEC meet in white robes with pointy hats. <br /><br />The Labour Party's anti-semitism has a number of sources: 1. The anti-semitic strand in socialism - Henry Hyndman a leading socialist of the late 19th century, founder of the Social Democratic Federation was an overt anti-semite and anti-semitism always was a strong strand in socialism. 2. The casual anti-semitism of the shires and the middle classes - I think Corbyn displayed this when he referred to British Jews failing to understand English irony. That's the sort of thing you might hear in a rural saloon bar. 3. Roman Catholic anti-semitism - a lot of Labour Party members have Irish Catholic roots and will have absorbed anti-semitism with their mother's milk (when he was a child the comedian Frank Skinner actually thought Jewish people had horns on their head). 4. The rising influence of Islam. This works in two way...Muslim members of the Labour Party more often than not bring with them their religious anti-Judaic beliefs learnt in the mosques of the UK, where such beliefs are taught unchallenged. Then the global Islamic community have successfully portrayed to the Left Israel as a colonial state. The fact that the USA is a strong supporter of Israel is proof positive enough for most on the Left. <br /><br />As for the Panorama documentary? The programme has lost all credibility since the attempted Tommy Takedown rebounded so distrastrously. Even if John Ware is the most honest of journos, we now know how they often operate, if we didn't before, and that has irrevocably damaged the brand. <br /><br />I skipped through a vid of the Panorama doc. I didn't find it very compelling. Was there really anything new in it? The various talking heads claiming to be terribly upset looked rather like bruisers who could take a few punches and deliver as few as well. <br /><br />What we have here is a power struggle. Even if everyone in the country watched Panorama and agreed it was a scandal, it would make no difference as the Corbynistas have their hands on all the levers of power. <br /><br />As I have said elsewhere the BBC ally with the Soft Left (Cooper, Creasy, Umuna - now gone of course, Starmer, Jess Phillips). The Soft Left are just as dangerous in their own way. <br />Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-68355580571069318622019-07-12T10:37:50.541+01:002019-07-12T10:37:50.541+01:00Yes indeed, I hope everyone watches the whole prog...Yes indeed, I hope everyone watches the whole programme, and a more linear review by <a href="https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/07/the-routine-and-horrific-anti-semitism-in-labour/" rel="nofollow">Stephen Daisley</a> is in the Spectator.<br /><br />In this blog though, even if the content of a programme is in line with our own ‘worldview’ as it is in this case, I would be naive to swallow it whole and assume that it wasn’t in any way shaped to fit a preconceived agenda. <br /><br />The aborted John Sweeney Panorama, now known by its working title ‘Tommy Takedown’ showed us how devious and misleading this procedure can be if the agenda is allowed to swamp the editorial integrity. <br /><br />I understand the Corbynites have some issues with selective editing in this programme; they're complaining that that one of Seumas Milne’s emails has been treated to our old friend* ‘editorial manipulation’ to distort his message. <br /><br />But manipulative and selective editing and omission are par for the course - arguably <i>agendas</i> are what documentaries are all about. In this programme, if there is such a thing as a ‘good’ agenda, this is it., and any editorial liberties that may have been taken here pale into insignificance next to the impact of the revelations shown. And this programme has ensured that a spotlight is belatedly being shone on a serious matter. <br /><br />(*note ironic use of ‘friend’)<br />suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693686958796849316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-16865343874781068372019-07-12T06:18:52.685+01:002019-07-12T06:18:52.685+01:00Thank you for discussing this remarkable BBC progr...Thank you for discussing this remarkable BBC programme. It was a good analysis and a very moving analysis because we witnessed the outcome of such words just over 70 years ago and said 'Never again" <br /><br />Extracts discussed are not adequate because they don't show the full picture. It is worth your readers taking the time to see the whole programme for themselves. See youtube below<br /><br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3QB4WLPUuo&feature=youtu.beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com