Is the BBC biased?
...and any other matters that take our fancy
Sunday, 15 December 2013
What constitutes a religion?
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This morning's Sunday with Edward Stourton did mostly what you would expect Sunday with Edward Stourton to do. There were segments ...
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Saturday, 14 December 2013
And now for something completely different...
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On a more positive note (and to change the subject), there was a lovely programme on Radio 4 this morning hosted by pianist and academi...
Burbling away
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I feel a bit like the BBC at the moment: All I can talk about is Nelson Mandela. So here's another post on the same subject. Tomor...
Friday, 13 December 2013
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
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Both this afternoon's Feedback on Radio 4 and tonight's Newswatch on the News Channel led with the 2000+ complaints about the BB...
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Red herring
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<----Sisters and Brothers----> “ Gender segregation would be outlawed by labour ” says Chuka Umunna , still aboard the bandwago...
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Thursday, 12 December 2013
Opportunistic soundbite
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Interesting feature on Today with Justin and a defender of the London university ‘gender apartheid’ debacle. I’ve boiled down the it...
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Wednesday, 11 December 2013
The BBC v free schools
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Leading free school advocate and Telegraph blogger Toby Young is not happy with the BBC: The BBC's anti-free schools bias is becomi...
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Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Good for the goose
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Charismatic figures notoriously neglect personal relationships and benevolent, child-focused professional persons have a habit of ignoring ...
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Can they please change the record!!
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I do love big, sweeping historical series. The Story of the Jews with Simon Schama, for instance, was fabulous. It was most unusual, ...
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Search results
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Does it seem to you that there's been much more BBC coverage of Nelson Mandela in the last five days than there was of Margaret Thatch...
Monday, 9 December 2013
Double edged sword
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There have been some odd reactions to the announcement that the world renowned pianist Evgeny Kissin has a dopted Israeli citizenship ,...
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South African whispers
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Hmm, an article has just (i.e. about thirty minutes ago) sneaked its way onto the BBC News website. (I only spotted it because it popped u...
Sunday, 8 December 2013
Babies, black holes, Bonnie Greer, Nelson Mandela (inevitably) and bloody Marcus Brigstocke
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Slowing working through this morning's Broadcasting House and, with just two items down, there's already been a Bushtucker Tri...
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Are they all in it together?
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It's a peculiar thing, but whilst listening to certain BBC programmes I find it hard not to think that BBC employees are even more...
Hugh Can Call Me Nelson
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Naturally, this morning's Broadcasting House began with Nelson Mandela. If it hadn't started with Nelson I'd have died...
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Faith schools, Pope Francis, U.S. conservatives, the Central African Republic and the Buddha
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Back to this week's Sunday on Radio 4, hosted by Edward Stourton. What else was there besides happy memories from all concerned o...
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"Always Interesting What The BBC Chooses to Highlight". Ain't it just!
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This is why it's good to have a small (but growing) cottage industry of BBC-biased related blogs out there... This morning I clic...
Bring Back Greg
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Do you remember when Greg Dyke resigned as Director General of the BBC and huge throngs of BBC staff lined his way, cheering and clapping,...
Nelson and Margaret
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This morning's Sunday on Radio 4 did seem like a Nelson Mandela special, but first impressions (and, perhaps, my own biases) misled m...
A hijab-wearing conqueror
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You may recall when the BBC went mad for 'The Burka Avenger' - a burka-wearing Pakistani cartoon super-heroine and 'role ...
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You really should check out this morning's BBC News and Sky News website home pages. They are strikingly different, and have to be ...
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