Is the BBC biased?

...and any other matters that take our fancy

Tuesday, 22 September 2015

"Most asylum seekers are predictably from Syria"

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On last night's The World Tonight   (beginning at 22:51) presenter Ritula Shah said the following: Well, as the number of people...
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Monday, 21 September 2015

Two tongues and a where has Tim bin?

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Justin Webb at Bournemouth covering the conference of ‘a shell-shocked party’.   “I’ve just bumped into Jenny Tongue (sic) who is a ...
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Sunday, 20 September 2015

"England, of course"

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There was a very odd moment on this morning's Broadcasting House   on Radio 4 . During the paper review, former BBC chief political co...
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"...might have been better phrased..."

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Some of you may already be aware of this, but for those who aren't... Breitbart London report s that they've "seen...
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Giving Tonge to Jeremy Corbyn

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Watching today's  The Andrew Marr Show , there was an intriguing bit during the paper review where Julia Hartley-Brewer and Andrew ...
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Charity appeal

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Fighting Global Poverty! That sounds good.  What’s not to like?    I'll just get my cheque book out.  I’ve just heard a querulous...
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"More than a third are from Syria"

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A couple of days ago Mark Urban told us that the Germans say only 20.1% of those seeking asylum in the country are actually Syrians.  ...
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The Thoughts of Nick Thorpe, BBC

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The main face of the BBC's coverage of the migrant crisis in Hungary has been Nick Thorpe.  Here's a collection of some of ...
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Hearts

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Yes, I really wasn't thinking clearly enough yesterday when I transcribed that Lyse Doucet interview (with Sarah Montague)  and  faile...

Say 'Luigi Dallapiccola'!

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This week's Dateline London was sparky. Thank goodness! On the panel was, inevitably, Abdel Bari Atwan (the Palestinian extrem...

Re-mounting an old hobby-horse

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A couple of years ago  we took a very close look  at a 2012 analysis of BBC One's  Question Time  by academic and Labour activist P...
Saturday, 19 September 2015

More about Anita

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Despite saying I wouldn't, I will!.... Here's Anita Anand introduction to  today's  Any Answers . Here's how she b...

Missing links

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I am aware that the BBC’s attitude towards Israel is a bit of a niche topic, even amongst ‘BBC bias’ specialists and spotters, many of whom...
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Lesbian Feminist at the Proms

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Rod Liddle's latest article in the Spectator is about the BBC .   (To think he used to be the editor of the Today Programme.) ...
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Lyse Doucet: "Where are you from?"

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Just following on from Sue's post, here's a transcription of what Lyse Doucet said on this morning's Today : Sarah Montag...
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Lyse Doucet sees the light (at the end of the tunnel)

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The more sophisticated broadcasting technology gets, the more inefficient. Delays on lines routinely disrupt the flow of human interaction ...
Friday, 18 September 2015

Praise for Caesar, then a dagger in his back

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There could hardly be a greater contrast between Matthew Price's defensive reflections on the migrant crisis , stressing the human ...
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“Filthy Jews Feet” and other fears

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Yesterday I mentioned Lyse Doucet’s approach to her work as the BBC’s chief foreign correspondent. When working abroad she aspires to get t...
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