Is the BBC biased?

...and any other matters that take our fancy

Monday, 26 November 2018

"Propaganda in the guise of news"

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Another week begins, and what better way to start it that with a bit of Charles Moore. This is from his latest Telegraph column : The B...
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Sunday, 25 November 2018

Exam Question

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Maybe we're in old-fashioned exam question territory here, but just imagine for a moment that you're an eager Twitterer and have ...
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Really?

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Bradley from The Chase, getting lifted out of the...er...by Ms. Khan. (If you're wondering why a Muslim female character constantly...

Out of the mouths of #FBPEs and sucklings

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All Greek to them

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I've written before about how Mark Mardell gets lots of social media fan mail from (sometimes-anti-BBC) left-wingers and pro-EU types...
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It's the way 'e tells 'em

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Meanwhile, a few minutes ago in a country far, far away, a senior BBC journalist was taking to Twitter to do his usual thing...yes, laun...
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What matters

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The Mail on Sunday claims an exclusive today : that it was Theresa May herself, acting in opposition to both her Home Secretary (Sajid Ja...
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Mayday (3)

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Dancing Queen Yet another exchange from this morning's Andrew Marr  show , this time starring Bjorn from Abba, against accompan...
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Mayday (2)

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He's back: sincere face, 'trust me' hand gesture Two more exchanges from this morning's Andrew Marr , starring every...
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Mayday

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So it's Mayday Day today, and the Andrew Marr show is duly extending itself. To mark the occasion, here's a round-up of Andrew...
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“Nobody likes a braggart, do they?”

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Libby the Purves Former Radio 4 presenter Libby Purves has been talking to the Radio Times  and giving the BBC both barrels over its...
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“A slightly intimidating head girl”

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Fiona the Bruce The Sunday Times has a short biography of Fiona Bruce  to mark her coming accession to the Dimbleby throne on Ques...
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Dishing Mishal

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Mishal Husain no less Sunday mornings just wouldn't be right without a bit of Rod Liddle in The Sunday Times . Here he is havin...
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Saturday, 24 November 2018

Not angels but angles?

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Aaah, aw, this is nice. Theresa and Jean-Claude are, according to the BBC News website's lead story , smiling. "Theresa May meet...
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Tingling with anticipation

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Add an extra streak of bacon, another egg, one more sausage, a second hash brown, an optional mushroom, a black pudding (obviously - and s...
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Extremist backer of mass-murderous 20th Century totalitarian ideology become BBC regular. What larks!

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Sometimes BBC banners go askew, to simply hilarious effect.  For example - coming up shortly. Stay with us (as they say on the BBC New...
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Meanwhile, in Israel...

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Meanwhile, I've been glancing at the BBC News website's front page today and all day long so far (literally, as I first saw it ar...
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Thanksgiving

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Anthony Zurcher fans (and this blog is where most of us congregate) will surely appreciate this very rare non-point-scoring post-Thanksgi...
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Another November Open Thread

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As there doesn't seem to be very much going on news-wise at the moment, here's a brand new Open Thread instead. Thank you as ever...
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Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble

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A lady who favours BBC Radio 4, for some reason One of the things I like about The Spectator is its range of opinion.  I mean, ye...
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Saturday Bonus Transcripts

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Posted below are two transcripts - one prepared by my own loving hand, the other by the diligent hands of Andrew and David at News-watch. ...

Gerard Batten v Nigel Farage

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Transcript of BBC Radio 4, ‘The World at One’, Interview with Gerard Batten, 23 November 2018, 1.34pm MARK MARDELL :   Gerard Batten...
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Nigel Farage v Justin Webb

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Transcript of BBC Radio 4, ‘Today’, Interview with Nigel Farage, 23 November 2018, 7.10am JUSTIN WEBB : The news that the UKIP lead...
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Broadly landing in the right place

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This week's Saturday transcript also comes from the BBC's Newswatch and introduces us to a thrilling new variant on the time-...
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A Modest Letter

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I think this is going to have to go under the "...and any other matters that take our fancy" part of the blog, as it's not B...
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A satisfied customer

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Now, of course, Samira's Newswatch does occasionally feature some praise for the BBC, including one this week concerning the famous ...
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Andrew didn't intend anything more

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Continuing with Newswatch ... And Andrew Marr got it in the neck for his "Don't try and patronise me" outburst at Sh...
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Ruddy Hooligans!

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Norman, looking hard Credit to Samira's  Newswatch  this week for featuring a couple of complaints about hardline BBC labeller ...
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Girls on Top

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Maybe it's an omen for the BBC, like the last raven leaving the Tower of London, but it seems that one of the two crown jewels of B...
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