Is the BBC biased?
...and any other matters that take our fancy
Sunday, 17 February 2019
On and on
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A Rod Liddle joke, courtesy of The Sunday Times Today's The World This Weekend led with the Shamima Begum story. It featured an...
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Beams and motes
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Matthew 7:5 - Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy...
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Clickbait
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BBC investigated over web clickbait (£) The media regulator Ofcom is investigating how the BBC is “adapting to the changing news ...
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Dominic Lawson on Lord Hall's 'welching' on the deal
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Dominic Lawson has a splendid piece in today's Sunday Times about the BBC's bad faith over the 2015 licence fee settlement. ...
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A 'Newsnight' apology
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Katie Razzall, gritting her teeth Fans of BBC apologies can add this to their collection. It was read out by Katie Razzall on this ...
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'Phwoar!
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Fans of Panorama / Newsnight star reporter John Sweeney will doubtless already have seen this . But, for those who haven't, her...
Saturday, 16 February 2019
Two urgent steps
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Have you read the latest piece in The Conservative Woman? Two urgent steps Britain must take to defeat the Islamist threat. I read it...
Bad News
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A good reason to support “Brexit” is the sharp rise in antisemitism in Europe. Which is a more worrying prospect, remaining in the EU, or a...
Who is Ilhan Omar?
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I've written a feature on Ilhan Omar, the first Somali-born US congresswoman, who's drawn praise and criticism since her election...
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Friday, 15 February 2019
More questions than answers
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Towards the tail end of the Today Programme (2:54:42) Clive Baldwin from the dreadfully partisan organisation known as Human Rights Watc...
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More on More or Less
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Find my post about that deplorable episode of More or Less and put it together with BBC Watch's recent piece ; add them together ...
End of AfN era
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. @bbcthisweek will end after its current run, as presenter @afneil steps down from late-night presenting #bbctw — BBC News Press T...
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Thursday, 14 February 2019
Should Jihadi brides be allowed to come ‘home’?
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Should Jihadi brides be allowed to come ‘home’? Everyone is talking about “The Three Girls” who ran away to become IS brides, one o...
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Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Bottoms up!
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Do you know who I'd really like a night-out with? Yes, Panorama/Newsnight star reporter John Sweeney. He sounds great fun. ...
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Whataboutery
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I was curious to see what Jeremy Paxman has made of the Royal Family after reading a review of the programmes he’s been making for chan...
Maladministration at the top of the European Commission - ruling
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European ombudslady I spy breaking news , though it must be said mainly on my Tw itter feed ... Emily O'Reilly , the Eu...
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Monday, 11 February 2019
Two Wrongs don’t make a right.
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Anyone who’s familiar with our blogging history will know that we are on board with Tommy Robinson’s message , if not his methods. But as i...
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Sunday, 10 February 2019
More MacShame?
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Good old Denis MacShane - Europe Minister under Tony Blair, jailed for false accounting in 2013. He's a good egg basically, if u...
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A particular cause for anger
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Euthanasia, or assisted dying, is a subject that rouses our deepest emotions. Now, I'm very strongly with the social liberals on ...
What fresh hell is this?
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The city of Pandemonium. Hotels available through Booking.com. Guaranteed hot weather. Is this the time and place to admit that I...
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