This week's award is presented to The Times newspaper for the headline ‘BBC misled its viewers….’
‘BBC misled its viewers….’
'No shit, Sherlock'
‘BBC misled its viewers….’
'No shit, Sherlock'
Monday, 22 October 2012
BBC Middle East specialists past and present
My views about the BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen are well documented. I think it fairly clear that he is biased against Israel. So I was intrigued to read Richard Millett's piece that reports the anti-Israel and worse sentiments of former BBC Middle East correspondent Tim Llewellyn.
It would seem that such sentiments are de rigeur in the BBC Middle East department, and indeed beyond. I presume that is why the BBC are so keen and have spent so much licence payers money on keeping the Balen Report secret.
It would seem that such sentiments are de rigeur in the BBC Middle East department, and indeed beyond. I presume that is why the BBC are so keen and have spent so much licence payers money on keeping the Balen Report secret.
President Morsi as the BBC won't show him
Whilst the BBC persists in portraying the new Egyptian President as a moderate voice, evidence to the contrary abounds. The latest example is reported by The Commentator:
'A new video has shown Egypt's newly elected Muslim Brotherhood President taking part in prayers this weekend as the preacher urged Allah to, "destroy the Jews".Why is there not a word about this on the BBC news? It's almost as though they are trying to protect the Muslim Brotherhood from criticism and to hide the rampant anti-Semitism that exists across much of the Muslim world.
In footage obtained by MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute), Morsi was shown praying intensely as cleric Futouh Abd Al-Nabi Mansour, the local head of religious endowment, declared, “Oh Allah, absolve us of our sins, strengthen us, and grant us victory over the infidels. Oh Allah, destroy the Jews and their supporters. Oh Allah, disperse them, rend them asunder. Oh Allah, demonstrate Your might and greatness upon them. Show us Your omnipotence, oh Lord.”
The service took place in Matrouh governorate’s el-Tenaim Mosque and was screened on Egyptian state television on Friday.'
Schadenfreude
I don't speak German, most of the words and phrases I know come from Second World War comics I read as a child. However I do know one proper word and that is 'Schadenfreude'. If you don't know what Schadenfreude means then let me tell you; it means pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.
The news that the BBC news department is in apparent turmoil gave me some pleasure but then I read that the BBC foreign correspondent John Simpson has said:
The news that the BBC news department is in apparent turmoil gave me some pleasure but then I read that the BBC foreign correspondent John Simpson has said:
"This is the worst crisis that I can remember in my nearly 50 years at the BBC. I don't think the BBC has handled it terribly well. ... All we have as an organisation is the trust of the people the people that watch us and listen to us and if we don't have that, if we start to lose that, that's very dangerous I think for the BBC."Ah Schadenfreude.
Sunday, 21 October 2012
Fishing can be dangerous!
I've only been on that sort of a fishing trip a few times, and there were less waves, but I didn't realise how dangerous it could be.
Thanks to Theo Spark for the spot.
Saturday, 20 October 2012
People died in Libya, why and when did Barack Hussein Obama know the real reasons?
I'm sick and tired of the lies, let's kick Obama out of the White House.
Three wise monkeys?
It would seem that of the last Labour misgovernment, one was blind in one eye (Gordon Brown) and one had partial deafness (Jack Straw). So that's 'see no evil' and 'hear no evil'. Somehow I don't think I'll find a 'speak no evil' amongst that lot.
Friday, 19 October 2012
Some Monty Python songs to cheer up your friday night
"I bet you they won't play this song on the radio"
"Sit on my face"
And finally not a song but one of my favourites...
Precision Drilling
Red Ed's Sponsored Walk
http://rededswalk.org.uk/ Lovely piece of satire at expense of Red Ed Miliband.
You thought the whole 'EUSSR' thing was over the top? Have a look at this poster – Telegraph Blogs
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100185609/you-thought-the-whole-eussr-thing-was-over-the-top-have-a-look-at-this-poster/
I've blogged about the way that communism's crimes against humanity are ignored or excused by much of the media and establishment. This is just another example.
I've blogged about the way that communism's crimes against humanity are ignored or excused by much of the media and establishment. This is just another example.
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Oh how modern Saudi Arabia is becoming
Just before the 8am news on Radio 4's Today programme this morning was a piece about Saudi Arabia's first female film-maker. The piece included a list of the restrictions placed upon women in Saudi Arabia: unable to drive, to work, to associate with men who aren't family members etc. etc. etc. Of course these restrictions were described as being in place because Saudi Arabia was a 'conservative' country. for the BBC it is always good to associate bad things with Conservatives, subliminal messages rule! However what also struck me was that the BBC have in the past ran little pieces attacking Israel for some inequality that women allegedly suffer from in Israel and yet here was a report on life of women in Saudi Arabia and the restrictions were just 'conservative', there was no horror, no censure.
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
I have no idea why, but Mrs NotaSheep came to bed singing this tonight...
Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles
Labour had large deficit pre 2008 financial crisis
UK deficit under Labour worse than thought. 2007 was £73bn not £38bn http://t.co/ygrL5yb2 @BBCNews will you report or protect your Labour allies?
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
FRANCE: Jewish community subjected to unprecedented wave of anti-semitic attacks by Muslims | BARE NAKED ISLAM
http://www.barenakedislam.com/2012/10/15/france-jewish-community-subjected-to-unprecedented-wave-of-anti-semitic-attacks-by-muslims/
Meanwhile in the UK the BBC prefer to worry about reporting such attacks in case it increases the threat of Islamophobia. To the BBC Muslims must be protected whilst Jews can suffer.
Meanwhile in the UK the BBC prefer to worry about reporting such attacks in case it increases the threat of Islamophobia. To the BBC Muslims must be protected whilst Jews can suffer.
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