GREEN INSANITY - Biased BBC

GREEN INSANITY: "The election continues, with all three main parties steadfastly refusing to discuss properly their insane, bigoted advocacy of massive new taxes on energy. Meanwhile, the BBC continues to report the agenda of greenies with relentless bias. Take this story about greenie fanatics stopping the import to Kenya of GM maize on the ground that it might contiminate the soil. Such supersititious rot would put Matthew Hopkins (the Witchfinder-General) to shame, but the reporter doesn't waste an ounce of effort looking for alternative views. Tens of thousands are at risk of starvation in Kenya because of cyclical drought, but the BBC has green issues to pursue and that is all that matters.

Anyone who has visited Africa knows that one of the main problems of the continent is inadequate power supplies. As well as endless power cuts, tens of thousands of Africans die every year through house fires that are caused because they don't have access to electricity and use crude torches instead. So when the World Bank decides to help (and act sensibly for once) with the building of a major new power plant, it should be unqualified good news. Not for the BBC; its main concern in its reporting of the topic is what 'environmentalists' think.

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Jonathan Ross: 'Sachsgate was hilarious and I can't wait to leave BBC' - Telegraph

Jonathan Ross: 'Sachsgate was hilarious and I can't wait to leave BBC': "Jonathan Ross has described the 'Sachsgate' affair as 'hilarious'
fun and claimed that the BBC bosses who failed to stand by him were
pandering to politicians."

Tom and Jerry could never be made today because of health and safety rules - Telegraph

Tom and Jerry could never be made today because of health and safety rules: "Classic children's cartoons like Tom and Jerry could never be
made today because of health and safety rules, according to the creator of Bob
the Builder."

Complaints BBC's interview with Elle Macpherson was 'advert for her lingerie' - Telegraph

Complaints BBC's interview with Elle Macpherson was 'advert for her lingerie': "The BBC is investigating complaints that an interview with Elle Macpherson was
effectively an 'advert' for her lingerie collection in Paris."

Comedian Frankie Boyle confronted for mocking Down's syndrome victims - Daily Mail

Comedian Frankie Boyle confronted for mocking Down's syndrome victims: "
The Scot, formerly a panellist on BBC quiz Mock The Week, devoted five minutes of a live stand-up show to a foul tirade against those with Down's syndrome."

RELENTLESS! - Biased BBC

RELENTLESS!: "I had the misfortune to ensure 60 minutes of the BBC 'Today' bias this morning and believe me, it's just not good for your health! Between 7am and 8am, there was a stream of anti-Conservative propaganda spewing from the State Broadcaster and I speak as someone who is not a Cameron Conservative but believes in the need for balance!



The farce started with Stephanie Flanders going over to Dublin. Apparently there has been a recession there (!) and Steph went to have a chat with Brian Lenihan, the Finance Minister. In his first sentence, Lenihan explained he was a Keynsian (BBC tick) but because Ireland had no access to easy funds, tough decisions had to be taken (BBC sad). Stephanie explained that if the scale of these cuts was replicated in the UK, it would mean tens of thousands of job losses in the public sector. Oh no. Stephanie didn't ask if the cuts were working.



This set up the next item which was...cue drum roll ..Tory plans for 'efficiency cuts' in the public sector. BBC produced an academic professor to point out just how dreadful this would be. Plus ca change?



Then, a break from undermining the Conservatives to go to South Africa for the funeral of 'notorious white supremacist' leader Eugene Terreblanche. I found this guy to be a pretty repellent character BUT then again BBC silence on the murder of 3000 white farmers since the notorious ANC came to power in 1994 hardly provides balanced debate, does it?



Anyway, we all know whites are bad so back to some more Conservative bashing concerning their voluntary national citizen service scheme. Sanchia Berg made plenty of mention of 'people with posh accents' telling da yoof what to do. That pesky Etonian Cameron, eh?



Then, across the Irish sea to my part of the woods where Kevin Connolly talked uncommon nonsense for 5 minutes, pretending we now live in a land of milk and honey in which the 'constitutional question' is settled. I am inviting Kevin to come an interview me so an alternative view can be heard, I bet he won't. Will keep you posted.



Moving on this time across the pond, we had a bit of Obama worship and in particular on his cunning plan that "could" lead to tough new sanctions being imposed on Iran, sometime, in the not too distant future. Possibly. Maybe, Bet the Mullahs are panicking about that. Again, no counter voice protesting Obama's total failure to grasp the nettle on this issue! On the other hand, he does bully Israel and that is always worth a BBC bonus.



Finally, and exhausted, I listened to a tribute to Sex Pistol's manager, Malcolm McLaren who has died aged 64, Wish the BBC had played 'Pretty Vacant', it would have summed up the last hour of bias, drivel, propaganda and faux comment. No future for you?

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NEWSNIGHT DISGRACE - Biased BBC

NEWSNIGHT DISGRACE: "Anyone watch Newsnight? Paxman interviewed Labour apologist Liam Byrne on the matter of the Conservatives £6bn savings vs Labour £15bn. Byrne just bluffed it and castigated the Tories. Probably as one would expect. But then, by way of 'balance', a businessman was in the studio to respond, It was suave Dragon's Den star James Caan, and yes, he agreed with Labour and suggested that the Labour NIC hike next year was 'no big deal'. Fair and balanced - both sides supporting Labour,

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A TAXING PROBLEM... - Biased BBC

A TAXING PROBLEM...: "It seems to me that like Labour, the BBC does not understand why an increase in NIC is a tax on jobs.Perhaps Statism erodes the capacity for clear economic thinking but I listened in amazement to the BBC 'Today' interview with Sir Stuart Rose, he of M&S fame. When Rose pointed out that the NIC increase with Brown and Clegg think so virtuous is a direct impediment to business growth, he was ignored on the substance of that argument and instead presented with the Labour attack line that IF government does not jack up NIC it will have to increase VAT. A false choice and talk of reducing Government efficiency was dismissed. Rose rightly pointed out that if VAT did rise, it would be a tax on consumption and therefore one has the choice to avoid it by limiting expenditure whereas an NIC increase hits all, this was met with silence. Then, most disgracefully, Humphrys suggested that Rose was saying these things because he would be offered a peerage to the Lords. Rose denied this but the impression was aimed at listeners, not Rose. More BBC attack dog stuff dressed up as news.

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Inconvenient Tale - Biased BBC

Inconvenient Tale: "Please put the pressing issue of UK politics to one side for a moment to read the latest post on Robin Shepherd’s blog. It’s aimed at the BBC because of something they're currently ignoring.
Robin says he has reason to believe that BBC editors sometimes read his blog, and I sincerely hope they do. Whether they still read this one I know not. In case they do, I’ll reiterate here that Robin poses a challenge to the BBC. It’s a pigs will fly sort of a challenge, but never mind.

The story involves rape, a television series, Palestinian prisoners, and the IDF.
All subjects that would normally be of great interest to the BBC. So why isn’t this one? Read on....

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Here is the news... - Biased BBC

Here is the news...: "The pretence of impartiality has been scrapped in the last-minute scramble to change minds before Labour faces the electorate next month.

Well, actually that's a paraphrase of the introduction to this article. No mention of the fact that Labour has a large majority and that it has no need, based on this, to scrap anything. The correct reading of events must be that they are trying to disrupt Conservative campaigning by changing some of the talking points relating to tax, for instance the cider tax and the broadband tax. Notice in the article how the 'experts' magically align themselves with the Government policy while the Conservatives are depicted as spoilers. Repeat after me, Beebies: Labour has a majority and has no need to scrap anything; the Conservatives have no power to scrap this stuff; any such action we can presume is dictated by the drive for Labour presentation at the elections. Fair dos, eh?

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ELECTION OVER? - Biased BBC

ELECTION OVER?: "Based on BBC GE coverage, two things strike me.



1. It's going to be a hung Parliament.

2. Most people are bored with it.

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COME WHAT MAY - Biased BBC

COME WHAT MAY: "It may be a general election, and we may be emerging from the coldest winter in thirty years. But hey ho, this is the BBC, and there's always a global warming scare story around somewhere. Today, it's that old canard, 'early spring'. The fanatics at the Woodland Trust have done a bit of cod research to back up their prejudices, and Richard Black has swallowed it hook, line and sinker, as usual. If he'd spent two minutes searching the internet, he would have found this excellent piece, filed yesterday, which urges strong caution and points out that all such claims are fraught with problems. It lays bare how warmists, led by the BBC, have been pushing relentlessly this seam of scariness for more than a decade. But never let the facts get in the way of a good scare story, Richard, eh? And certainly never quote anybody who might disagree with your moonshine.

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BBC should be held to account, MPs say - Telegraph

BBC should be held to account, MPs say: "The BBC's insistence on financial secrecy in the way it spends billions of
pounds of public money 'beggars belief', according to an influential
committee of MPs."

Letters: Today needs a new tomorrow - Guardian

Letters: Today needs a new tomorrow: "

What Ceri Thomas does not seem to get is that to be an effective interviewer it is not necessary to behave like a bully (Comment, 6 April). On many occasions I have been driven to turn off, or down, an interview on the Today programme because of John Humphries' or others' aggressive and loud interviewing. They demonstrate an inability to listen or let the interviewee answer the questions. They repeatedly interrupt, preventing a full response. They seem to want to be the focus of the interview, rather than the person being interviewed.

Listeners are not, as they seem to think, stupid. We are perfectly able to discern when someone is prevaricating. Thomas's patronising comments about women interviewers show he fails to understand that macho posturing does not serve the listener, or the subject in question. He obviously learnt nothing from the superb interview given by PD James last year when she edited the Today programme and, with her calm, determined and discerning questioning, tied the head of the BBC up in knots. More women (or men) like this please.

Sally Barnes

London

• Listening to the macho men on the radio sharpening their wits as they set the parameters and define the issues of the election campaign, it must have occurred to much of their audience that it's time for a change. A clutch of mainly male commentators has ruled the airways for too many years. They are unelected, yet collectively display the arrogance of power; speak as from some unassailable moral high ground; undermine any lingering respect we may have for the great officers of state; make a point-scoring game of debates on pressing national issues, presumably hoping to gain kudos for an assertiveness bordering on aggression and, of course, neither their fat salaries, expenses or pension arrangements are put up for public scrutiny.

Sue Hopkinson

Ullapool, Ross-shire

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Open the books, furious MPs tell 'reluctant' BBC - Daily Mail

Open the books, furious MPs tell 'reluctant' BBC: "
The Public Accounts Committee is furious that the broadcaster has not opened up its books so that licence fee payers can see how their money is being spent."

Ceri, it's simple: ask more women on air - Guardian

Ceri, it's simple: ask more women on air | Bidisha: "

I also work for a BBC radio programme, yet my department has gender equality. The BBC's Today programme should take note

Poor Ceri Thomas. Verily, he squirmeth. Watching him wriggle makes me feel like a strapping schoolyard brawler poking a weeny worm with a stick. Is it the worm of discrimination, being poked by the stick of justice? Hmm – you can see why my prose never made Book at Bedtime. Anyway, I write in a spirit of absolution. Thomas is a victim of circumstance. He happens, through a stroke of bad luck which must agonise him, to manage a show which has one woman presenter out of five and 10 woman contributors out of a hundred. It makes me sad. But it makes me happy that he's 'working on it'.

Let Queen B help.

To get more women on your show you need to invite more. Invite half, since that is a fair representation of us in the population. Defenders of the status quo speak as though this is a difficult procedure, logistically complicated, psychologically taxing, physically a little nauseating and philosophically complex. It's not. Research who you want and then contact them. Do not wait for Mercury (planet of communication) and Uranus (planet of sudden change) to be in alignment with Aries (sign of energy).

Equality happens when the participants in a team value it and act on it. I currently present The Strand for the World Service. We have total sexual equality and a cultural diversity which make me want to kiss the marble steps of Bush House in tribute every time I go to work. We've achieved this by facilitating it. Same goes for Front Row, various Beeb radio arts shows and the few documentaries I've been privileged to work on. The same goes for countless producers I've met. It is endorsement from the top – the editors and execs – that is needed.

Thomas talks defensively about 'the re-emergence of bull-headed sexism', as though this is what Today has been accused of. It isn't. Bull-headed sexism is easy to fight because of its blatancy. Far more pernicious is an unconscious and generalised misogyny which is prevalent in organisations and industries of all kinds. The public absence of women is enforced automatically and attempts to change are resisted with spurious arguments fuelled by basic unwillingness. It makes no difference whether the perpetrators are male or female. If they have no politics they will not do anything to challenge the status quo. Additionally, women in these organisations are in a tricky position: if you speak up, you jeopardise your position.

Should Thomas be feeling unconfident in the face of all this, let me urge him to valour. If he employs so very few women in such a very obvious way, on such an important show, he is seeming to hint that he does not like women. If he did, he would be able to stomach more than one at a time. It must torment him to be misrepresented like this, so no doubt any changes will be dramatic and happen swiftly. We women are the single biggest group in the world. Ceri Thomas, you have the power to change the world of Today, and we will make you a hero for it. Be not afraid.

Hope that helps.

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Elderly eggs thrown at Martha Kearney - Guardian

Elderly eggs thrown at Martha Kearney: "

Not even a day into the general election campaign, and Monkey has already seen the first egg thrown at a politician. Not actually thrown today, we hasten to add, but a video clip of a poultry (but not paltry) missile aimed at the then Liberal leader David Steel in 1987. It missed. But who did it hit? None other than Martha Kearney, now better known as host of BBC Radio 4's World at One and former political editor of Newsnight. Her pained 'Argh!' as the egg strikes about four seconds in is a cause of concern - and hilarity - in approximately equal measure.

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Silent Witness - CiF Watch

Silent Witness: "

Sometimes, what is not reported in the media can be as enlightening as what is. So when the Guardian chooses to virtually or completely ignore a particular story, a certain insight is provided into the workings of the editorial decisions made by that organisation. As we are only too aware, two recent incidents produced a plethora of articles in almost comic proportions on the pages of the Guardian and CiF: the expulsion by the UK of an Israeli diplomat over the alleged forging of British passports and Joe Biden’s decision to be insulted by the workings of an Israeli planning committee. To be honest, I lost count of the precise numbers of articles on these two subjects at some point, but both issues were done to death from any and every possible angle with speculation often rife.

Between the breaking of these two stories another incident occurred which merited only one fairly laconic Guardian article: Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan threatened to expel 100,000 Armenians from his country as a reaction to the decisions by the US and Sweden to describe the World War I killings of Armenians as genocide.

Just Journalism’s Michael Weiss has a very interesting article on this subject on Standpoint, in which he writes:

One would have expected The Guardian, which indeed reported on the nonbinding resolution passed in early March by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee recognizing and condemning the Armenian genocide, to be all over this story. It certainly was incensed at Downing Street’s sheepish reaction to theft of UK passports in the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, widely assumed to have been carried out by Mossad, and now the cause of British Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s expulsion of Israel’s Mossad representative at the Israeli embassy in London. Britain may not have a large Armenian diaspora but it has got a large and vocal Kurdish one, and the Kurds, too, have had their difficulties as an ethnic minority in Turkey. Also, is Turkey not a Nato ally and a perennial candidate for admittance to the European Union?

The entire article is well worth reading and can be found here.

Another story which does not seem to have received any attention at all from the Guardian is that of Muhammed Al Farmawi, aged 15, who was reported by the Gaza Health Authorities as having been killed by the IDF on March 30th during ‘Land Day’ protests in Rafah, despite the fact that Israel denied all knowledge of the incident.

“Gaza – Ma’an – A child was shot and killed east of the Yasser Arafat International Airport in Rafah on Tuesday, medics said.

Muawiya Hassanein, director of ambulance and emergency services in Gaza, said Muhammad Zen Ismail Al-Farmawi, 15, was shot dead near the southeasterly border by Israeli forces”

Then, four days later the same boy miraculously reappeared, alive and well.

“It turns out Al-Farmawi was among 17 Palestinians detained by Egyptian forces shortly after the infiltrated the Egyptian side of Rafah via one of Gaza’s numerous underground smuggling tunnels. The detainees, among them 12 minors, were returned to security forces at the border on Friday. They had been questioned about tunnel locations, leading to at least three closures, Egyptian security sources said.”

Should this latest incident, like others before it, raise questions regarding the credibility of official Palestinian sources and their reports of casualties at the hands of Israel? Should it be a lesson to those so eager to believe accusations of Israeli wrongdoings without sufficient proof? Of course it should, but the public apparently only has ‘the right to know’ what the Guardian’s editors want them to know and therefore on some subjects, our journalist witnesses to the events of the world prefer to remain silent, whilst on others they indulge themselves in media gluttony.

Tagged: Comment is Free, Guardian, Obsession "

BBC set for soaring headlines as choppers take off - Guardian

BBC set for soaring headlines as choppers take off | Media Monkey: "

Newscopter alert: Both Sky News and BBC News scrambled their helicopters to follow Gordon Brown's five-minute trip from Downing Street to Buckingham Palace to ask the Queen to dissolve parliament. With the general election ball now officially rolling Monkey expects more footage from the news choppers. Oh and of course the obligatory story in the Daily Mail about the cost to licence fee payers of the Beebcopter.

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Selective feedback - Biased BBC

Selective feedback: "According to the BBC, Ed Balls 'received a standing ovation - unusual for a minister at a teachers' conference - as he outlined the increased investments in education since 1997.'

Wow. Good to know. Those investments wouldn't have included massive pay increases for teachers, would they? I believe they would (not that the BBC would ever spell it out). And who wouldn't give an ovation when the pay concerned was theirs?

The Beeb seemed to think that Balls' challenge to the Conservatives to match his spending plans for education was a solid punch.

On the other hand the BBC consider it just not worth remarking that one of Britain's most celebrated recent war heroes wanted to 'knock out' Gordon Brown, so angry was he made by Brown's disrespect for the armed forces.

I guess Balls' jab just seemed more punchy, from a certain point of view. (thank to Hippiepooter and others for pointing out the Beharry omission)

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Ooops. BBC Retracts Misleading Report - Biased BBC

Ooops. BBC Retracts Misleading Report: "It seems some people DO have success when it comes to having their complaints upheld by the BBC. As long as they belong to the anti-Israel brigade.

Should a report that shows anti Israel campaigners in a poor light accidentally slip through the net, the BBC Editorial department will leap into action.

Nobody can interrupt a meeting or performance and come out smelling of roses.
Certainly Tony Greenstein and Deborah Fink’s display of exhibitionism that ruined the Jerusalem Quartet’s performance at the Wigmore Hall was counterproductive in the extreme. I hope their ‘cause’ suffered a setback of disproportionately greater magnitude than the distress their disruptive outbursts caused to the musicians and the audience that had hoped to enjoy the performance.

On the other hand, a meeting that took place at the School of Oriental and African Studies last year in which the guest speaker was Bongani Masuku, 'a man condemned as an inciter of hatred against Jews by the South African Human Rights Commission,' was ‘disrupted’ by a question from Jonathan Hoffman about the morality of hosting such an event and inviting such a speaker, a hullaballoo ensued, which, unlike the one at the Wigmore Hall, was reported on the BBC website.

In the confusion it is alleged that racist taunts were hurled at Mr. Hoffman. “Jew-ish” and some such. Whatever they were, the threatening atmosphere that was engendered simply because of a question that went against the grain, was undeniable. If you can bear to look at the video, you’ll see that when Mr Hoffman asks “Why do you interrupt me?” The woman behind him can clearly be seen wagging a finger and saying “Because you’re a Jew!”

Some furious lobbying by organisations such as “JustPeaceUK” were instigated, in order to get the BBC report amended to what they considered was a TRUE representation of what had taken place, and to omit the bit about the racist taunts.

They succeeded; not only was the web report amended, but the original reporter was reprimanded, and the editor wrote:

“After publication it quickly became clear that there was more to what had happened in the meeting than was apparent from the video and Mr Hoffman’s allegations. As soon as that became clear the story was amended to reflect the differing views of those who had been at the meeting.
It is regrettable that the original story did not reflect a wider range of views and the journalist concerned has been made well aware of the requirement to do so in the future.
Yours Sincerely
Hugh Berlyn
Editor
News and Sport Interactive
BBC England “

Concert disrupter and anti-Zionist campaigner Tony Greenstein proudly declares the success of their lobbying on his website under the heading
“ BBC - Hoffman Lied When Claiming He was a Victim of anti-Semitism.”

Not only that, but the Head of editorial complaints, Fraser Steel has written apologising profusely and promising to take further action. We must wait with bated breath to see what that will be..

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Martha Kearney should stick to the Queen's English - Telegraph

Martha Kearney should stick to the Queen's English: "Telegraph View: Listeners of The World At One do not appreciate
Americanised lazy talk."

TARGET THE TORIES! - Biased BBC

TARGET THE TORIES!: "With the likelihood that Gordon Brown will FINALLY call the General Election tomorrow, the BBC are lumbering up for the final round of 'Save Gordon.' Last evening, I listened to the BBC Radio 4 between 10-11pm and there was the concerted witch-hunt against Chris Grayling and also an attack on George Osborne. It's going to be a tumultuous four weeks as the BBC seeks to damage the Conservatives as much as possible which I would hope David Cameron will remember when he gets in power. The malignancy of the State Broadcaster needs excised once and for all.

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Grayling - Biased BBC

Grayling: "
Radio Five Live whipped itself into quite a frenzy over the Chris Grayling rumpus. Stephen Nolan could hardly contain himself when the story broke during his show last night, admitting to the senior programme editor of Channel 4 News today that he was 'ready to burst' waiting for the boxing to finish (not a pleasant image - can't get Mr Creosote out of my mind for some reason).


Five Live's political reporter Chris Mason shared Nolan's enthusiasm:



Anna Adams ('Interactive Reporter, BBC News') was so excited she posted her first tweets in over a week. The story remained Five Live's top headline until midday today (even the breaking news of three car bombs and dozens dead in Baghdad was deemed a lesser item on the 11am and 11.30 am bulletins). Unsurprisingly, the Tory Party's widening lead in the opinion polls was not considered very newsworthy.

The fervour shown for this story by the Beeb (and particularly Five Live) suggests that there are a number of BBC journalists simply itching to give the Tories a good kicking. Unfortunately for them I don't think most people are particularly bothered one way or the other by Grayling's views on gays and B&Bs. Still, no doubt there will be other opportunities to stick the boot in between now and election day.

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Stomach turning - Biased BBC

Stomach turning: "From today's Telegraph

The editors and presenters on Radio 4's Today programme have been told they must interview representatives of the BNP, Ukip, the Green party, SNP and Plaid Cymru on the same show, the morning after the debates.

Sources said this will leave almost no room for serious discussion of how the mainstream leaders performed.

One source said: 'We're all spitting feathers here. This is further proof that the BBC's obsession with 'compliance' is destroying its news coverage and journalism.

'The only result of this directive from Mark Byford and the rest of the overpaid detached senior management is that listeners will simply switch off in droves.

'The idea of having to interview the Ukip leader Nigel Farage – let alone Nick Griffin – is turning people's stomachs.'

No Alka Seltzer needed for the leaders of the Greens, the SNP and Plaid Cymru, just the BNP and UKIP. So even the party that came second in the European elections is beyond the pale as far as sophisticated metropolitan BBC journalists are concerned. Too stupid to know that UKIP's leader is Lord Pearson, not Nigel Farage, though. (H-t John Anderson in the comments).

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Happy Easter, Papa - Biased BBC

Happy Easter, Papa: "I hold no brief for the Pope; I am a Protestant if anything. However, I do recognise when the forces of Progressivism see an opp for agitation, and that time is now. As a Briton, I don't really give a damn about the proclivities of papists. If guilty of a crime, let 'em go to jail. If not, let them be like every other oddity up with which we put. I cannot think of any justification for the BBC's intense interest in the Catholic church and child sex. Can it be that there are limits to tolerance? How borgeois! Or is it just al Beeb seeking to stick it into another institution of western civilisation? As a reader/viewer/citizen, I just find their scrutiny bizarre, three days running by my count. Why are the Beebies so obsessed with Catholic child sex?

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BBC spending criticised in MPs' report - Telegraph

BBC spending criticised in MPs' report: "The BBC will be criticised for wasting money on building projects and overstaffing at big sports and music events in a report to be published this week."