BBC issues mea culpa after The One Show's class 'attack' on David Cameron - Telegraph

BBC issues mea culpa after The One Show's class 'attack' on David Cameron: "After an extraordinary 'investigation' on The One Show on Thursday, the BBC has been inundated with complaints of bias against the Conservatives."

How the BBC's professor of journalism - who is supposed to embody a spirit of impartiality - 'improved' his rival's biography - Daily Mail

How the BBC's professor of journalism - who is supposed to embody a spirit of impartiality - 'improved' his rival's biography: "
Former editor of the Today programme Kevin Marsh has been caught trying to undermine the reputations of two former BBC colleagues by tampering with their Wikipedia entries."

BBC's Sonia Deol is forced off Facebook by Sikhs furious over TV film

BBC's Sonia Deol is forced off Facebook by Sikhs furious over TV film: "
The news presenter has been subjected to a deluge of personal abuse after fronting a documentary about one of the most controversial events in recent Indian history."

British sitcoms have gone downhill, says creator of Only Fools and Horses - Telegraph

British sitcoms have gone downhill, says creator of Only Fools and Horses: "British sitcoms are in the doldrums and rely on swearing to get cheap laughs,
according to the creator of Only Fools and Horses."

MORE HARRABIN CONTORTIONS - Biased BBC

MORE HARRABIN CONTORTIONS: "I asked, last week, how long it would be before the intrepid Roger Harrabin came up with a defence of the Met office, after his Yorkshire-based colleague, Paul Hudson, dared to suggest that Accuweather's Joe Bastardi (among others) was more accurate with his weather-forecasting than the Met and its £170m global warming lying machine (aka a supercomputer). Well, it's taken him all week. And if you can understand his back-flipping, contortionist - nay, fantastical - reasoning, you deserve a prize. As I see it, our friend Mr Harrabin believes that when the Met Office is wrong, they are actually right, because they are nearly right; and that in any case, it doesn't matter, because it's getting much hotter, and their supercomputer can see that, whereas the day-to-day incidences of freezing etc, don't really count because they are part of the 'frying tonight' overall trend - and on that, of course, the Met Office is always right. As for those who doubt any of this, well, according to Mr Harrabin, he doesn't give a damn, because they don't count, and of course, they can't count (unlike the Met). Something like that. Me? I'll stick with Mr Bastardi. His writing style might not be the most elegant, but his message is crystal clear and honest. The Met Office are warmist crooks.

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The One Show - Biased BBC

The One Show: "Via the comments - Iain Dale on One Show bias and the BBC's response.

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Younge Americans - Biased BBC

Younge Americans: "In September, when US-based left-wing Guardian columnist Gary Younge popped up as a bona fide voice of the BBC on From Our Own Correspondent, I pointed out that he had recently described followers of the Tea Party movement as '(a)nnoying, bizarre, incoherent, divisive, intolerant, small-minded, misinformed, ill informed and disinformed…' In other words, just the sort of prejudice against the American right which finds favour at the Beeb. I noted also the irony of a Guardian/BBC journalist accusing others of living 'in a politically parallel world where everyone they know believes the same as they do.'

We're in the middle of a mini Obamafest at the moment as the BBC celebrates the first anniversary of The One's inauguration. To balance the many pro-Obama films and programmes made by adoring fans, the Beeb has commissioned a couple of documentaries about Americans opposed to Obama. Amazingly, this project was given to someone with a sympathetic view of the subject matter.

I'm kidding, of course:

In this two-part documentary, author and journalist Gary Younge tells the story of the other side of the Obama phenomenon; the story of those who say that the Obama presidency is nothing but bad news. Younge asks who these people are who feel they have been marginalised by the Obama revolution. He also asks what they don't like about him and what Obama could do, if anything, to win them over.
Younge spends 10 days travelling through rural Arkansas and Kentucky, talking to anti-tax protesters, fundamentalist Christians and libertarians, country club members and local dignitaries to find out how they view the last year under Obama and what their hopes and fears are for the coming year.

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