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Friday, August 29, 2008 David Vance # THE CORONATION OF THE KING OF FOOLS. Well, the celebrations following Obama's historic election as US President continued unabated on the BBC today. What's that you say? He hasn't been elected yet? Mmm..hard to tell when it comes to the Barack Broadcasting Corporation this morning! Two interviews ln less than 30 minutes this morning from the BBC with no pretence of balance - just pure Obamania. At 7.13am we had an interview with the Democrat economics adviser Professor James Galbraith of Harvard University. Galbraith was allowed to waffle about the dire state of the US economy with nary a mention of the fact that the US economy has just enjoyed surging growth of 3.3% in the last quarter. (Wanna compare THAT with the Eurozone performance, Beeboids?) Galbraith spouted the usual half-baked left wing economics that Democrats always advocate, even being invited by the BBC interviewer to compare Obama's protectionist plans to those of the "New Deal". Any student of economics with any will understand just how profoundly flawed THAT was and yet the BBC was hailing it as economic success incarnate and the good Professor grabbed the rhetorical ball and happily ran with it. Next up at 7.40am we had Justin Webb with his daily dose of pro-Obama propaganda followed by James Naughtie interviewing Sam Liebermam, chairman of the Democrat Party of Nevada. Naughtie concluded by wishing Lieberman "good luck". We get the picture. Listen to the BBC - Vote Obama. Comments: 12 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # BACK IN THE USSR.... Well, tuning into the TODAY programme after a break of a few days doesn't last long before out jumps the rampant bias with which that this site so concerned. Did you catch the simpering pro-Russian interview conducted at 7.09? US Ambassador to Nato Kurt Volker was directly asked if a/ He accepted that the US was to blame for the Russian assault on Georgia and if b/Georgia was partly to blame for the Russian assault on Georgia? The icy tone adopted by Sarah Montague when interviewing the amiable Volker was telling - this was an interview with a clear subtext; Russia is not to blame for invading another sovereign State and Russia is also the victim of American imperialism. All that was missing was the Russian Anthem playing gently in the background whilst this interview was being conducted. How the BBC must miss the glory years of the USSR... Comments: 3 (unread) - Biased BBC Home