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Saturday, August 16, 2008 David Vance # GIVE US YOUR CHILDREN. I see the BBC uncritically reports the suggestion from the health Nazi's in local government that they be granted the power to take overweight children from their parental homes- if deemed necessary. This outrageous power grab, this further intrusion by the State into the sanctity of the family unit, is a disgrace and yet you will do well to find any BBC reported objections to it. One of the areas where the BBC and the Government have blissful agreement is that theyknow what is best for us and the ever increasing size of the State is the means of delivering it. First they came for the smokers, then they came for the obese... Comments: 15 - Biased BBC Home Friday, August 15, 2008 David Vance # General BBC-related comment thread! Please use this thread for comments about the BBC's current programming and activities. This post will remain at or near the top of the blog - scroll down for new topic-specific posts. N.B. This is not an invitation for general off-topic comments, rants or chit-chat. Thoughtful comments are encouraged. Comments may also be moderated. Any suggestions for stories that you might like covered would be appreciated! It's your space, use it wisely. Comments: 152 - Biased BBC Home ed thomas # Paul Reynolds should resign This article has to be one of the most despicable attempts by a BBC journalist to whitewash evil and extinguish the truth. I wish I could say "just kidding". According to Reynolds "One problem for the Russians is that they have not yet learned how to play the media game. Their authoritarian government might never do so." Now this is just unbelievable. This is a regime whose secret service (formerly KGB, now FSB)response to the murder of Ana Politskaya was “I don't know who killed her, but her articles were beneficial to the Western press. She deserved what she got.” This is the regime whose secret service according to the Economist "was good at harassing journalists trying to find out the truth" about Beslan. This is the regime whose "Kremlin-choreographed message", according to Garry Kasparov , "presents Russia as surrounded by enemies on all sides, near and far, and the military intervention in Georgia as essential to protect the lives and interests of Russians". Mmm- so unsuccessful. No-one bought that line, did they? This is the regime headed by a former KGB agent who has doubled and tripled his secret service operatives' salaries, re-making it among the most sought-after professions in Russia. Now of course I would accept Reynolds as having some point to make, if he offered credible evidence instead of assertion. But a man who omits mention of a word of the Russian secret service in this entire article! Can you recall "psy-ops" in Iraq? Pretty much every kind of public relations tool was scrutinised as such. Now- crickets chirruping once more as the caravan moves on. Reynolds adduces two pieces of evidence in favour of his notion that Russia is the victim of US misrepresentation- both of them are the comments given to observers (the BBC's Sarah Rainsford and Human Rights Watch) by supposed bystanders. Very weak Paul. So weak it's almost a crime. According to Garry Kasparov again, "The administrations of the Georgian breakaway areas of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are stocked, top to bottom, with bureaucrats from the Russian security services." So who do you think the observers encountered in Ossetia? They'd surely never be singled out for special operative attention, would they? As I said at the beginning, Paul Reynolds... Oh, and should Paul Reynolds need any more educating, and should he care at all, about Putin's knowledge and expertise in media matters, he might try reading this. Comments: 46 - Biased BBC Home