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Friday, September 26, 2008 David Vance # THE "M" WORD So, two men of Somali origin are arrested by police in Germany on a plane preparing to take off from Cologne-Bonn airport. They were said to be "possibly planning attacks" and had left suicide notes at their flats expressing their wish to die in a "holy war." Mmmm, something missing though, isn't there? Is it possible, do you think, that these two guys were followers of the Religion of peace and love? Might it just be conceivable they are Muslims? If we follow the BBC, we will never know! Comments: 5 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # A FRIDAY JOY. I accidentally caught the first ten minutes of the News Quiz on Radio 4 this evening. Hosted by dwarf lesbian Sandi Toksvig, her guests included hard left Jeremy Hardy, and the ubiquitous lesbian comedienne Sue Perkins. I see Mark Steel will grace the programme in the near future. Within 60 seconds, the usual spleen was being directed towards John McCain and Sarah Palin. Naturally the Chosen One was left alone. These BBC alleged "comedy" programmes are nothing of the sort. They are a contrived platform afforded to left wing trolls like Hardy and Steel to spew out their venom. And while I'm at it, I see that Marcus Brigstocke now has his own programme on Radio 4 entitled "I've never seen Star Wars" - in which he invites guests to experience something they have never done before. In his case, that would involve being funny. Comments: 5 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Hugh # General BBC-related comment thread! Please use this for comments about current BBC programming and activities. N.B. This is not an invitation for off-topic comments, rants or chit-chat. Suggestions for stories would be appreciated! Comments may be moderated. Comments: 5 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Hugh # "Rather caddish" Contributors to the BBC's Climate Wars have complained to Offcom that the documentary misrepresented them, say the Telegraph andIndependent. "The BBC very gravely misrepresented me and several others, as well as the science behind our argument," Lord Monckton told the Indie. "It is a breach of its code of conduct." Nothing new there, then. Still, I look forward to the Richard Black report to match this piece, should Offcom find against it. Thanks to Peter in the comments. Comments: 8 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Hugh # Kos of the unique way it's funded... Sorry, another quick one on the Beeb's US coverage: apart from the branding and one quote from McCain would this really be out of place on the Daily Kos? Here's the summary of the day: The candidates take part in emergency economic talks at the White House with President Bush... Material from Sarah Palin's interview with CBS news is aired, in which the Alaska governor explains why her state's proximity to Russia had given her foreign policy experience. It then picks up on the Palin dig again with its key quotes:"It's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska." Sarah Palin demonstrates her foreign policy experience. I suppose it's possible to read that last line neutrally, but it's a bit of a struggle, isn't it? Quite apart from the bias, the BBC's tone in its coverage of the US election is making it increasingly hard to take it seriously. But that's probably a good thing. Comments: 29 (unread) - Biased BBC Home