BBC twisting language over Brand and Ross

Tuesday, 28 October 2008

BBC twisting language over Brand and Ross

In the light of the offensive, foul mouthed and insulting messages Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross left on Andrew Sachs' answerphone during their pre-recorded and editorially approved radio show, the BBC is showing itself as desperate to play down the matter. Its online news stories about the affair are applying a deliberate editorial tone by...

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Labour sleaze double whammy

The Labour Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, has ruled out an investigation into whether Tony Blair misled Parliament over the £1m Bernie Ecclestone donation to given to Labour in return for an exemption from tobacco advertising for Formula One motorsport. Martin has said that while answers given by Blair over the affair while...

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Conservative silence is not the way to win

But for me it is not just relative silence on the economy that is a serious concern, but lack of positive arguments about other spheres of government too. If there is a strategy to sit back and let Labour sink into a pit of failure and incompetence then it needs to be scrapped. I believe in making every effort to win on merit, not simply holding...

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Monday, 27 October 2008

BBC Bacteria Ripe for Disinfection

The BBC has apologised to actor Andrew Sachs for the "unacceptable and offensive" content of calls made to him by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross during a radio show. As well they might. But why is this apology not also accompanied by immediate sackings, starting with Messrs. Brand and Ross?


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Mendacious Mandy: Take Everything With A Pinch Of Salt

Let us start where we must - with the basic character (or is that base character?) of one Peter Mandelson who, by one of the more curious acts of turning things on their head, has recently been ennobled and reinstalled at the heart of Her Majesty's Government. Noble he is not but a crook he undoubtedly is ...


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