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Thursday, November 20, 2008 David Vance # GREEN DAY! Anyone catch Sir Philip Green having a go at John Humphrys on Today around 8.20am about the BBC's annual £3bn windfall from us, the license-payers? It was good stuff and clearly Humphyrs was taken aback by the persistence of Green who seemed determined to talk about why the BBC should be allowed to take this cash from us. It's always a hoot to hear the BBC challenged about their massive annual cash-grab and Humphyrs seemed far from comfortable in the attempted debate. Comments: 16 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Wednesday, November 19, 2008 David Vance # "LESSONS HAVE NOT BEEN LEARNT" I read with dismay this report on the BBC this evening concerning the failure of the government to deal with child abuse insofar as it merely parrots the established cliche that "lessons must be learnt" - except they haven't. It gets worse by throwing in a dollop of class warfare alleging that poor "families"get poor services. Free school meals are even given an airing in this context although why they would stop some of the horrendous child abuse that has gone on under the noses of the many government agencies, rather like the peace of god, passes all understanding. Comments: 34 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # FAUXTOGRAPHY. I see that the BBC has given great prominence to the shock horror news that the Pentagon has become embroiled in a row after the US Army released a photo of a general to the media which was found to have been digitally altered. US Army General Ann Dunwoody was shown in front of the US flag but it later emerged that this background had been added. The Associated Press news agency subsequently suspended the use of US Department of Defence photos. I have a few questions here; 1/ Why is the addition of the US flag to an image of a US Army general viewed as a scandal in the first place by AP? 2/ Why was the BBC was so strangely subdued when AP's disgraceful use of fauxtography during the Hezbollah/Israel conflict in 2006 was exposed time and time again? Comments: 10 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # COME AGAIN? On what basis does the BBC decide that John Sergeant's self imposed exit from Strictly Come Dancing is the third most important global story this evening? Talk about a sense of priority. Comments: 27 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # BNP and the BBC! Well then, I am sure you will heard plenty about the BNP's published membership list today. I first caught Nick Griffin being interviewed about this on Today this morning by John Humphyrs and I reckon Griffin acquitted himself quite well. Whilst I am no admirer of the socialistic racist nonsense served up by the BNP, I did chuckle at Humphyrs evident dismay when Griffin wondered aloud why radical Islam was not treated in the same way as the BNP? In fact that's really my point here. The BBC trumpets the cliched establishment revulsion at the BNP and loves to suggest it is "far-right" when in fact it is more accurately "hard-left" with a flurry of racism added. So how does that make it any different to the likes of "Respect" - other than it is not Jihad-sympathetic? And isn't itcute the way the BBC finds room for UKIP's Nigel Farage to stick the boot into the BNP whilst it normally ignores him on most other issues? The best way to test the BNP, in my view, would be for the BBC to allow Griffin onto the likes of Question Time so that his party views could be examined just like the other parties but the BBC chooses to ignore the BNP whilst finding time for other comedians such as Marcus Brigstocke. But that just is not going to happen and so by ignoring the BNP, the BBC actually helps create an undeserved mystique for the organisation. I never did see the list that was published but wondered if the BNP has members in the BBC? Comments: 54 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # SYRIAN STABILITY? I see that the BBC is pushing the government line that Syria could be "a force for stability" in the Middle East. That's a bit like saying that Haringey Council could be a force for child protection. Or Labour could be a force for low taxation. Apparently Syria and Britain have been holding high-level intelligence talks in order to combat terrorism, Syrian officials have told the BBC. And such outrageous pro-Syrian propaganda is then duly spewed out by Al Beeb. It seems that Syria - a central player in the nexus of evil - is getting a make-over and the BBC is doing its best to portray Boy Bashar's thugocracy in a favourable light. Comments: 8 (unread) - Biased BBC Home