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Friday, January 02, 2009 David Vance # IMPORTING TERRORISTS. The BBC approach to Lord Goldsmith seems to vary, doesn't it? When he was advising Tony Blair that it was OK to assist in the liberation of Iraq, his judgement was questioned. But when he argues that Britain shouldopen it's arms and embrace some of the Jihadi scum currently detained at Guantanamo, he's suddenly a good guy! The BBC line on Islamic terrorism is consistent and profoundly dhimmified. The meme is that all those in Gitmo are innocent and it is vital that the UK accepts as many as possible, after all it's what Obama wants. And so the New Year begins with the UK actually seeking to import terrorists and the BBC sees no wrong in this and provides no space for those who hold that this is reckless beyond words. Comments: 25 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # HELLO JOHN, GOT A NEW QASSAM? I see the BBC have been quick to provide those well-known political scientists Annie Lennox, Alexei Sayle, Bianca Jagger and their pals Livingstone and Galloway, with lots of publicity for their impassioned protest on behalf of the savages of Hamastan. You know I remember when Sayle was funny, just as I remember when Lennox release decent songs, but those days are long gone and so these clapped out dhimmified goons do their little act for the British Muslim Initiative and the BBC give them uncritical profile. Comments: 10 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # MISSING WORDS It's so tortuous. Get this.. "A Danish man of Palestinian origin has been arrested on suspicion of shooting and wounding two Israeli salesmen at a shopping centre in Odense in Denmark." Anything to avoid saying Muslim, eh? Thanks to George R for spotting this gem of BBC obsfucation! Comments: 3 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Natalie # The hours go by. Stewart Fleming, a 37 year old signalman and father of two, was photographed by his wife as he waited for six hours in Medway Maritime Hospital's A&E department. He is shown clutching a note from his doctor saying that he must be seen immediately. The photo can be seen at the head of this story in the Sun. It has a certain poignancy now, given that during the wait Mr Fleming's organs failed one by one and he is now dead. Squander Two writes: Secondly, this is being reported all over the place, of course, and every report I've seen mentions the six-hour wait, what with it being the whole point of the story. Except the BBC's: An inquiry is under way into the death of a man after a two-hour delay in him being seen by an A&E unit in Kent. I'll print the rest, what with the BBC's well-established reputation for stealthily editing their reports after criticism without changing the "Page last updated" bit — for lying, in other words. Squander Two then does so, and adds some considered commentary on how the BBC could possibly have ended up describing a six hour wait as a two hour wait. His remarks are all the more damning in that they strive so hard to be fair. Perhaps the BBC read it, as there is something rather shamefaced about the follow-up story concerning the statement on the case by the Chief Executive of the Medway NHS Foundation Trust, which does manage to mention the unadjusted times involved. Comments: 4 (unread) - Biased BBC Home