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Monday, January 19, 2009 David Vance # TAXING TIMES. Nice to see the BBC putting such a favourable spin on the inflation-busting increase in Council taxes due in April. Note the disclaimer helpfully inserted in the very first sentence and then the use of the CPI to also help make us all feel that we are getting a good deal from the little tyrants that run local Councils. Further, the question is not what inflation is setting at now but rather where will it be in April when the new council taxes kick in! In fairness, Conservative Eric Pickles does get his say - but you have to wade more than half ways down the page to see that. Comments: 5 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # HUDNA HOLDING. I notice BBC reporters are now swarming all over Gaza, like flies around you know what. The sympathy for the Hamas supporters is intense (Check this out) and one could be forgiven for thinking that Israeli forces just lobbed missiles randomly into Gaza, just as Hamas launch rockets randomly into Israel. Naturally nothing could be further from the truth with the precision of IDF/IAF strikes a matter of record but none of that concerns the BBC, who have now joined forces with the UNWRA jew haters to shill for the "fighters" from Hamas. I notice all BBC reports tallk about the Israeli assault on Gaza, rather than Hamas. I guess that also helps stoke up the hatred against Israel, the same hatred manifest in this video of BBC favourite Lauren Booth. Doesn't what about the facts, Palestinians are always right and Israel is always wrong. That is the only narrative that matters in BBC worldview. Comments: 13 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # THE ADORATION OF THE OBAMESSIAH Ok, we all know that the BBC is going overboard as it hypes up the inauguration of Obama tomorrow. I thought it might be good to gather as many example of this as possible. I happened to catch Thought for the Day this morning to hear The One being compared to Moses. That was quite impressive. The Abe Lincoln comparisons have been coming thick and heavy as well! Any catch your attention? I have to be honest and say my stomach is not strong enough to watch the BBC Obama-fest even though, like you, we are forced to pay for this indulgence. Comments: 14 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Sunday, January 18, 2009 ed thomas # 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: 47 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # WORKING HARD FOR YOU... Great to see the BBC in top form so early in this new year. I tuned in to hear Kirsty Young introduce Vince Cable as "superman" on Desert Island Discs. Then I caught a trailer for the Westminster House starting at 10 tonight featuring "The Condensed History of George W Bush" - should be a riot. Comments: 46 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # JEREMY BOWEN WRITES.. I wondered what you think of the following comments made by Jeremy Bowen? "After inflicting so much pain and death, Israel still says that Gaza's civilians are not its enemy. That is something that Gazans - and millions of others in this part of the world - do not believe." I am sure he includes the BBC in that number, don't you? Also, after Hamas firing rockets into Israel AFTER the ceasefire came into effect, I was curious as to why Jeremy has not asked his excellent UN for a comment on this act of war? Comments: 26 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # BLACK AND GAY? I see that Nicky Campbell on "The Big Question" on BBC1 this morning has been asking the question that is surely uppermost in all our minds at this time "How long before Britain gets a Black Prime Minister?" Nicky also wondered when the first "openly" gay PM would come to power. (Does Nicky know something about Gordon he's not letting on?) How about a Black and Gay PM, Nicky? Of course this is all part of the vacuous hype leading to "Call me Abe" Obama's coronation next week and the BBC is to the fore in cheer-leading for this. Well worth you license tax. Comments: 42 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Saturday, January 17, 2009 David Vance # CEASEFIRE. To be honest, I was sorry to see tonight that Israel has called a ceasefire.It would be best that the IDF/IAF continue to pound every Hamas savage into the dirt of Gaza but I guess this was an inevitable political gesture considering the Obama coronation coming to you 24/7 early next week. I caught Jeremy Bowen commenting on this announcement on the 10 News and was struck by his once-more repeated admiration for the Hamas policy of what he calls "Martyrdom and sacrifice" aka hiding behind women and children and finessing homicide bombers in the kindergarten. The BBC still refuses to share with us how many Hamas terrorists have gone in to meet Allah prematurely, instead preferring to imply that Israel has only killed innocents during this campaign. The coverage of this military campaign against Hamas is a textbook example of BBC bias against Israel and all the reason in the world why we should not be funding such naked anti-semitism . Comments: 60 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # OBAMA IS LINCOLN The Obama fever that infects the BBC was manifest in an item on the 10 News that I just watched which in essence compared The One to Abraham Lincoln. It''s amazing to watch this Beeb sycophancy, presented to us as news, from the same broadcaster which waged unrelenting hostility to the Bush presidency over the past eight years. Now that their man is about to get into the White House you can be sure that all reporting will be sanitised, ensuring that any objectivity goes out the window. Comments: 63 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # THE WETURN OF WOSSY.. So, foul mouthed 40's something egomaniac adolescent and glittering star within the BBC firmament Jonathan Ross is due to return to our screens, a truly chastened figure! Erm well not! The Mail reports that "Despite the fuss he caused, provoking an unprecedented 42,000 complaints following his obscene and distasteful 'prank' call with Russell Brand to Andrew Sachs, Ross has a simple attitude to the furore - which is that people need to 'get over it'." It appears that no extra measures are being put in place to prevent the creation of further offence. 'The code of compliance is just as it was before,' confirms a Radio 2 spokesman. And, astonishingly, the BBC claims it has had no extra meetings with the star during which taste and standards were discussed. There will be no extra supervisors in the studios looking over his shoulder and the chain of command will remain just as it was before all the fuss. Even the question of what Ross might say at the Baftas - which will go out before the 9pm watershed - is being regarded with studied nonchalance. Is anyone surprised? The BBC showed a lamentable lack of understanding of the offence that Wossy caused in the first instance and has made this compounded this ever since by demonstrating a revolting combination of arrogance and contempt for the license-payer. Comments: 20 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance #