The Kate Adie presented "From our own correspondent" is a treasure trove for mining BBC bias. I caught Hugh Sykes on this programme today giving us the usual "It's a quagmire" narrative about Afghanistan. Hugh argued that after all these years and despite all the aid poured into Afghanistan, children are still begging in the streets. (Being the generous soul, he handed over thw equivalant of a US dollar to one such child). In essence the purpose of his report was to suggest that things are little better now with the Taliban gone. Hugh couldn't find anyone who supported the government. This is the sort of undermining of any political progress associated with what the BBC calls the "so-called" war on terror is what the BBC seems to excel at. Labels: afghanistan, TALIBAN Comments: 8 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # Happened to catch B-BBC favourite Justin Webb being interviewed on the"Correspondents Look Ahead" programme on Radio 4 just after lunch-time today. I was intrigued to hear Justin point out that he reckoned the US has now gone through the worst of the financial recession and he believes things will look up later in 2009. When asked to pick his politician to look out for, he spoke admiringly of Tom Daschle. Remember him? Labels: Justin Webb - the legend. Comments: 23 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Friday, January 02, 2009 Ok, I'm fed up with the relentless Palestinian propaganda that the BBC is serving up on what it chooses to call the "Aid Worker Diary." Can someone direct me to whom in the BBC I can take my compliant since this one-sided narrative has gone on long enough. If you can help me - I will keep you all briefed on the subsequent conversation. If we are going to have "Aid Worker Diary" from Gaza, then we need to have "Aid worker Diary Sderot". Labels: one-sided narrative., pro Hamas Comments: 92 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # 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. Labels: open threadBiased BBC Saturday, January 03, 2009
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Saturday, 3 January 2009
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