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Saturday, January 17, 2009 David Vance # COMING CLEAN. I see the BBC is reporting that Gordon Brown, he who has saved the world, has urged the banks to "come clean" over their toxic debts so people could start "trusting them" again. It's just one more puff piece aimed at presenting Brown as an honest bloke who just wants all those nasty private financial institutions to be like him and plainly share with the public just how inept they have been. Given that Brown has spent the last decades lying through his teeth to the public, this is a bit rich. Once again we see the BBC running an item solely aimed at glorifying Gordon when all the evidence is that this hypocrite would not recognise the truth if he stumbled across it! Comments: 6 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # WAR CRIMES? UNWRA goes on the offensive against Israel, and describes what it terms "an attack" on a Gazan school as a "war crime". The it phones Jeremy Bowen, and the idea is now being propagated that Israel must be tried for war crimes. What sickens me is that the BBC must know that Hamas are committing war crimes on a daily basis and not ONE of their intrepid reporters has thought of asking their pals in UNWRA if using women, children, hospitals and schools as shields is a war crime? In the BBC campaign against Israel, Hamas are never guilty and Israel is never innocent. Comments: 9 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Friday, January 16, 2009 David Vance # 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: 108 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # TRUCE OR HUDNA? I am sure that the BBC knows the difference between a truce and a hudnaso why does this report make reference to Hamas offering a 12 month truce? I reckon that after the pounding Hamastan has taken it will need at least 12 months to rebuild itself militarily. A hudna is of no benefit to Israel and yet that is what is being retailed by the likes of the BBC as the best possible outcome. I hope Israel is more precise in what it accepts from Hamas than the BBC. Comments: 32 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # REPARATIONS NOW? I noticed that the BBC ran an item on "Today" this morning concerning the demands from some of those who have suffered grievously at the hands of the IRA for financial compensation from Libya which supplied the IRA with weaponry. Fair enough, but I'm just wondering why the BBC reporter did not see fit to enquire why it might not be quicker to seek reparations for IRA murder... from the IRA? Their senior leaders are now seated in the government of Northern Ireland and their organisation is flush with cash. I know it's not quite bias, but it is an obvious question and one that the BBC does not ask. Why? Are some questions forbidden?