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Sunday, February 01, 2009 ed thomas # No one really cares that the new Prime Minister of Iceland is a lesbian. What I care about is the BBC's incessant need to have a news agenda and to pursue it. We can see the agenda at work in this report from the omission of a key fact which the Guardian (as so often) doesn't miss out. The key fact is that Ms Sigurdardotti spent a lengthy time married to a banker (male) and has two grown up sons to show for it. Guardian readers, no doubt, can be trusted with these facts which suggest rather bisexuality, or confusion, or even bitter ex-banker's wife syndrome (there's a nice little revenge motif in this saga which Icelanders might just be appreciating :-). Nuanced Guardian readers can cope elastically with all the real and tough twists and turns of adult life, unquestionably. Not so BBConline readers, apparently. Maybe their re-education process is still incomplete. I don't pretend to understand the liberal mindset, but I know that it's much more impressive to think of people with innate characteristics, distinct from other people, which make them homosexual. It's the difference between the exotic and the banal. Choices are banal, and we all make them. Ms Sigurdardotti made hers twice in two directions, but we're only informed about the one which makes her the paragon the BBC are intent on making her: "It's not only a victory for lesbians, it's a victory for women, actually make that a victory for all!" (the last line from the BBC's "Gay milestone" commentary) Comments: 34 (unread) - Biased BBC Home 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: 49 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # A TOUGH ROCKET RESPONSE Interesting to read how the BBC presents the news that Hamas has fired more rockets into Israel, in this case landing between two nursery schools in the Eshkol region of southern Israel. The headline is "Israel vows tough rocket response" and launches (if you'll pardon the pun) into a quote from Ehud Olmert vowing a "disproportionate" response to these "rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza." Oh, those war mongering Jews! All the time, the BBC chooses to present this as a war between Israel and Gaza. In this way, the savages in Hamas get a free pass. Lord knows how the BBC will react in just over a week's time when Israel goes to the polls and the prospect of a Netanyahu adminisatration looms! We'll all be Hamas then! Comments: 18 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # TWISTING IN THE BREEZE. So, when Gordon Brown promised "British jobs for British workers" it now seems that what he meant was "providing people with new skills". LOL! How pathetic is this? The Dear Leader is on The Politics Show later today so if you see it, feel free to leave your comments here! It seems to me that the BBC is in a real quandary over this one since it wants to Save Gordon, of course, but the only way it can do this is to attack those "wildcat" strikers. The BBC is also fervently pro-EU but at the very heart of this issue is the fact that there can be no "British jobs for British workers" whilst we are in the rotten EU - so one more problem for the BBC! Comments: 24 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # THE BIG QUESTION. Just watching a pro gay fest on Nicky Campbell's "Big Question" programme on BB1. This was a great opportunity to bash any Bible believing Christian whilst embracing the notion that gays uber alles. The panel and audience were loaded with those who believe the answer is YES to the question "Is homosexuality a cause for celebration"? Listen, I have no problem with anyone exercising their free choice to live as they wish, but as a poor Christian surely to God I have a right to hold my opinions without the BBC relentlessly ridiculing me and those that have similar views? Tell you what - maybe Nicky Campbell should have a follow on programme with an invited audience of Muslims and see how he gets on? Mocking those of us who actually believe The Bible gets cheap laughs on the BBC, an organisation that prefers to worship David Attenborough. Comments: 29 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Saturday, January 31, 2009 David Vance # A LITTLE HOUSE KEEPING Hi all. Just to say that I have been thinking in recent days about how we make this as pleasant and welcoming a site for people as possible and have decided upon the following. I have asked people not to swear (unless it's for laughs)! and in future, if I am around and see crudity without value, I will delete it. I will also remove any comments which appear gratuitously abusive. If someone chooses to continually resort to ad hominem abuse, I will warn them once and then ban them. I do this to make this a good space for you all. I am no prude and hate having to dictate but this must be done and I am prepared to do it. So, be witty, be incisive, be acerbic, be on topic and you will have no hassle from me. We're finishing January with great traffic, record levels of comment and I sincerely want to do the right thing here to keep things growing and I hope you will support my aim. Comments: 70 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # STRIKE. It is very interesting to observe how the BBC covers the growing restlessnessamongst the UK workforce as more and more precious jobs are lost to non-nationals. It has to be a tricky one for the multiculti-EU loving BBC and true to form I see that the line currently being peddled is to place all responsibility withthe management of those companies concerned but this obscures the central fact that the companies are lawfully employing EU citizens, it just so happens this is in preference to UK citizens. So the issue is not UK management, it is the provisions of EU legislation that have created circumstances that are now leading, slowly, inexorably, to widespread civil unrest. As I pointed out at the time, when Brown talked about British jobs for British workers, he was lyingthrough his teeth. When the workers in some sectors rose up against the Thatcher government, the BBC were with the comrades all the way but now..ah, it's a lot more difficult...watch this space. Comments: 69 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # DON'T MENTION THE WAR! The BBC casually reports that a "Gaza rocket hits south Israel." Oh really? Isn't that a wonderfully innocuous way of revealing that Hamas is still trying to murder those pesky Jews, even during a so-called "cease-fire" (Hudna). The BBC is quick to add that both sides have "violated" the cease-fires, so suggesting an equivalence where none such exists. Hamas has shown bad faith, as one might expect, and is still enthusiastically targeting innocent Israeli people and when Israel dares to respond to this it is then declared to be as bad as Hamas. Comments: 14 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # AYATOLLAH THEY WERE BIASED! Anyone else catch the abomination that is John Simpson fondly recollecting histravel adventures with Iranian Mad Mullan Ayatollah Khomeini on "Today" earlier this morning? In Simpson's world-view, the Shah carried primary responsibility for the return to Iran of Khomeini and naturally Jimmy Carter and the French were absolved of any responsibility! From the sounds of the interview, Simpson admired the Ayatollah. Comments: 26 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Friday, January 30, 2009