The second-most important election in human history is a mere 445 days away, and the BBC is already focused on informing you how awful the President's potential opponents are. They're especially focused on telling you how awful the people are who will vote against Him.
A B-BBC reader observes;
The Knives Are Out At The BBC: It's U.S. Election Time Again
>> MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011
The BBC Narrative picks up right where it left off after the mid-term elections last November: racialism and fear-mongering about Christian Evangelicals.
The first sentence of Jane O'Brien's report on the poll features her calling the winner, Michelle Bachmann, "the latest darling of the Tea Party". I'm still waiting for a defender of the indefensible to show me an example of any Beeboid referring to a Labour or Democrat figure as anyone's "darling". It's a pejorative, plain and simple, yet seems to be firmly established in the BBC style guide and is used time and again in this fashion with apparently full approval by the BBC's editorial policy. And this is what's used to start a BBC report allegedly intending to impartially inform you about a story.
Bachmann, O'Brien informs us, "narrowly" won the poll. How narrow? We aren't told. Who came in second? We aren't told. The next potential opponent of the President O'Brien mentions wasn't even in the poll: Rick Perry. The only other name mentioned is Mitt Romney, who also didn't even take part in the Iowa poll. Already the actual agenda is revealed here. This isn't a report about the Iowa poll at all, or what the results mean: it's about casting a harsh light on threats to The Obamessiah.
The BBC actually did a whole separate report on Perry already, so what's the point of bringing him into what's supposed to be a report about the Iowa scene? Iowa wasn't the point at all, of course. It's just an excuse for a BBC editor to tell his correspondent to do a quick report on who might be the potential threat to the President. Which they're already doing elsewhere, as we'll see in a moment. In other words, this was a complete waste of time, unless one has a specific agenda.
In fact, Michelle Bachmann won by a mere 152 votes. Congressman Ron Paul came in a close second. Tim Pawlenty came in third, and then dropped out of the race altogether. He never had much of a chance anyway. The three candidates pictured in this HuffingtonPost article aren't even mentioned by the BBC at all. The actual results, out of a possible 16,892 votes:
1. Rep. Michelle Bachmann: 4,823 (29%)
2. Rep. Ron Paul: 4,671 (28%)
3. Tim Pawlenty: 2,293 (14%)
4. Rick Santorum: 1,657 (1o%)
5. Herman Cain: 1,456 (9%)
6. Write-in votes for Rick Perry, who wasn't even a candidate yet: 781
7. Write-in votes for Mitt Romney, who skipped Iowa entirely: 567
8. Newt Gingrich: 385
9. Write-in votes for John Hunstman, Jr. who also skipped Iowa: 69
10. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter: 35
Notice who came in 5th, and remember it for later.
OPEN THREAD...
Welcome to the working week! Monday morning dawns and a new Open Thread for your edification. Got something to say about the BBC? Say it here!DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN...
'Anyone looking for proof that Britain is being ‘Islamised’ and that we’re all doomed need frankly look no further than the murky world of Tower Hamlets politics of which Rahman is the central figure. Yet the BBC presented Rahman as the voice of moderation. This is really poor on the part of the BBC. I have to admit to being frankly embarrassed to have been part of the programme.'
'To assist them in the momentous task of analysing the life of such an important historical figure the BBC called upon the services of one "Abdur Raheem Green".Abdur Raheem Green throughout his career as a preacher has launched attacks on many of the prized values of liberal society. He has lambasted the idea of sexual equality stating that society “pressures our daughters to get degrees, to be doctors or engineers” describing this as “sick”. Green also states that both homosexuality and adultery are “crimes” which should be dealt with “by a slow and painful death from stoning”. Most shockingly Green appears to sing the praises of violent jihad opining that “dying while fighting Jihad is one of the surest ways to paradise and Allah’s good pleasure”.....When institutions which have such a large influence on our society find no issue with these individuals they fail in their societal duty to challenge them.'
On the same programme the BBC also give a platform to the likes of Tariq Ramadan (‘one of the most influential voices on young Muslims’) the slippery Islamist…the one who claimed it was justifiable to kill Jewish children in a ‘war’, and Ikrima Sabri who justs loves Jews and the West…and is happy, like Ramadan to send children to be Martyrs for Islam...the man who wants to wipe out Israel…and the BBC think both he and Ramadan are suitable as respected commentators on the life of Muhammed...never mind the ever present Mehdi Hasan. If an all too powerful and influential media organistaion such as the BBC is promoting extremists as 'moderates' (whatever moderate Islam is) the future is very bleak indeed.
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
"The BBC's pro Islam, pro radical Islam, stance has been notice by numerous people, even Harry's Place:
and from 'The Commentator':
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