Friday, 21 October 2011


OPEN THREAD

>> FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2011

Friday arrives and time for one of these to take us all off into the weekend....please feel free to let us know what YOU think of BBC coverage!

OVERSTAFFED AT DALE FARM?

This item was brought to my attention by Biased BBC reader Lawrence; The BBC stands accused of overstaffing as protestors pull out of Dale Farm;

While the number of activists dwindled, the BBC still had six satellite crews, a handful of local correspondents and a team of documentary makers on the six acre site. They even had their own caravan within the compound to provide accommodation and refreshment for the 30 or so staff working on the story.
Yesterday Don Foster, Liberal Democrats culture spokesman, said: "That is ludicrous over staffing and hardly good way to get public sympathy for the 20 per cent budget cuts facing the BBC."
The BBC's renting of the caravan even led to some light ribbing from their rivals at ITV, who boasted they were making do with a tent. Damon Green, the ITV News Correspondent, tweeted: "We have a tent, the BBC have a caravan at DaleFarm. Delivering Quality First".
Yes, but the REASON the BBC felt inclined to have so MANY people there is that it was clearly on the side of the law-breakers, those "travellers" determined to remain static.

RANGERS ON THE ATTACK!

I'm not a fan of Rangers but they seem prepared to tackle the BBC ...

"Rangers owner Craig Whyte has said he will take legal action over a BBC documentary which carried allegations of criminality in his past dealings. The documentary heard from a government agency that he controlled a company despite being banned as a director. The programme, Rangers: The Inside Story, was shown on Thursday night. A spokesman for Mr Whyte said he "strenuously refutes" the "unfounded and defamatory allegations" allegations aired in the programme. In a statement, the spokesman said: "Craig Whyte strenuously refutes these unfounded and defamatory allegations and has instructed his lawyers, Carter Ruck, to commence immediate legal proceedings against the BBC. Any repetition of these false accusations will also be met with legal action."
In response, a spokesman for BBC Scotland said: "We stand by the investigation which was produced according to our rigorous editorial standards on fairness, accuracy and impartiality." You have to laugh.....

DANNY GLOVER

Today provided a forum for complete nutter Danny Glover to expound his odd views, this morning. (8.23am)

Actor Danny Glover has co-produced a documentary about the black power struggle of the 60s and 70s in the United States. Nicola Stanbridge speaks to him about the parallels he sees with the current protest movement.
Is this the same Mr Glover who concluded the earthquake in Haiti was a “response” for “what we did at the climate summit in Copenhagen.”? Is this the same Mr Glover who accused President Bush of being a "racist"? Is this the same Mr Glover who now calls the #Occupy rabble "warriors"? Yes indeed, and he was given free rein to claim that there is a direct comparison between those who supported Martin Luther King Jnr and those who defecate on Police cars in Lower Manhattan. Only the BBC would allow this moonbat the space and time to indulge his febrile imaginations WITHOUT a dissenting voice being available to contest his claims.

EARTH IS WARMING, AND IT'S YOUR FAULT

It's been a tricky time for the eco-wacko global warming cultists what with Mother Earth not doing what they demand, but I see that the BBC has managed to find a way to fight back with the exultant headline "Global Warming - "Confirmed". I see our good friend on Biased BBC Richard Black is behind this advocacy on behalf of the Berkeley Earth Project. Lest you doubt the veracity, read this from Richard, right up there in the third sentence in case you missed it;

The project received funds from sources that back organisations lobbying against action on climate change.
Global Warming - proven. LOL - poor old Richard, desperate to sustain the cult and his BBC masters keen to provide him with a pulpit.

GADAFFI - THE END

>> THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011

Well, I reckon he got what he deserved but how do you think the BBC is managing the coverage of Gadaffi's bloody demise? Shall we have a public enquiry...?