NEW OPEN THREAD!
Hi all. Can see the old thread is as full as Tim Yeo’s bank account so here is a new one for you!
We refuse even to face it, let alone to stop it.
‘One lesson well understood in both Stalin’s Russia and Nazi Germany was that propaganda is most effective when it is backed by terror.’…Sir Alan Bullock. We refuse even to face it, let alone to stop it. The Met’s head of counter-terrorism said that there had been an increase in reported hate crime in the wake of the Woolwich attack: “Every single incident is horrible but compared with … Continue reading
The BBC Caps Itself
Harriet Harman spoke and the BBC listened. Harman, Deputy Labour Party Leader, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister, Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport gave her speech last night on capping Media monopoly and the BBC have already started to implement her ideas…capping their news output…by not reporting anything she said. Nothing. Zip. Nada. Zilch. Sweet Fanny Adams. A speech from someone in her position on a subject of unique interest … Continue reading
Patten BBC Trust
Patten, BBC, Trust…oh and Europe. All words which are increasingly hard to put together in one sentence that you could say out loud without laughing. Thinking of complaining to the BBC Trust about the BBC’s coverage of Europe?…shouldn’t bother judging by Patten’s latest bit of thinking out loud: ‘Conservative Eurosceptics could be sending the party down the path to “political suicide” if they show they are unwilling to … Continue reading
If The Cap Fits
This is already going strongly on the Open Thread but I think it deserves top billing for a while: Harriet Harman is due to give a speech in which she will outline a plan to limit media ownership….can’t see any mention of the BBC funnily enough….maybe that’s the Guardian’s editing. A media ownership cap as low as 15% across newspapers, broadcasting companies and online sites must be considered to stop … Continue reading
GUTTING GUTMAN
Excellent post on Elder of Ziyon. Remember Howard Gutman? He is the US ambassador to Belgium who made an outrageous and ignorant speech in 2011 saying that Muslim antisemitism is nothing like the traditional European type, because it is really a result of Israeli policies. A DS [Bureau of Diplomatic Security] agent was called off a case against US Ambassador to Belgium Howard Gutman over claims that he solicited prostitutes, … Continue reading
MANDELA UPDATE
Mandela still alive, BBC breathlessly informs us. It is remarkable how MUCH attention the BBC lavishes on the former South African President. I will be sorry when he dies as this will cause grief to his family and Nation … and leftists everywhere. However Mandela’s long association with communism, with terrorism, and with dislike of the USA needs covered too.
THE TROUBLE WITH THE T WORD…
In case you missed this excellent analysis of the BBC’s 25 year trouble with the terrorism word. Do read.
ON THE BILDERBERGS
A Biased BBC reader sent me this and I am simply sharing. It concerns how the BBC covered the protests against the recent Bilderberg conference. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22832994 use of clearly biased label ‘Shock jock’ to describe Alex Jones, and subsequent editing and highlighting of certain aspects of his interview on iPlayer (see attached screenshot) ”Andrew Neil described him as ‘the worst person he’d ever interviewed’” Andrew Neil’s concerted effort throughout coverage of Bilderberg on the Politics show … Continue reading
Who, What, Where, When, Why?
The BBC and others have been quick to associate the EDL with the fires at two Islamic centres. The fire at the Islamic school has been established as caused by arson and four teenagers have been arrested. The cause of the first fire at the Al Rahma Islamic Centre is as yet undeclared….but blame has been instantly attached to the EDL because of graffiti sprayed onto the wall … Continue reading
Challenging The EDL?
The EDL says Islam is ‘Extreme’. Is it? People who cut other people’s heads off in the name of Islam are obviously extreme, suicide bombers are extreme, people who hang 16 year old girls from cranes are extreme. But is Islam, when compared to our democratic, progressive, secular nation ‘extreme’? That’s not a question many people will ask..or ‘allow’ to be asked. To do so means disposing ’of the first … Continue reading
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