The Sign Of The Four
It is normally Paul Mason who gets highly excited about the Arab Spring and Social Media which he thinks is as good as a tank division to any budding revolutionaries, but here is Roger Hardy telling us why it’s not kicking off everywhere….. Democracy or disorder? The four lessons of the Arab Spring It is necessary to ask what went wrong, and draw the right lessons. 1. It … Continue reading
Triple Whammy
This is number heavy and involves a bit of reading…but it’s worth some effort as it is a classic example of the BBC either being lazy and incompetent and/or deliberately missing out relevant facts when it suits them. The BBC are happy to ‘fly a kite’ or two with speculative ‘reports’ that present a negative image of any one of a number of BBC bête noires based on what ‘someone’ … Continue reading
BBC Salivating Over Possible Race Riots?
Yes, I know that’s a bit over the top, and I’m deliberately phrasing it as a question because I’m not categorically stating that’s what they’re doing over the possible result of George Zimmerman’s trial. But it sure seems that way. Having said that, let’s all note that this is the first BBC mention of the trial since just before it actually started. They’ve been absolutely silent about the trial the … Continue reading
The ‘Get Out ‘ Clause
Nigel Farage stated that the BBC used him as a ‘get out’ clause…they have had him on a show…therefore that proves they are not anti-UKIP or pro Europe….box ticked. He also said this: Sure, there may have been criticisms about its abject failure to report the rise of Euroscepticism or reflect the public’s concerns about immigration in the past. But now the BBC is, it tells us, … Continue reading
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