As I have written ad nauseam, the BBC has become by degrees nakedly political in its reporting of climate change. The trustees, having commissioned a report on the subject from a scientist who was totally biased, this summer sanctioned this approach. In its wake, it seems that overt indoctrination is now underway at the BBC so-called College of Journalism. Guess who by? Of course, it's Richard Black, who in his "objective" presentation, venomously promised to demolish the favourite BBC enemies, such as the Mail on Sunday. David Whitehouse, writing for the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a former BBC journalist who unlike Mr Black, has scientific qualifications, spotted that - to put it mildly - what Mr Black told his BBC acolytes this week was of "a dismaying standard of scientific literacy". Mr Whitehouse is a model of gentlemanly restraint in his comments. I would be less so, but I will leave you to judge. Oh, and I wonder when, if ever, someone other than an eco-fascist (such as David Whitehouse?) will be invited to address CoJo? Pigs might fly. The BBC's US President editor ("North America editor" is not an appropriate title, as he reports exclusively on the President and the US politics surrounding Him) has noticed that the President's popularity and job approval has been at something of a low ebb. Naturally, concerned that his audience might be worried, Mardell leaps to His defense. Under the time-honored journalistic pretext of posing a question, he proceeds to give you the answer. He's got a defense for every single criticism of the President. Is President Obama a good leader? Greg Palast has been in Central Africa this week working on a film for the BBC about "vulture" capitalists, but he still found time to appear on Russia Today's The Big Picture presented by left-wing talk show host Thom Hartmann. In the interview Palast claimed that Greece's "right-wing government", having "screwed things up", secretly hired Goldman Sachs to fix the books so that Greece could gain entry to the euro. There are one or two things wrong with Palast's account, not least the fact that the ruling party in Greece from 1993-2004 (Greece joined the eurozone in 2001 and replaced the drachma in 2002) was PASOK - the SOCIALISTS. Here's what Palast had to say about Greece (skip to 1.30): "Greece exploded but people should know that it was Goldman Sachs that lit the fuse... To join the euro currency Greece's right-wing government secretly hired Goldman Sachs to come up with a scheme to hide its massive deficit. See, you can't be in the euro if your deficit is more than 3% of GDP. The right-wing Greek government had screwed things up badly so they hired Goldman and paid them nearly half a billion dollars." The BBC has a curious relationship with advertising. A B-BBC reader shares this with us (names redacted as requested). Comments? "Hi XXX Good to speak to you earlier, To summarise 4Media own a news body called (http://newsdatanetwork.co.uk/)who provide editorial content to BBC and commercial radio stations. We have had a number of requests from presenters and program controllers for content around the frighteningly deep cuts to the education system effecting the middleclass households, & private top up tuition as a good way of counteracting the effect. (My emphasis, DV) As we are organizing the features for the BBC and commercial stations in means we can position a relevant brand at the centre of the features. In essence it enables us to put forward a spokesperson from XXXX to be part of the features and discuss the issue from your perspective & the benefits of taking up XXXX with you. It is a good opportunity to promote the XXXX service, without having to pay the typical 10’s of thousands of pounds in advertising costs. The radio interviews take place from one central location, (our studio in our building just of Regent Street) meaning your spokesperson with have the opportunity to reach all the BBC and commercial radio stations all across the UK – and all in the space of one morning. The typical audience reach for say 10 interviews is around 2.5 million and the interviews themselves are usually 8-12 minutes long, giving you the opportunity to get your key messages across in a subtle, editorial way. The only cost associated is for our work arranging the features, this equates to around £150 per radio station we secure coverage on. We work to a capped budget with you & if we excide the amount of interviews (this happens a lot) They are free at no extra charge. Here’s a link to some of our work http://www.4mediarelations.co.uk/whatwedo.asp Please do keep us in mind if you have any marketing or messages you want to get out there. We have a constant flow & demand for content so we may be able to tailor something else to you. Kind Regards I know this has been posted elsewhere on an Open Thread but thought it is worthy of a prime spot. James Delingpole speaks for many of us when he ask; "Why does the BBC hate Britain?" A B-BBC reader notes.. Three interviews on Today this morning to contrast. First, EC President Barroso is allowed to waffle by John Humphyrs here with little interruption and a clear element of sympathy. The UK Chancellor Osborne is constantly interrupted by Sarah Montague at 7.50am here. Finally, Barclay's Bank Chief Bob Diamond is assailed by John Humphyrs here. I'm sure the Occupy rabble will be happy with Humphyrs misrepresentation of Banking. How much does John Humphyrs earn in a year? On David Vance's "That General Assembly" post from yesterday, DB posted a comment (his reply to mine at the top of the thread) about how a well-known clothing company, Men's Wearhouse (an off-the-rack suit chain) spoke out in support of the Occupiers. The dopey bearded CEO decided to have a store in Oakland put a sign of solidarity in the window. DB posted this picture of said window: 
CAUGHT RED-HANDED
>> FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 04, 2011
Mark Mardell Defends The President
When President Obama was elected he seemed like a different kind of leader.
Only to those caught up in the cult of personality foisted on us by a complicit media. Mardell himself came to the US as one of those true believers, excited by the possibilities. He knows he was wrong then, but goes through a series of intellectual contortions to prove to himself otherwise. Not just the first black man in the White House but a new sort of American president: thoughtful, reflective and determined to represent all of his country.
Again, only those caught up in the worship believed this for a moment. Now, a year away from the next presidential election many people question what sort of leader he has turned out to be.
Many of you may question His leadership, but Mardell is here to set you straight. GREG PALAST TALKS CRAP ABOUT GREECE ON RUSSIA TODAY
OPEN THREAD
NO ADVERTISING ON THE BBC?
WHY DOES THE BBC HATE BRITAIN?
"It's long since time that the BBC was forced to recognise its responsibilities as our compulsory, near-monopoly broadcaster. If the only people who funded it were tofu-eating metropolitan anti-capitalist bien-pensants who all believed in renewable energy with the same blind ideological fervour as Chris Huhne then the BBC would be perfectly within its rights to broadcast this Spartist drivel. But they're not. The BBC's job is also to represent – or try to represent – the interests of people who are shocked by rising energy bills, who are desperately worried about Britain's economic future, who might benefit from a job working in or servicing the shale gas industry, who innocently believe (in their sweet but oh-so-naive way) that the British Broadcasting Corporation's true purpose is to broadcast for Britain."
PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED? NOT AT THE BBC.
"BBC News of the firebombing of the French satirical magazine ommited photographs of the offending article even though Le Monde covered them on its front page. BBC's HYS moderated out attempt to publish links to le Monde. Here is the BBC photo with appropriate black line over the newspaper picture and a few words indicating that the perpetrators were not the good muslims."
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