Here we go again: Save your money as the BBC ignore any competition you enter.Industry regulator Ofcom imposed the penalty for "serious" breaches of its code in shows broadcast on Radio 2 and BBC London 94.9FM.The BBC invited listeners to take part in phone-in competitions in pre-recorded programmes that were broadcast "as live" when it knew they stood no chance of winning, Ofcom said.The regulator fined the corporation £70,000 over editions of Dermot O'Leary's Radio 2 show broadcast between June and December 2006.And it ordered it to pay £25,000 for breaches in Tony Blackburn's BBC London programme between December 2005 and December 2006.The BBC must also broadcast a statement of Ofcom's findings on both the stations.Ofcom said: "The BBC invited listeners to enter these competitions...
The long-running Freedom of Information battle over the Balen Report, an internal review of the BBC's reporting of the Middle East, is to go to the House of Lords.The Judicial Committee of the House of Lords decided last week to allow solicitor Stephen Sugar to appeal against a Court of Appeal ruling that the BBC did not have to disclose the Balen report on its Middle East reporting under the Freedom of Information Act.The decision, noted in the Judicial Business section of the Minutes for 22 May, gave leave for Sugar's appeal and said that the petition of appeal should be lodged by June 5.Sugar, a commercial solicitor from Putney, south-west London, has been campaigning for the BBC to release the Balen report - written by senior editorial adviser Malcolm Balen - to be published as part...
How can the BBC be objective on matters relating to the EU when they are in hock to the EU?THE BBC last night faced accusations of pro-Brussels bias as it was revealed that the corporation had taken out £141m in “soft” loans from the European Union.The broadcaster has taken out three separate low interest loans from the EU-backed European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund the expansion of its growing commercial empire.It also emerged that the BBC has received grants from the EU worth £1.4m over the past five years.The Brussels deals raise awkward questions for the corporation about its coverage of European affairs and its burgeoning profit-making arm whose interests extend to property, publishing and the internet.The details of the loans and grants stretching back six years emerged in a...
Mark Thompson, the Director General of the BBC, tonight warned broadcasters against becoming overly-cautious in their reporting on Islam for fear of causing offence to Muslims. Speaking at Westminster Cathedral Mr Thompson, a practising Catholic, said there was “a growing nervousness about discussion about Islam and its relationship to the traditions and values of British and Western society as a whole”.**So would that be the same BBC that still refuses to release the Balan report into bias against Israel in its reporting, would that be the same BBC that actually went to court to ensure that report was buried, would that be the same state funded BBC that used taxpayers money to fund the court case?Would that be the same BBC that has repeated glossed over the SIOE demos against the...
Hat Tip to Crusader Rabbit for this one..Thanks to JPost - The BBC has apologized for significant errors in two recent news reports on Israel. In a news item on March 7, following the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva attack, the BBC showed a bulldozer demolishing a house, while correspondent Nick Miles told viewers: "Hours after the attack, Israeli bulldozers destroyed his family home. Later, mourners set up Hamas and Islamic Jihad banners nearby." News anchor Geeta Guru-Murthy said: "Now, we would like to clarify a report we heard at this hour last Friday about the attack by a Palestinian gunman on a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem. In the report, the day after the attack, BBC World said that the gunman's home in east Jerusalem had been demolished by the Israeli authorities. That was not correct, and...
You got to love the BBC - Always standing up to do the work of the terrorists here in the UK.British troops executed as many as 20 Iraqi prisoners after a gun battle in May 2004, lawyers claim. Some alleged survivors of the gun battle near the southern Iraqi town of Majar al-Kabir also claim corpses were mutilated by UK military personnel. Solicitor Phil Shiner said: "We would be very surprised if [the evidence] did not shock the nation." All claims of any kind of abuse by British troops have been strongly denied by the Ministry of Defence.**But after this was investigated(twice) no evidence was shown that UK troops carried out execution style killings of civilians.The BBC state - the BBC "...has seen no proof that prisoners died at the hands of their captors ..."Even though the BBC...
The BBC is to provide political analysis for every schoolchild, in a controversial web venture. Mark Thompson, the Director-General, announced the plan during a speech on trust, in which he also defended the “rottweiler” interview techniques of Jeremy Paxman. Mr Thompson promised to “transform the way the BBC connects with British democracy”. This would be achieved by establishing “the world’s most creative multimedia portal which will offer comprehensive political coverage and analysis to every secondary school in the UK” The portal will give children the BBC’s analysis of issues such as the European Union Treaty, asking whether it involves a significant transfer of powers from Britain. But the new venture, which remains uncosted, comes as BBC staff threaten industrial...
So El BBC decided to ban the word faggot in the Pogues song Fairytale of New York, as detailed on their website here. Then about 24 hours later they climbed down and decided that the word faggot was okay again. A humiliating climbdown.Even worthless shower of shit that make up the government are doing better than that, only just.The BBC stated: The words "slut" and "faggot" had been dubbed out from the 20-year-old festive hit by station executives. But after a day of criticism from listeners, the band, and the mother of singer Kirsty MacColl, they changed their minds. Controller Andy Parfitt said the original decision was "wrong". The BBC had said that an edited version would be played because "some members of the audience might find it offensive".It was quite startling how over a...
That is how Jonathan Ross described himself last night, in response to criticisms of his £6million annual salary. The secretary-general of the National Union of Journalists has responded by calling his remarks "obscene".Come on Jonathan look at the quality of the BBC reporting, look at their blatant hatred of Israel, their anti US spin on the news, the fact that they cover the fact that the US has the death penalty yet say nothing about Iranians being executed for homosexuality. Iran executes makwan moloudzadeh and nothing I can see on the BBC. Personally, although not a fan of Mr Ross or his vast salary that I indirectly pay for through the license tax, I would say that he is worth more than all the so called news reporters at the BBC.Jeremy Dear, the NUJ's general secretary, said:...
From the Daily Mail. Britain's former spy chief accused the BBC of "parroting" Al Qaeda propaganda to children as young as six. Dame Pauline Neville Jones, who is also a former BBC governor, is infuriated at the stance the corporation's Newsround programme took on the September 11 attacks. She accused the flagship children's news bulletin of feeding an "ugly undercurrent" which suggests the terrorist outrage was somehow justifiable. Newsround is aimed at viewers aged between six and 12. On its website it answered the question concerning 9/11, "Why did they do it" by saying: "The way America has got involved in conflicts in regions like the Middle East has made some people very angry, including a group called al Qaeda - who are widely thought to have been behind the attacks."...
The following is from the CBBC Newsround site aimed at children here in the UK: The way America has got involved in conflicts in regions like the Middle East has made some people very angry, including a group called al-Qaeda - who are widely thought to have been behind the attacks. In the past, al-Qaeda leaders have declared a holy war - called a jihad - against the US. As part of this jihad, al-Qaeda members believe attacking US targets is something they should do. When the attacks happened in 2001, there were a number of US troops in a country called Saudi Arabia, and the leader of al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, said he wanted them to leave.**WTF? The way America got involved...made some people very angry...a group called...believe attacking US targets is something they should do. Can you...
The BBC reported on a Democrat(peace by upon them) accusing Gen. David Petraeus, of "cherry picking" and having watched the BBC's output right next to CNN - I was switching channels back and forth - the phrase pot calling the kettle black springs to mind.Whilst a nasty baby eating Republican was talking, the BBC had on some "advisor" who was pointing out that we were all doomed, the war was already lost and we might as well just all convert over to the moslem faith as Papa Jihad (or was it a beard double?) Osama Bin Laden advised in his new video. Ok not quite that bad but you get the direction that the BBC were favoring.It was quite startling how over a half hour or so, the BBC cut away at various points to put their commentators on, their (if I may use the New Labour word) spin on...
Its been known that the BBC is pro moslem for some time now and this one is a classic. The people who write the BBC show Casualty came up with the idea of a terror attack, but decided that they could not have an attack by moslems after all they would never do such a thing.They must have worked themselves into knots of guilt over this, they want a terror attack but we can't blame the moslems. They would like to blame the Jews(as per a certain Mr Mel Gibson) but that might start calls for the Balen report to be released so best leave the zionists alone...Ah ha got it they must have thought we can blame the animal rights people.From the Daily MailThe BBC has dropped plans to show a fictional terror attack in an episode of Casualty to avoid offending Muslims. The first show of the hospital...
