The BBC's Cynical Snark Fest Against Catholic Holy Site, Lourdes
One could feel the disdain that Emma Jane Kirby felt toward Catholicism in a recent travel piece by BBC News. Her disgust and utter dismissal of the Catholic holy site at Lourdes, France was so thick it verged on hatred. Knocking the sentiment behind Lourdes, slamming the "fusty" feel to the place, mocking its religious sincerity and, finally, ending in condescension, Kirby was so disturbed by…
French Reporter: Arafat Donating Blood for 9/11 Was Staged Photo Op
Remember that touching picture of Yassar Arafat donating his blood to the 9/11 victims that was conveniently published after CNN ran footage of Palestinians cheering and handing out candy to celebrate the destruction in New York? Now France 2 journalist Charles Enderlin says that photo was staged; Arafat never gave blood.The photos were taken by an AP photographer with a history of biased…
Paintball for Terrorists? BBC Paid for Islamic Radicals' Amusement
If you thought media bias was bad in this country, flip around the international channels on your cable/satellite box and you'll see it could be much worse: The BBC funded a paintballing trip for men later accused of Islamic terrorism and didn't pass on information about the 21/7 bombers to police, a court heard yesterday. The organisation gave Mohammed Hamid, an Islamic preacher accused of…
Facebook Provides Fascinating Glimpse Into Society, Media Demographics
As the popularity of personal web profiles continues to skyrocket, their utility as a demographic research tool has increased dramatically, both as a means of studying the general public but also to study the ideological bent of the self-described mainstream media. On the second point (see below for a discussion of the first) a recent study of Facebook profiles of BBC employees finds, surprise…
BBC Still Blaming U.S. for
Remember that BBC-produced children's guide to 9/11 that blamed it on America's foreign policy?It's now facing some real public pressure in the form of Pauline Neville Jones, a former British spy and now powerful member of that country's Conservative party. She's also a former governor (aka board member) of the BBC. And she wants some changes to the program:Britain’s former spy chief accused the…
BBC Backtracks on Correction of Children's 9/11 Guide
Wow! This story is wearing me out! The editor of NewsRound, Sinead Rocks, speaks out about the outrage from Americans to her biased 911 guide for children in her Editor Section. You can read the whole non apology there, but I'll summarize for you here. In short she said that the majority of people clicked through Drudge to an older version and provides a Drudge Archive. As reported earlier,…
Kurtz Omits Gore's Live Earth Connection to BBC Canceling Global Warmi
On the one hand, I was very pleased to see CNN's Howard Kurtz mention on Sunday's "Reliable Sources" the recent decision by the BBC to cancel "Planet Earth," a proposed daylong special to focus attention on anthropogenic global warming. On the other hand, I was surprised when Kurtz chose not to include one of the key reasons this project was scrapped, namely, the failure of Al Gore's Live Earth…
Gore’s Live Earth Flop Prompts BBC to Scrap Global Warming Special
On July 12, NewsBusters asked, "Did Live Earth's Flop Reduce Media Interest in Global Warming?" Two months later, the BBC has scrapped "Planet Relief," a proposed day-long special about climate change, specifically citing the failure of Al Gore's international concerts as one of the reasons for the cancellation. How delicious. As reported by England's Times Online Wednesday (h/t NB reader…
