ABC Covers Wikipedia Scandal; Ignores Role of NYT and BBC
On Monday, "Good Morning America" reporter John Berman ignored any role that journalists might have in the developing scandal of anonymous individuals altering Wikipedia entries. On the ABC program, Berman alerted viewers to the fact that companies such as Wal-Mart and Starbucks have changed sections in their Wikipedia bios. However, he skipped the recent revelation that both the BBC and New York…
Cold Snap in Peru Kills 70 Children, Media Couldn’t Care Less
By now, you've likely heard about the floods in England, and how the media believe them to be caused by global warming. However, have you heard about the cold snap in Peru that has already killed 70 children? You haven't? Well, how could you? After all, no American media outlet has felt it to be newsworthy. Yet, the following was reported by the BBC on Wednesday, and, as amazing as it might…
BBC Forcing Employees To Take Honesty Training
This is certainly an initiative right-thinking people around the world should welcome: in response to identifying several instances of fraudulent audience phone calls made by staffers during some of its programs, the BBC has decided to send its employees to - wait for it! - honesty training. You really can't make this stuff up! As reported by England's Telegraph Thursday (extremely…
Saturday Funnies: BBC Admits Faking Audience Phone Calls
It appears the BBC condones faking...audience phone calls, that is. In a not so stunning revelation, the BBC admitted to allowing employees to call in to shows either asking for audience involvement, or offering prizes, when the network wasn't receiving enough real feedback. Gotta love it. One truly delicious example occurred during Comic Relief back in March (emphasis added, h/t Tim Graham):
Former BBC Correspondent Slams Network's ‘No Sun Link to Climate Cha
As NewsBusters reported, the BBC published an article at its website Tuesday refuting there being a link between recent increases in global temperatures and solar activity. This piece went counter to one the BBC published just three years ago.The author of the 2004 piece, former BBC science correspondent David Whitehouse, wrote an article published in the British Telegraph Sunday which slammed…
Former BBC Producer Explains Why Media Are Liberally Biased
Americans are likely not familiar with Sir Antony Jay, but may become so soon given the knighted Brit’s just-released book entitled “Confessions of a Reformed BBC Producer” in which he explains why media are liberally biased.An excerpt of the book was published by Britain’s Telegraph Sunday, and, much like Bernard Goldberg’s “Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News,” gave a…
Down the Memory Hole in British Schools: Winston Churchill, and BBC's
Those who design the curriculum for Britain's secondary schools no longer consider Winston Churchill a key (enough) historical figure (HT Michelle Malkin):
FURY erupted last night after Sir Winston Churchill was axed from school history lessons.
Britain’s cigar-chomping World War Two PM — famed for his two-finger victory salute — was removed from a list of figures secondary school children must…
BBC Report on Sun and Climate Change Contradicts Its Own 2004 Story
On Thursday, Jules Crittenden wondered if American media are lazy, stupid or willfully ignorant with how they’ve been reporting events in Iraq. Given the BBC’s recent piece concerning the relationship between the sun and climate change which hysterically ignored an article it published almost three years ago with a completely diametric view, one might ask the same question of that British…
BBC’s Hypocritical Analysis of its Own Global Warming Coverage
On Wednesday, NewsBusters reported the complete study done by the BBC of the problem it's having with liberal bias within the organization (h/t Benny Peiser).Inside the Report was a section dealing specifically with how the network is dealing with matters relating to climate change.As NewsBusters has given great focus to this controversial subject since its inception, it seems appropriate to…
BBC's Complete Report on its Bias: ‘Safeguarding Impartiality in the
NewsBusters reported Sunday that the BBC completed a year-long internal investigation of its policies and procedures concluding that it “has failed to promote proper debate on major political issues because of the inherent liberal culture of its staff.”The complete 81-page study has now been made available (h/t Benny Peiser), and should be required reading for media organizations here in America…
BBC Accommodates Excuse-Making for China's World-Leading Carbon Emissi
Iain Murray at Planet Gore yesterday predicted the enviro reaction to the news that China is already the world's biggest carbon emitter, and is running away from the rest of the world:
I look forward to complaints that China has only a sixth of the world's population but emits a quarter of its CO2, that Chinese auto emissions standards aren't good enough (Mr Gore?) and that China hasn't signed…
BBC Report: Network’s Bias Due to 'The Inherent Liberal Culture of i
The BBC likely has done two things no major American media organization would dare: go through an internal investigation of its reporting biases, and; share conceivably unpopular results with the public.As amazingly reported Sunday by the British Telegraph (emphasis added throughout, h/t Glenn Reynolds):The BBC has failed to promote proper debate on major political issues because of the inherent…
