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This post has little to do with the BBC. I'm not speaking for Craig here, but I rarely watch it now so I’m afraid that might be the direction this blog is veering towards. But you never know. I don’t think I’m the only one who’s suffering from buyer's remorse. I’m talking about Boris, obviously, but I didn’t particularly buy into Boris's defenestration in the first place, at any rate not enough to cause remorse. I am genuinely sorry to see him go, even if I do think he is starting to look gleeful about it himself.   I was beginning to wonder if the Ukraine business had an element of deflection about it.   I never bought the argument that it was the ‘lying’ wot done it, and I wasn’t completely persuaded by the  ' lack of political integrity ’ argument because I think charisma all but overrides the rest of it.   Maybe it’s all Carrie’s fault. (The wallpaper! And that ain’t the half of it.)     Several commentators seem to be expressing regret too. ...

I should have called my previous post “If you didn’t laugh you’d have to cry.“  Was I being a bit too hard on the Guardian yesterday when I criticised it for giving equal credence to both sides of the antisemitism debacle during the Corbyn era?  Who bears the blame for not grasping the fact that antisemitism is actually more troublesome than the retaliatory unpleasantness it engenders? The report itself? Martin Forde QC? The Guardian, Labour List?   One might even consider giving the Guardian a small Brownie point for being the first to mention the report at all. (When I was in the Brownies there wasn’t much emphasis on the badge-attaining side of it, but the uniform had a certain je ne sais quoi) I see that the BBC has now weighed in.  Anti-Semitism used as factional weapon within Labour, says report Surprise. Firmly on the Guardian side of the fence.  The Beeb’s version seems more Guardinista-like than the actual Guardian’s version. Illustrated with a...

This is a blog about the BBC, but as you probably know, I   do tend to wander off-topic.   However, here’s something that definitely does concern the BBC.   It’s an op-ed by Peter Baum, published in Israel National News Arutz Sheva. The BBC – Way past its sell by date The BBC has a problem with the truth. The BBC has a problem with the Jewish State of Israel. Blacks do not matter to the BBC either. Op-ed. This headline, if not the article itself - is a tad sensationalist, but never mind. It’s worth a read, but it’s also worth mentioning that on other occasions the author has come in for criticism from the Board of Deputies for making ‘unacceptable remarks’   While the Board (and its president Marie van Der Zyl) is inclined to be excessively cautious - some might say verging on obsequious and/or appeasing - one can almost understand the desire not to rock the boat at a time when antisemitism is on the rise and the dwindling number of British Jews in the U...

Q ; Is Tim Davie still there? I understood that the remit - the principal raison d’être for installing a fresh DG   was to address, (and rectify) the BBC’s bias. Or the public’s perception of the BBC’s bias. Oh, I think I’ve answered my own question. A ; The public doesn’t have much of a perception of the BBC’s bias because where certain topics are concerned (e.g., Middle East politics) the ‘perception’ in question is largely gleaned via (Through the lens of) the BBC. A self-fulfilling, circular chicken-and-egg scenario. (Sorry for all the parentheses.) (It’s because of   the heat) Now, let’s begin with our old friend (Well, the BBC’s old friend) Abdel Bari Atwan. (On Dateline they like to call him ‘Barry’ - a sign of affection.  (For some reason)   He was temporarily cancelled (allegedly) for saying some pretty nasty things while accidentally using English rather than Arabic, the language in which he expresses his real feelings about the Jews. ...

Wonder if Eilidh Barbour and her BBC team were watching the World Athletics on BBC One this afternoon? This winning Dominican Republic team was 100% non-diverse: And the presenting/commentating team in the BBC studio was also 100% non-diverse: It's almost as if black people are too good at running fast and beating everyone else. And too good at presenting and commentating on athletics. Over to  Eilidh : “All members of the winning Dominican Republican team and all the people presenting and commentating for the BBC were black, and that does point towards a lack of diversity both in athletics in the Dominican Republic and in BBC presenting/commentating on athletics programmes. What is to be done? Over to Alex Belfield for a report.”

I gather Jeremy Bowen has been snatched from Ukraine to cover Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia.   I rarely listen to the BBC. I’m finding it increasingly unbearable. I have Radio 4 as the default wake-up alarm, but always have to turn it off in dismay. It’s beyond repair. What is Tim Davie doing? Nothing has changed. People are still calling for the Balen Report to be revealed. As if! The Jewish Chronicle asks: Why did BBC ignore 99% of attacks on Israelis? Meanwhile, the corporation reported 89% of Israel’s responding counter-terror operations "I’ve been reading a fascinating report from the Israel Security Agency on terror attacks, which took place last month and how these were reported. Or, more accurately, not reported. There were 189 terror incidents against Israelis in June — which was more than six per day. These included 117 attacks with petrol bombs, 42 with pipe bombs, 16 arson attacks, 11 shootings and two stabbings. There was also a rocket attack directed ...

Can we talk about Telford now or must we wait till the Conservative leadership race is over? I don’t think (at the time of writing) any of the Conservative leadership candidates have set out their policy on culturally sensitive issues surrounding the grooming gang phenomenon? At least - or at last - the BBC has acknowledged the “Telford” report.  Telford child sex abuse went on for generations, inquiry finds Up until now, vociferously politically correct ‘ anti-racists’ have, with mind-boggling hypocrisy, stifled and suppressed campaigners against the grooming gang phenomenon. People have long been dismissed as Islamophobes for trying to raise awareness of C.S.E. (child sexual exploitation) by “predominantly Pakistani Muslim men.” From 2020   A new Home Office report admits grooming gangs are not a ‘Muslim problem’.  "If we really want to tackle this issue, we have to stop fixating on the lurid and false distraction of “Muslim grooming gangs”.[…] The pa...