Bookworm on Oct 30 2008 | Filed under: BBC
You all remember how, at the MTV awards, Russell Brand, a British comedian who was completely unknown to Americans went on a wild anti-Bush rant, with a few jabs at religious people, as well. If you don’t recall, let me refresh your recollection:
If his aim was to be noticed by America, Russell Brand more than [...]
Bookworm on Oct 15 2008 | Filed under: BBC, Islam, Muslim violence
The director of the BBC has finally admitted that, yes, of course the BBC treats Islam with unusual deference. Mark Thompson offers a 98 word defense of the BBC’s un-evenhanded approach:
‘My view is that there is a difference between the position of Christianity, which I believe should be central to the BBC’s religion coverage and [...]
Bookworm on Sep 19 2008 | Filed under: Education, Health
Yes, Minister! was a very, very funny British TV show from the 1980s, before Britain (and the BBC) went completely round the bend. There is no better argument for school choice and non-socialized medicine than this funny clip from that show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLDb2V86Ei0
Hat tip: IWF
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Bookworm on Jul 02 2008 | Filed under: BBC, Britain, Israel, Media matters, Palestinians
Honest Reporting captured the first spin that the BBC put on the terrible story of the latest massacre in Israel (a Palestinian versus Israelis, of course) — and, as always, it was Israel who was spun as the brutal aggressor. Orwell clearly understood something in the British psyche when he wrote 1984 — or, more [...]
Bookworm on Mar 18 2008 | Filed under: BBC, Britain, Bush Derangement Syndrome, England
I watched a pretty good movie last night, that was very pro-military; that showed the Iraqi military as being inefficient; and that showed Iraqis as being unbelievably brutal, both in terms of mob violence and in terms of the military’s and the secret police’s capacity for sadistic torture. Surprisingly, it was made by the BBC.
Okay, [...]
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