http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bbc/ en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:18:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409987/posts The BBC has apologised after complaints about an online debate which asked: "Should homosexuals face execution?" in response to proposed anti-gay legislation in Uganda. Critics flooded the British broadcaster's website after it launched the provocative debate ahead of a World Service Africa Have Your Say feature. The headline question asking if gays should face execution was later changed to: "Should Uganda debate gay laws?" and the BBC World Service admitted the original version overstepped the mark. "The original headline on our website was, in hindsight, too stark. We apologise for any offence it caused," the director of BBC World Service,... Nine News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409987/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:18:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405217/posts Matt Frei, BBC man in Washington, has a long history of patronising Middle America and especially evangelical Christians. His latest piece instructs them to change their views on climate change, because “there is no prominent conservative politician on the horizon who is, to put it bluntly, both pro-life and pro-planet”. Pro-planet, in Frei’s worldview, means accepting the AGW alarmists’ views lock, stock and barrel.Frei doesn’t condemn all American evangelicals. On the contrary, he divides them into good and bad varieties: The evangelical movement is split between those conservative Christians who suspect that climate change is an evil secular plot, concocted... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405217/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401039/posts ClimateGate Professor Calls G-Warming Skeptic 'A**hole' on Live TV By Noel Sheppard Created 2009-12-05 12:05 A professor at the university in the middle of the ClimateGate [0] scandal called global warming skeptic Marc Morano "an a**hole" on live television Friday. This marvelously came moments after Andrew Watson, a professor at the University of East Anglia, told the BBC host moderating the discussion that the controversy surrounding e-mail messages obtained from his school's computers is "a real setback not because there's anything wrong with the science, but because the character assassination and the temperature of the debate which you can just... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401039/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 17:25:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397013/posts I've prepared headlines and lead paragraphs for five never-before-published "breaking news" articles about major events in history that mimic the BBC News' treatment of the climate change e-mails scandal. Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397013/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:35:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396731/posts The BBC received copies of some of the CRU emails more than a month ago, but did nothing about them, sitting on explosive evidence of fraud. The UK Daily Mail reports: .. The sequence of events strongly suggests that an insider leaked some emails to the BBC (and for all we know, others), hoping that they would be incriminating enough to intrigue anyone. When faced with a media stonewall, the insider then chose to post the complete files where they could not quickly be extinguished. American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396731/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:36:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395611/posts No apologies for revisiting Climategate, for this is the exposé of the can of worms that is the AGW mindset that just keeps giving. Now, what would you say if I were to tell you that the BBC News website is running a story on Professor Michael Mann, of Pennsylvania State University, one of the boys in Phil Jones’s gang hut at CRU East Anglia? “B****r me!” you would probably respond. “Don’t tell me the BBC has finally caught up with Climategate.” Relax. I’m not telling you that; and it hasn’t. Instead, the BBC “News” site is running a story... Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395611/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:23:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2395066/posts The scandal grows… It looks like the New York Times is not the only news organization to ignore the greatest scandal in modern science. BBC joins in to “Hide the Decline”– The face in the video belongs to Dr. Michael Mann, the father of the bogus global warming hockey stick graph. The BBC was sent the Climategate files a month ago but refused to cover the story. The Daily Mail reported, via Ace: The controversy surrounding the global warming scandal today deepened after a BBC correspondent admitted he was sent the leaked emails more than a month before they were... Gateway Pundit. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2395066/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:37:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2394759/posts The Climate change scandal deepened today as the BBC Climate Expert/ Weatherman Paul Hudson made a shocking claim that he recieved the damning 'cover-up' emails a more than month before they were leaked over the internet,adding to the speculation that this wasn't a case of hacking into the University's computers from the outside but an internal whistle-blower: Paul Hudson, weather presenter and climate change expert, claims the documents allegedly sent between some of the world's leading scientists are of a direct result of an article he wrote. In his BBC blog two days ago, Hudson said: 'I was forwarded the... BBC/UK Daily Mail/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2394759/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:53:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394675/posts Climate change scandal deepens as BBC expert claims he was sent 'cover-up' emails a month before they went publicBy Carol Driver Last updated at 10:10 PM on 25th November 2009 The controversy surrounding the global warming scandal today deepened after a BBC correspondent admitted he was sent the leaked emails more than a month before they were made public. Paul Hudson, weather presenter and climate change expert, claims the documents allegedly sent between some of the world's leading scientists are of a direct result of an article he wrote. In his BBC blog two days ago, Hudson said: 'I was... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394675/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:02:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2375514/posts the U.N.’s special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, has warned the United States against striking terrorists from unmanned drones. “My concern is that these drones, these Predators, are being operated in a framework which may well violate international humanitarian law and international human rights law,” SHAWSBLOG http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2375514/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:35:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371010/posts • Party claims biggest ever recruitment night • BBC feared far-right victory in high court • Griffin attacks capital as 'no longer British' The British National party will receive a pre-general election boost in the opinion polls, ministers fear, after more than 8 million people watched the far-right leader Nick Griffin's appearance on Question Time on Thursday evening. As the party claimed that a record 3,000 people had registered to join its ranks in the biggest recruitment night in its history, Lord Mandelson warned that Griffin's exposure would produce "a bubble in the opinion polls for the BNP". He reflected... Guardian UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371010/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:27:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368741/posts The BBC came under siege as Nick Griffin, the leader of the BNP, used his appearance on Question Time to attack Muslims and homosexuals while defending the Ku Klux Klan. Mr Griffin said Islam was not compatible with life in Britain, while describing homosexuals as "creepy". However, he admitted sharing a platform with the Ku Klux Klan, which has carried out racist attacks across America’s Deep South, and defended leaders in the organisation as "non-violent". Related Articles Arrests as anti-BNP protesters clash with police The BNP on Question Time: live-blog Griffin booed as he walks into Question Time studio Mark... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368741/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:31:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368425/posts Headline only, waiting on full article. Protesters have been gathering outside BBC Headquarters all day: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/22/question-time-protest, "Swelling number of protesters demonstrating against BNP leader Nick Griffin's appearance on show". BNO News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368425/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:28:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368286/posts Deputy director general Mark Byford has said it is not the BBC's role to censor the BNP as criticism mounts ahead of the party's Question Time appearance. He said the BNP's Euro vote meant the BBC had to allow it on as part of its "responsibility of due impartiality". Cabinet minister Peter Hain had asked the BBC to rethink its invitation to the whites-only political party. Ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone said the BBC would bear moral responsibility for any "spike" in racist attacks. And the Equality and Human Rights Commission said the party's membership rules were currently illegal and it... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368286/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:46:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367834/posts A former BBC employee has blown the whistle on cocaine use among the corporation’s TV and radio producers and star performers. Sarah Graham told a Home Affairs Select Committee hearing into the cocaine trade, that it is seen as “part of your creative genius or part of your extraordinary personality”. She says that instead of being reprimanded, those who take the drug are praised for their “off-the-wall” brilliance. Miss Graham has worked for BBC Radio 5, Children’s BBC and Channel 4’s The Big Breakfast, and says she was offered the drug by a presenter and producer on her first day... broadcastnow.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367834/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:56:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365496/posts 19 October 2009 Tories Could 'Rip Up' BBC Charter Mr Hunt said he had not decided the timing of changes to BBC governance A Conservative government could "rip up" the BBC's royal charter, the shadow culture secretary has suggested. The current royal charter allowing the BBC's licence fee expires in 2015. But Jeremy Hunt told the Financial Times that the corporation was "out of touch with the hard times the rest of the electorate is going through". He said the BBC's structure had "failed", adding that Tories in power would have a "very fundamental root-and-branch discussion with the BBC". Cheerleader... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365496/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:46:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2364056/posts Recently, the Obama Administration has made quite a few comments on its relationship with the media. From complaining that the media as a whole is out to get them, to accusing Fox News of being an underling of the Republican Party. The left wing has followed its lead and continued these attacks. Could this be leading somewhere? ... Unspun America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2364056/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:23:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361161/posts When the BBC finally ‘fessed up last week to the Global Warming Fraud -- without admitting how much they aided and abetted the scam over ten years or more -- a liberal gent I know was shocked. He had sort of gritted his teeth and tolerated my skepticism over the years, but he never wanted to judge the whole fraudulent business for himself, although he had plenty of qualifications to do so. But this fraud was obvious. You had to want to close your eyes not to see it. I say that with all appreciation to the scientists and bloggers... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2361161/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:20:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360033/posts I think the BBC wanted to slip this one out quietly, but a Matt Drudge link put paid to that. The climate change correspondent of BBC News has admitted that global warming stopped in 1998 – and he reports that leading scientists believe that the earth’s cooling-off may last for decades. “Whatever happened to global warming?” is the title of an article by Paul Hudson that represents a clear departure from the BBC’s fanatical espousal of climate change orthodoxy. The climate change campaigners will go nuts, particularly in the run-up to Copenhagen. So, I suspect, will devout believers inside the... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360033/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:00:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359745/posts Upstairs, Downstairs, the classic television saga of a Belgravia family and its servants, will return next year in a new version on BBC One. The show originally ran on ITV from 1971 to 1975, spanning the fictional life of the Bellamy family from 1903 to 1930, and was the brainchild of actresses Dame Eileen Atkins and Jean Marsh. Dame Eileen did not appear in the original series, as filming would have clashed with her burgeoning career in the theatre. She is however likely to take a prominent role in the new version, as one of the wealthy and connected Holland... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359745/posts#comment Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:32:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359310/posts What do you think of Obama's Nobel Prize? US President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. Is he a worthy winner? The Nobel Committee hailed Mr Obama's "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples", citing his work to rid the world of nuclear weapons. BBC News Forum (on-line) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359310/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:33:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355340/posts I came across this in my surfings this morning. Here is the blurb that accompanies a video of celeb favorite Python moments: Monty Python was first aired on British television screens on October 5 1969. Famous for the ministry of silly walks and the dead parrot sketch, the legacy of the series lives on. The BBC spoke to Ricky Gervais, Justin Lee Collins, Jeremy Clarkson and Stephen Merchant to find out their favourite Monty Python moments. Click here to watch the video. BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2355340/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:26:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2350022/posts Here is video of a BBC interviewer asking British Prime Minister Gordon Brown if he takes pain killers to "get through," meaning to get through the day. The question seemed to stun Brown, who it appeared took offense at that kind of question. He was asked the question in connection with rumors that his eyesight is also deteriorating. But Brown explained he has had surgery for detached retinas in both eyes over the years, and said his eyesight is not deteriorating. . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2350022/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:48:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2335448/posts BBC News anchor fails to pause with an amusing outcome... Click Here YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2335448/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 15:19:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2335434/posts Here is a video snippet from a BBC News broadcast where anchor Jonathan Charles didn't quite read the punctuation correctly on the teleprompter! Those periods and pauses can be critical! . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2335434/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:53:30 GMT