- 41. ‘Our Only Fear Was That He Might Pull His Punches’ – BBC Caught Manipulating The News
- (Alerts 2016)
- Nobody with a questioning mind seriously expects impartiality from BBC News. Certainly not anyone who has followed its reporting on the National Health Service, Scottish independence, Labour leader Jeremy ...
- Created on 13 January 2016
- 42. The New McCarthyism – Keep The War Versus Stop The War
- (Alerts 2015)
- ... The former UK ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford, told the BBC that if air strikes went ahead (as indeed they did): 'the inevitable blowback on our streets will be severe.' Last month, Dominic ...
- Created on 17 December 2015
- 43. Manufacturing Consensus - Hilary Benn's Speech
- (Alerts 2015)
- ... John Morrison, an adviser to the parliamentary intelligence and security committee and a former deputy chief of defence intelligence, told the BBC: 'When I heard him using those words, I could almost ...
- Created on 08 December 2015
- 44. 'Let's Bring In Our Pentagon Spokesman' - Bombing Syria
- (Alerts 2015)
- ... ideologically, sympathetically, 'patriotically'. A near-perfect example of this industry-wide perceptual bias has been supplied this year by BBC diplomatic editor, Mark Urban. Last week, Urban discussed ...
- Created on 05 November 2015
- 45. 'I Would Have Refused Such An Order’ – Former RAF Pilot Gives His View Of US Bombing Of MSF Hospital In Kunduz
- (Alerts 2015)
- ... the BBC's Pentagon-friendly reporting of the hospital as having been 'mistakenly' bombed. On October 24, MSF announced that 30 people had now tragically died, up from the initial toll of 22. The humanitarian ...
- Created on 27 October 2015
- 46. Sick Sophistry – BBC News On The Afghan Hospital ‘Mistakenly’ Bombed By The United States
- (Alerts 2015)
- ... country that a 'diplomatic solution' was still being sought. Sopel's 'Mistake' On BBC News at Ten on October 15, 2015, BBC North America correspondent Jon Sopel told viewers over footage ...
- Created on 20 October 2015
- 47. Nuclear War And Corbyn – The Fury And The Farce
- (Alerts 2015)
- ... media propaganda, but a high-profile piece on the BBC's flagship News at Ten programme last Wednesday supplied a truly stand-out performance. Here, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg featured in an ...
- Created on 05 October 2015
- 48. Media Activism In A Time Of Hope - An Appeal For Support
- (Alerts 2015)
- ... success, Iglesias was not only mentioned in the context of Corbyn's popularity, he was allowed an opinion piece to comment in the Guardian. A BBC article this week observed: 'Jeremy Corbyn's victory ...
- Created on 17 September 2015
- 49. Invisible War Crimes – The Corporate Media On Yemen
- (Alerts 2015)
- Anyone struggling to understand the violent upheaval in Yemen this year might be tempted to consult the country's 'most important source of news' – the BBC. An online piece titled 'Yemen crisis: Who is ...
- Created on 10 September 2015
- 50. Corbyn And The End Of Time - The 'Crisis Of Democracy'
- (Alerts 2015)
- ... – in reality, a baby-step away - Chris Cook, policy editor of BBC Newsnight, lauded 'a stunning piece'. Guardian columnist Marina Hyde - daughter of Sir Alastair Edgcumbe James Dudley-Williams, 2nd Baronet ...
- Created on 04 September 2015
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