ACADEMY SCHOOLS

A Biased BBC reader writes...

"At 9.28 this morning, on BBC News 24, the boss of the NUT was on talking about the new system, condemning it out of hand, natch. Oh dear, your local City Hall is to be by passed and the cash go straight to the schools. As a former school governor I know that a lot of what she said was b......s and she either a) must know it too or b) she is as thick as a plank and doesn't understand anything about the system that her Members work in. Never mind, the good old BBC gave her free rein - no one from the other side of the argument anywhere in sight. Just another (small) example of the propoganda our beloved National Broadcaster churns out day after day."

Part of the problem is that the BBC is littered with small instances like this every day which when we add them together constitutes one VAST bias.

STRIKE!

Oh no! The BBC could be preparing to go on strike. That might mean we are denied their award-winning programmes, their intrepid fearless investigative journalism, their 24/7 global output. So, let's hope the strike goes ahead. Then, sack them all.

OBAMAWORSHIP

Obama made his big speech last night and the BBC do their best to put the best spin of it today. Mark Mardell salivates over him here. Love the way Mardell allows Obama to run with the pretence that he is "only now" turning his gaze to sorting out the US economy. How about an objective analysis of Obama's record on economic revival from the BBC?

OPEN THREAD...

Phew, we made it to Wednesday and so time for the now obligatory mid-week thread. The BBC are all misty-eyed about Tony Blair today, far-off halycon days now! Are you loving the Blair love-in? What else is bothering you? Ladies and Gentlemen, you have the floor...