Prince Charles says radicalisation of young people 'alarming' per BBC News (Update)

Yesterday I blogged:

'There is something alarming about this BBC report and it's that it fails to mention Islam or Muslims even once.

Is Prince Charles really so politically correct that he didn't say which young people were becoming radicalised? Or did the BBC censor what he said? Ordinarily I would suspect the BBC but in this case...'

It seems that I did Prince Charles a disservice.

Whilst the BBC's  report on a BBC interview with Prince Charles manages to excise all mention of Muslims or Islam, Sky News manages to report what he actually said, not what the dhimmis at the BBC wish he had said:

'Prince Charles said preventing the radicalisation of Muslim youth was a "great challenge" and something that could not be swept "under the carpet".

He expressed particular concern over the threat posed by young Muslims coming into contact with extremists online, describing it as "frightening".'

The BBC are shameless in their protection of Muslims from criticism, why?

First Tim Wilcox, now Adam Boulton

Following on from Tim Wilcox's offensive statement whilst interviewing a Parisian Jew following the Islamist terrorist attacks in Paris, yesterday we had a similar line of questioning from Sky's Adam Boulton.



Because it seems that in medialand hatred of Jews can always be blamed on the actions, perceived or otherwise, of Israel.

Would Adam Boulton ask a British iman if fear or hatred of Muslims was excusable because of the actions of ISIS or Al Quaeda? How about the policies of Saudi Arabia, Iran etc etc etc...?

The BBC's obsessive vilification of Israel disgusts me, is Sky going down the same road?

Spot the missing words (update)

Further to this earlier post:

UPDATE: Finally this evening I hear BBC Radio 5Live describe these individuals as 'Islamists', about bloody time too.

Mind you the original BBC article has not changed, the links to other news sites include:
'Yahoo! UK and Ireland Islamists admit plot to blow up London Stock Exchange'
and 'Sky News Islamists Admit Stock Exchange Bomb Plot &'

What will the poor BBC readers think when they see these headlines?

Ed 'First Class' Miliband busted

'Labour leader Ed Miliband likes to travel first class, and tries to hide it. What a man of the people!'

Thanks to Sky for the video, don't expect to see or hear this story being reported on the BBC any time soon...

The one hundred and sixteenth weekly "No shit, Sherlock" award

This week's award goes to the less and less impressive by the day Foreign Secretary, William Hague for his inciteful comment as reported by Sky News that 'A broad-based government is "preferable to Egypt falling into the hands of extremism or a more authoritarian system of government,"'

"No shit, Sherlock" 

What a massive surprise

Sky News reveal the incredible shock news that:

'Sky News has found evidence of internet discussions about potential violence at the student protests at least a week before Wednesday's riot in London.

Student anarchist groups had been using known protester forums and Facebook to call for "direct action", "civil disobedience" and "occupations" since at least October 26.'

The one hundred and second weekly "No shit, Sherlock" award

This week's award goes to Sky news for their investigation's conclusion that

'The next generation of Afghans is being radicalised by the Taliban - with children being ruthlessly exploited by the insurgents.'

Islamist terrorists ruthlessly brainwashing children? "No shit, Sherlock".

Did Gordon Brown ever answer this question?

From last September:

'"SIR, For the benefit of his party conference next week and for the rest of us, could Gordon Brown complete the following sentence: "I claimed £36 per month for a Sky Sports package that was wholly, necessarily and exclusively incurred for the performance of my parliamentary duties because..."
David Saunders
Sidmouth, Devon"


From Saturdays Telegraph '

Cuts what cuts?

Governmnet spending this year in real times will be more than in 2005; Sky's Jeff Randall makes the point, when will anyone on the BBC?

The BBC and their U2/Bono obsession

The BBC and their U2/Bono obsession just never fails to deliver. The BBC's third most important article on their website is that

'Bono has emergency spinal surgery, putting U2's upcoming concert dates, including Glastonbury, in jeopardy.'

This is important news? More important than the economy in free-fall, the Labour leadership wrangles, etc.? I think not.

However the BBC are obsessed by Bono, he's a living saint and of course Glastonbury is one of the great BBC staff outings.


UPDATE:
Beeb Bias Craig has posted a helpful comment looking at Sky News and ITN's news front pages that I repost here:

'Sky News has 'Mum admits killing her children in Spain, 'Royal Marine dies in Afghanistan blast', 'BA reveals record annual loss of £531m' and 'Outlaws gang leader jailed over drugs.' Bono doesn't feature anywhere on their homepage, despite their having dozens of stories there.

ITN has 'Massacre in Pakistan', 'BA's fighting talk', 'Cameron's veto hint', 'MI5 at terror inquest' and 'Statins doing damage'. Again, Bono isn't even mentioned.

As you say, what is it about the BBC and Bono? To be placed third (after 'Confessions over Spain killings' and 'No more powers to EU, says Cameron') is just unreal.'

The Labour line that noone won the election is really winding up Sky's Adam Boulton

Why are no Conservative shadow ministers as firm with BBC interviewers as even minor Labour ministers such as Ben Bradshw are with Adam Boulton?

Democracy? "... I will take no questions this evening.."

Those were Gordon Brown's words after he announced that he would be standing down as Labour leader and Prime Minister. Doesn't that sum up Gordon Brown's attitude to democracy? His Labour party are roundly defeated in a general election and yet rather than accept defeat he and, as Adam Boulton describes "a cabal", in Number 10 are deciding the future of the UK without reference to their political party or even the cabinet. Sky's Adam Boulton declares that:

'"There is a cabal in Number 10, basically playing politics with the country's future.

"There's been no open consultation about this measure.

"We haven't seen the Cabinet meet, we haven't seen the Parliamentary Labour Party be recalled to a meeting - in fact, no Labour party meeting is scheduled until Tuesday," he continued.'

This looks increasingly like a Labour/Lib Dem done-deal; respect for democracy comes a pretty poor second to lust for power amongst the current occupants of Number 10 - Gordon Brown, Peter Mandelson and Alastair Campbell.


Here's the video of Gordon Brown's announcement, Adam Boulton's much watch confrontation with Alastair Campbell follows it...


Here's the Adam Boulton/Alastair Campbell 'interview'...

The thought that Alastair Campbell, Peter Mandelson and Gordon Brown are going to keep their hands on power in this country revolts me. If they think the people will accept this coup they are wrong: rev up the Audi and pass me a mask.







Here's Alastair Campbell being interviewed by Adam Boulton on election night and may help to explain some of the animosity between these two figures, although most of it is because Alastair Campbell prefers the media to be somewhat more compliant to his every whim, like the BBC - Iraq invasion excepted...

Because having the BBC onside is not enough for Gordon Brown, he needs all the world's media

The Guardian's completely unbiased Roy Greenslade reports that: 'Gordon Brown has hinted for the first time at a possible conspiracy between the Conservative party and Rupert Murdoch's UK-based media divisions, BSkyB and News International

In an interview with the London Evening Standard's editor Geordie Greig, published today, Brown says:

When you look at the Conservative party's policy position on the future of the digital industries, and when you look at the News International policy position, they are very similar, and I think I would be very worried if I were any other media company...

You've got to be in a position that guarantees to the public
100% digital access, otherwise there's basic human equalities being denied to people.

Brown also registers his upset at being ditched by The Sun during the Labour party conference last autumn. He said:

What The Sun did on the day of my conference speech was to come out against me in the most deliberate way, so they could ruin any good impact from the speech.

But that was their decision and I'm not going to get into talking about any personal campaign mounted against me.'

Ah diddums, 11 years of an all but totally tame UK press: The Guardian, Independent, FT, Mirror, plus Rupert Murdoch keeping the Times and Sun pro-Labour, the Mail under the spell of Gordon Brown and even The Telegraph not being 100% pro Conservative. Over 20 years of the BBC cheering every Labour move and denigrating every Conservative and now that Rupert Murdoch has spotted that Labour are losers and has moved to the winning side (I hope) Gordon Brown decides to whine like the bully who is no longer getting his way, that he is.

Well boo-hoo Gordon Brown, boo-hoo Roy Greenslade and boo-hoo The Guardian who if the Conservatives get in to power are pledged to remove public sector advertising from their pages. Another reason to vote Conservative; you might kill off The Grauniad and help to right the wrongs done to this country by their espousal of political correctness.

It's all in the emphasis

Compare and contrast:

Sky News reports that:

"Tory MP Nadine Dorries has been paid an undisclosed amount of compensation by ex-Gordon Brown adviser Damian McBride."

BBC News reports that:

"Tory MP Nadine Dorries says she has been paid undisclosed damages by former Downing Street spin doctor Damien McBride over e-mail smears."

Has Nadine Dorries received (or been promised) the damages? If so why do the BBC report it as only something that she "says"?



The Sky report continues

"Mr McBride quit Downing Street in April when emails, containing unfounded allegations about MPs including David Cameron, shadow chancellor George Osborne, as well as Ms Dorries, were leaked."

The BBC equivalent report runs

"The Mid-Bedfordshire MP took legal action after the existence of the messages - said to refer to her private life - was made public.

Mr McBride, who sent the unfounded smears to Labour activist Derek Draper, resigned after they were made public. "

Again the BBC cast doubts on the reports "said to refer to her private life"



The Sky report also informs us:

"The damages are the result of the first of three cases that the MP for Mid Bedfordshire has brought against Mr McBride, Derek Draper and 10 Downing Street.

Ms Dorries told Sky News she will pursue the other cases "vigorously", until her name is cleared.
She also Tweeted: "The first hurdle in clearing my name down. Two to go.""

Oddly the BBC report that:

"Ms Dorries is still considering legal action against No 10 and Mr Draper.... She has until April to decide whether to launch separate defamation actions against Mr Draper and Downing Street."

Have the other cases been brought or not? If they have why are the BBC casting doubts?



Sky go on to tell us that:

"The Prime Minister was forced to apologise for the emails amid heavy criticism of a "dirty tricks" culture within No.10.

Mr Draper, a former Labour spin doctor, resigned as editor of the website LabourList over the affair.""

The BBC report it slightly differently:

"Mr McBride is understood to have made a "fulsome" apology to the Mid-Bedfordshire MP and expressed a wish to get on with his life."

That Damian McBride, what a mensch...

Scepticism that you wouldn't get from the BBC

Adam Boulton on Sky News last night showing a lot more independence of mind and bravery than any BBC interviewer that I have heard interview a Labour politician.

I have to admit that I normally watch the BBC news until I get too irritated by the bias and switch off or walk out. Last night I watched Sky News and was very impressed by Adam Boulton, channel 501 may be a regular watch from now on.



Thanks to Iain Dale for spotting this piece of video.

Sky News system problems?

Whilst checking the news this morning the BBC news website was operating at normal speeds and normal levels of bias, whilst Sky News was down for a while and is now really slow but less biased.

Opinion polls

I have just found Sky News' Poll Tracker, rather useful and interesting. I especially like looking at period June 2007 to June 2008, I can't think why!

Jacqui Smith's U-Turn and the BBC (update)

Further to my previous post about our Home Secretary, her inconsistencies and the BBC's assistance in covering up the affair, I have discovered that the Adam Bouldton interview also included the the following exchange:

Adam Boulton: "I can’t imagine hospitals necessarily welcoming the idea of having lots of young thugs coming into the wards or indeed of victims’ families necessarily wanting to people."

Jacqui Smith: "This is why we are working with the Youth Justice Board already to put this in place."

And yet the BBC are happy to push the Government line that Jacqui Smith never suggested that people convicted of carrying a knife should be made to visit stab victims.

It's our licence fee paying for this pro-Labour media outlet. The BBC could not bear to have a Conservative government and so will do all they can to prevent one from being elected. The quantity of mud/shit thrown by the BBC at Conservative politicians and the amount of protection offered to this Labour government is only going to increase.

Jacqui Smith's U-turn and the BBC

Sky are reporting that:

"In an interview with Sky's Adam Boulton on Sunday Live, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said youngsters caught with knives would be forced to confront the possible consequences by bringing them face-to-face with blade victims in hospitals...

"One of those proposals is that people caught carrying knives should be taken to see people in hospital who have been stabbed, or to meet the families of victims, is that correct?" Adam asked.

"It is," replied Ms Smith....

But now, the Home Office said they would instead only be expected to meet doctors to be educated about the injuries caused by knives."

So on Sunday the Home Secretary agreed that her new policy would involve

"people caught carrying knives ... taken to see people in hospital who have been stabbed, or to meet the families of victims"

whilst today her department say that they would only be expected to meet doctors.

This is confusing enough, but it is even odder is that the whole story has all but disappeared from the BBC news web site. If you search around the BBC site you will still find this page from yesterday evening (last updated at 20:57) entitled "Shock tactics for knife carriers", which starts thus:

"Young people who carry knives will be made to visit hospitals where stabbing victims are treated, in a bid to shock them into changing their behaviour. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said seeing "gruesome" injuries would be a tougher deterrent than sending all knife carriers in England and Wales to jail."

and continues later:

"Ms Smith told the BBC: "I'm concerned particularly about the way in which those who are carrying knives and those who are the victims appear to be getting younger."

She said the hospital visits would "make people realise that there is nothing glamorous about carrying a knife, it doesn't help you to be more safe and you will end up in serious trouble.

"I just think that's a better way of making people face up to the consequences of action and making them more likely not to carry knives again in the future.... Earlier she told Sky News it was "tougher" than imprisonment to make people "face up to the sorts of implications of young people carrying knives on our streets"."

Now the BBC are reporting that

"The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has denied suggestions of a Government U-turn over knife crime. Ministers had indicated that they wanted some knife offenders to be forced to see stab victims in hospital A&E units, to see the consequences of their actions. But Jacqui Smith, responding to a question from shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve, told the Commons that instead the visits would involve talking to doctors about the dangers of knives.">

You can see the video on that page. Jacqui Smith ends her answer thus:

"We are not, and I have never said we are, proposing to bring young people into wards to see patients"

I am confused; did the exchange with Adam Boulton reported at the top of this article take place? The video on the aforementioned Sky News page would seem to confirm their news article. In fact she goes on to confirm it from about 2:18 of that piece of video, talking about how seeing the injuries caused by knives would be a tough punishment. Do also contrast her Sky interview facing the camera with her House of Commons answer reading from a prepared statement. Does the word shameless cover it? Maybe David Cameron could raise this story at PMQs on Wednesday along with Gordon Brown's answer re Vehicle Excise Duty on 4 June.

You might ask why the BBC have decided not to query Jacqui Smith's story today? I think we all know why...

Do Sky News know the London Mayoral election is over?

It would seem not, as there are still plenty of links to this page that offers to help you choose who to vote for as London Mayor. Maybe a touch out of date?