BBC doc sham
BBC viewers – currently forced by law to hand over £169 a year for a TV licence – have been sickened by the Gaza documentary scandal.
The Corporation isn’t just guilty of misleading the public. It actually handed over cash to the family of an official at Hamas, an evil terrorist organisation.
PATim Davie (left) and BBC chairman Samir Shah were pressed on the scandal surrounding a Gaza documentary, which was narrated by the son of a senior Hamas terrorist[/caption]
Yesterday the BBC’s chairman Samir Shah said the sorry saga is a “dagger to the heart” of its claim to be impartial.
BBCThe BBC has left viewers sickened after being accused of paying licence fee cash to the family of a Hamas official[/caption]
No other broadcaster or heavily-regulated newspaper would get away with such a debacle.
Yet the BBC is holding only a lengthy, low-key “internal review.”
Accountability remains negligible.
During the same appearance before MPs, Mr Shah said he is “troubled” by the forced prosecution of non-payers of the licence fee, often in secret courts.
As it lurches from fiasco to shameful fiasco, shouldn’t the Government be asking some serious questions of its own about the BBC’s future?
Sick pay
TO the surprise of absolutely no one, vile paedophile Huw Edwards has refused to hand back part of his salary to the BBC.
Thanks to staggering incompetence from his bosses, the shamed star earned £200,000 AFTER he was arrested over child sex images.
The ex-presenter has since been living off his £300,000-a-year, gold-plated BBC pension.
Yesterday it was revealed that Edwards — displaying the classic control moves of the true narcissist — had initially indicated he might be willing to reimburse the public, only to change his mind and keep all the money.
We expect nothing better from a man who exploited the suffering of children and betrayed his family and fans.
But, as with the Gaza shambles, we do have a right to expect the BBC not to be so inept at their viewers’ expense.
Lest U.S. forget
THE US Vice President provoked a huge backlash yesterday after appearing to suggest that Britain had not fought a war for 30 years.
JD Vance later backtracked, claiming his reference to “random countries with 20,000 troops” was not aimed at the Brits.
For the avoidance of doubt, let us spell out the sacrifices made by Britain since the horrors of 9/11 in 2001.
In Afghanistan, 457 of our brave troops died fighting the Taliban.
Another 179 were killed fighting insurgency in Iraq.
Each hero died for causes led by an American president.
They should never be forgotten – least of all by our friends in the US.
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