BBC Newsflash: "Stalin was evil!'

[daft fan]

This was news to nobody but the BBC...

Amid the necessary rage over the Ross-Brand affair at the BBC, it is often said that the Corporation still produces a lot of high-quality material alongside it's Leftist propaganda. I’m not so sure of this.

Radio 4 has some good news and current-affairs programmes, but much of its airtime is stuffed with dire alleged comedy, the appalling, shameless and unchecked Leftist propaganda of ‘The News Quiz’ and an unchanging array of chat shows presented by ancient liberals.

As for the TV stations, I now rarely bother switching them on. The prospect of trimming my toenails or flossing my teeth, or reading the labels of empty beer bottles, just seems more alluring.

But the other day I was persuaded to sample a supposedly illuminating BBC2 documentary called World War Two – Behind Closed Doors. This, I was assured, would be full of exciting new facts, grippingly presented.



What did I get? An actor pretending to be Joe Stalin and various other silly reconstructions. One very lengthy one involved a woman roaming irrelevantly round a house in Lvov, in her underwear (It wasn't as good as it sounds...).

Mixed in with this was the BBC’s shocked discovery that Stalin and Hitler signed a pact of alliance in 1939 and – amazing! – jointly invaded Poland before co-operating against Britain. Well spotted, BBC! Some of us have known this for decades. Presumably the Corporation was so stuffed with communist fellow-travellers that it couldn’t be mentioned till now. Behind closed doors indeed.

I was so dispirited by this low-grade tripe that I switched over to BBC1 to catch up with the once-excellent thriller series Spooks. But this has become a wooden parody of itself. What’s more, it has succumbed to the BBC’s love affair with the Tories.
As London (yet again) faced a terrorist threat, MI5 agents were ordered to check the whereabouts not only of the Cabinet but also of the Shadow Cabinet. They’d never have done that before David 'hug-a-hoodie' Cameron took over.

Source.


Recommended reading: Stalin's War of Extermination 1941 - 1945: Planning, Realization and Documentation

[Tete123]

This was news to nobody but the BBC...

Amid the necessary rage over the Ross-Brand affair at the BBC, it is often said that the Corporation still produces a lot of high-quality material alongside it's Leftist propaganda. I’m not so sure of this.

Radio 4 has some good news and current-affairs programmes, but much of its airtime is stuffed with dire alleged comedy, the appalling, shameless and unchecked Leftist propaganda of ‘The News Quiz’ and an unchanging array of chat shows presented by ancient liberals.

As for the TV stations, I now rarely bother switching them on. The prospect of trimming my toenails or flossing my teeth, or reading the labels of empty beer bottles, just seems more alluring.

But the other day I was persuaded to sample a supposedly illuminating BBC2 documentary called World War Two – Behind Closed Doors. This, I was assured, would be full of exciting new facts, grippingly presented.



What did I get? An actor pretending to be Joe Stalin and various other silly reconstructions. One very lengthy one involved a woman roaming irrelevantly round a house in Lvov, in her underwear (It wasn't as good as it sounds...).

Mixed in with this was the BBC’s shocked discovery that Stalin and Hitler signed a pact of alliance in 1939 and – amazing! – jointly invaded Poland before co-operating against Britain. Well spotted, BBC! Some of us have known this for decades. Presumably the Corporation was so stuffed with communist fellow-travellers that it couldn’t be mentioned till now. Behind closed doors indeed.

I was so dispirited by this low-grade tripe that I switched over to BBC1 to catch up with the once-excellent thriller series Spooks. But this has become a wooden parody of itself. What’s more, it has succumbed to the BBC’s love affair with the Tories.
As London (yet again) faced a terrorist threat, MI5 agents were ordered to check the whereabouts not only of the Cabinet but also of the Shadow Cabinet. They’d never have done that before David 'hug-a-hoodie' Cameron took over.

Recommended reading: Stalin's War of Extermination 1941 - 1945: Planning, Realization and Documentation

This was Peter Hitchens - Should you not acknowledge this as the source as it seems you were passing this off as your own opinion?

Mail online - Peter Hitchens

[daft fan]

This was Peter Hitchens - Should you not acknowledge this as the source as it seems you were passing this off as your own opinion?

Mail online - Peter Hitchens

Apologies. It's late and I did genuinely forget to put the link in. It's probably all the lefties nagging me about links...

Don't let everyone on here know you read The Mail.

You'll have all the extremist left wingers calling you 'a Nazi!'

[Tete123]

Apologies. It's late and I did genuinely forget to put the link in. It's probably all the lefties nagging me about links...

Don't let everyone on here know you read The Mail.

You'll have all the extremist left wingers calling you 'a Nazi!'

The Mail is my toilet paper I find turning the pages of The Telegraph a little too much effort whilst seated. and I can't bring myself to buy The Sun.

Note: I also read The Times in print and The Guardian online. I like perspective!!

[daft fan]

What's your preferred paper then?

[Tete123]

What's your preferred paper then?

Always buy The Times and Telegraph. At a push I would say I favour The Times.

[daft fan]

Out of those two I prefer the times.

I have to say I'm starting to take a shine to the Daily Express.

[Marxist Nutter]

Out of those two I prefer the times.

I have to say I'm starting to take a shine to the Daily Express.

I tend to opt for the Independent or the Guardian although for in depth stuff I do like New Left Review

[Dunkirk]

The Mail is my toilet paper

Tete, make sure you don't use the Peter Hitchens column for this. I can understand why the DM may come in for criticism but PH is head and shoulders above a great many journalists and commentators accross a wide range of the British press. I find a lot of what he writes is spot on.

Peter's book " The Abolition of Britain" is excelent and " The Abolition of Liberty" is also worth a serious read. His criticisms of the Left and of the Far Right are well worth studying.

[Tete123]

Tete, make sure you don't use the Peter Hitchens column for this. I can understand why the DM may come in for criticism but PH is head and shoulders above a great many journalists and commentators accross a wide range of the British press. I find a lot of what he writes is spot on.

Peter's book " The Abolition of Britain" is excelent and " The Abolition of Liberty" is also worth a serious read. His criticisms of the Left and of the Far Right are well worth studying.

I have to say that while I generally hold the DM in low esteem I do enjoy reading the articles and columns of both Hitchens brothers Peter, here in the UK and Christopher in the States.

Although Peter is a little more Conservative than myself, I do still find his writing thought provoking and informative. As you say he is often spot on with his analysis of current events and trends.


Note: When I said toilet paper I meant I read it whilst frequenting the Lav rather than it being an essential material in the process!!

[Dunkirk]

Note: When I said toilet paper I meant I read it whilst frequenting the Lav rather than it being an essential material in the process!!

At this point I could write " no no of course I knew what you meant".....but it wouldn't be entirely true