Yesterday I saw the 2005 BBC documentary “Hiroshima”. War is hell. I know, I know I know. There were many reasons to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the context of all that evil in World War Two; Japanese barbarity and inhuman treatment of prisoners, their willingness to fight to the bitter end, [...]
Archive of posts tagged BBC
“honour killings” – evil through and through
The BBC have reported that “Hindu caste leaders in the northern Indian state of Haryana have given their backing to six people convicted last month in an "honour killing" case.” The full article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8617576.stm Firstly, “caste” is an evil that must be eliminated. And not just in India but also in other countries where [...]
BBC, iPlayer and xbmc
I use xbmc as the hub of my media centre, and one particular xbmc plugin that I loved was for accessing the BBC’s iPlayer content. However, the BBC has decided to break this; the sad story can be read at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2010/03/bbc_iplayer_content_protection.html As as a British citizen, living in the UK, paying taxes and paying the [...]
BBC – appalling science reporting?
It seems that the BBC is much like any other large news organisation; perhaps better than some and perhaps worse than others. It has time pressures to produce something that is current and topical. And this can lead to poor research, poor quality assurance and poor implementation with biased reporting and inaccurate information. I certainly [...]
In the sack!
Fantastic! This has already been posted at a number of other blogs recently, and I think that this was originally on the BBC. Dara O’Briain explains, with humour, what he really thinks of pseudo-scientists, preachers of woo woo and other modern witch-doctors. Great line "homeopath horseshit peddler". And "psychics, astrologers and priests" all get the [...]
Feynman, science, and chess
With news that Bill Gates has bought the rights from the BBC for some 1964 lectures given by Richard Feynman, in the discussions over at RichardDawkins.net a video clip was posted of Feynman explaining science through an analogy of observing a game of chess. Nature of Science – Feynman’s analogy of science and chess [...]
FIA Formula 1 Grand Prix 2009 on the BBC
Well, now that the Formula 1 Grand Prix has started, it was wonderful to see the UK TV coverage return to the BBC with Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” and accompanied with some great computer graphics. I’m sorry ITV, but the BBC win this feature hands down! Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
Royal firm’s adverts ‘misleading’
Some progress, of sorts http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7956378.stm The MHRA has upheld the complaint about the wording used to advertise the medical efficacy of Prince Charles’s Dutchy Originals "Duchy Herbals Echina-Relief Tincture" and "Duchy Herbals Hyperi-Lift Tincture". Now, I’m no fan of the MHRA as they are not fully transparent and have washed their hands in dealing with [...]
Interview with badscience’s Ben Goldacre
Stumbled across this interview with Ben Goldacre in his badscience blog article. Ben provides a way of cutting swathes of nonsense one increasingly hears in the media these days. Of particular note, his quote at about 5 minutes 50 seconds regarding the BBC’s once respected “Horizon” science programmes as “Horizon going to nonsense” resonated with my [...]
Going forward. Best practice communications.
Is the BBC article ”Are you going forward? Then stop now” pushing the envelope with blue-sky thinking requiring a user-centred paradigm shift? You decide! Actually, it’s quite a humorous article and is something that I identify with. However, I have to admit to being guilty to some extent and I give myself some form of self-justification as [...]
