WHY DOES RADIO 1 NEWSBEAT HAVE HOMOPHOBIC, HITLER-ADMIRING THUGS AS GUESTS?

Why does Radio 1 Newsbeat have homophobic, Hitler-admiring racist thug as a guest?‏Love Music Hate Racism was shocked and disappointed to see BBC Radio 1’s flagship news programme “Newsbeat” giving substantial and uncritical publicity to the views of members of the “Young BNP” as well as BNP leader Nick Griffin on yesterday’s programme. The “Young BNP” interview fail to mention the word “racism” even once, there were no opposing views stated and no tough questions asked. And the questions reall

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Africa through the eyes of African reporters

If local journalists reported more of the news to Western audiences, their sources and the story’s context would be different. Elizabeth Ohene, Ghana’s Minister of Tertiary Education, reported regularly for the BBC from various parts of Africa. By Geoffrey Nyarota A young American journalist about to fly to his first posting abroad as foreign correspondent contacted me at Harvard early in 2004. He said he had no previous experience, needed to talk to somebody who could possibly help h

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Three convicted in England dogfighting case

Three people have been convicted for their roles in one of Europe’s largest dog-fighting syndicates — offenses brought to light by a BBC program called “Panorama.” Claire Parker, 44, from Lincolnshire, Mohammed Farooq, 33, from Birmingham, and a 17-year-old boy were convicted at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court, the BBC reported. The RSPCA said it was one of the biggest cases of dog-fighting it had prosecuted. The charges came after the program’s probe into links between a dog-fighter and the

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This Week on TV - 8/2/09

Written by Jenny on August 1, 2009 – 7:00 pm - Welcome to a new week of TV! Another busy week this week. Sunday, especially, seems incredibly packed with 3 season finales, 2 series premieres, 5 specials PLUS 20 other new episodes! That’s crazy, people! Luckily for me, I only have 9 things I need to watch/record. *gulp* Let’s get to it and see what days are your busiest!SundaySunday is the 120-minute season finale of How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? on BBC America at 8/7c, followed b

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Muslims are at the heart of a dog-fighting epidemic in the UK

I FIND the idea of organised dog-fights utterly despicable, and regard those who engage in this horrifying pastime as savages who deserve nothing less than having their nuts crushed in the jaws of a grumpy pit-bull terrier. So it was with gritted teeth that I forced myself last night to listen to a BBC Radio 4 programme uncovering the facts behind a 400 percent surge in dog-fighting in the UK in last three years. And the culprits are overwhelmingly Muslim – but the politically-correct BBC st

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