WIKILEAKS FOUNDER TAUNTS BRITISH GOVERNMENT

"The U.S. must renounce its witch-hunt against WikiLeaks. It must dissolve its FBI investigation and it must vow that it will not seek to prosecute our staff or supporters." So says +Julian Assange from his pitch in the Ecuadorian embassy !!  Yeah right ! Does this fellow think he is becoming a "Great"?

Rather looks to me as if his diet has not been up to scratch and brain malfunction has begun to creep in.

Here's an Australian man who still really believes it was sensible to publish a massive amount of material claiming it to be U.S. diplomatic and military secrets. He alleges that sex offence claims brought by two women on a visit he subsequently made to Sweden are trumped up. If he is returned to Sweden to face trial he fears,eventually, he would end up in U.S.A.; and once there he would need to defend himself against (rather serious) claims of Wikileaks misbehaviour!  

Having viewed a bit of his Ecuadorian Embassy "balcony address" to a couple of hundred supporters (matched so far as I could see by as many press photographers), I conclude that this is not a great man: not a Churchill; not a Mandela; not a Kennedy. Except for consideration of his family predicament, I would allow his departure to Ecuador right away. In that beautiful country he could continue to fight for whistle-blowers - maybe starting from his new home...... just while he gets his feet under the table!! More than likely he'll be invited to stay in confinement !   

BBC HOST ACCUSED OF "PEEING ALL OVER BRITISH INDUSTRY"

How refreshing to come across someone who appears prepared to take on the BBC !!  @Iain Duncan Smith (IDS), Work and Pensions Secretary back in the U.K. A man of some definite courage,  IDS has complained that BBC Economics Editor, @Stephanie Flanders has shown pro-Labour bias when covering, when commenting upon, the recently published U.K. employment figures. 

But now then - take heed readers - let's not be one-sided.  Faced with a formal complaint the BBC, has responded with its own claim of confidence in its recent coverage of U.K. employment figures. Figures,it says, which it has presented both fairly and impartially.

For me, the issue, is more a matter of confidence.  Do I have confidence in what the @BBC says - or not?  Let me tell you: I have complete confidence in their resolve to report facts of the matter accurately; but regrettably I see no reason to be confident in their abililty to interpret facts in a politicaly balanced way ( what they would call fair and impartial ?).

What's going on then? Well this is how it looks to me: present the facts; go out of your way to comment on them; draw conclusions based on an opinion; and present in such a way you could be forgiven for thinking it is fact !! Clever eh? 

When I ask around, when I trawl the net, it becomes apparent that I'm not the only one who shares this perception.  And, bless him, IDS comes up with yet more evidence which he claims shows BBC political bias. Outcome of your complaint, Iain?  Three guesses !!