BBC admits: We are biased on religion and politics

[Stryker]

Here is a shocking media confession and I wish more Leftwing media corporations would fess up.

Discuss the Media coverage of Religion and the Politics of Religion:

BBC admits: We are biased on religion and politics

An internal memo, recently discovered by the British media, revealed what the BBC has been trying to hide. Senior figures admitted in a recent 'impartiality' summit that the BBC was guilty of promoting Left-wing views and anti-Christian sentiment.

Most executives admitted that the corporation’s representation of homosexuals and ethnic minorities was unbalanced and disproportionate, and that it leaned too strongly towards political correctness, the overt promotion of multiculturalism, anti-Americanism and discrimination against the countryside.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...318582,00.html

Okay to trash Bible, not Quran?

[Minnesota]

What really frosts me is the discrimination against the countryside. How long will the Brits put up with this pro-urban bias? For too many years all we've heard is how London's weather is going to be such and such, but never what the weather, for example, in Swindon or Flash Bar or King's Lynn, will be. We keep hearing about the traffic tie-ups on M25 in London but never about the ewe crossing delays in the North York moors. Or how about all the London fashion news, like the latest thigh-raking skirt craze sweeping the city, but nothing about the new rubber calf-length pig swilling boots that are all the rage on Berkshire hog farms.

Nope, this pro-urban/anti-countryside bias has got to stop, and soon is not to soon.

[geochron]

One senior BBC executive admitted to the ‘Daily Express’

5 little words, but oh how they detract credibility

[Pitchforkpat]

Here is a shocking media confession and I wish more Leftwing media corporations would fess up.

Have you written to Fox News to quit pretending they’re “fair and balanced” yet? Of course all journalists and news media execs have a degree of bias. And I’m certainly not “shocked” that BBC execs are not rabid, foam-at-the-mouth, war-mongering, neocons. They’re probably mostly erudite, urbanites, with a sense of social responsibility, unlike that shower in Washington.

And it’s not anti-Americanism; it’s anti-idiot-created policy of the type the current administration exhibits so well.

[Gideon Brown]

5 little words, but oh how they detract credibility

How? What's the 'Daily Express'?

[Darth Executor]

5 little words, but oh how they detract credibility

Hardly. It's not like we needed this admission to point out the obvious.

[Meh_Gerbil]

Hardly. It's not like we needed this admission to point out the obvious.

I don't grant them that high of a level of self awareness.
But then I turn off the radio and TV every time I get a chance.

[Sheepdog]

Have you written to Fox News to quit pretending they’re “fair and balanced” yet? Of course all journalists and news media execs have a degree of bias. And I’m certainly not “shocked” that BBC execs are not rabid, foam-at-the-mouth, war-mongering, neocons. They’re probably mostly erudite, urbanites, with a sense of social responsibility, unlike that shower in Washington.

Rather, they're probably mostly rabid, foam-at-the-mouth, shame-mongering liberals.

what does Fox News have to do with the BBC? good to see two wrongs still make a right in the liberal world.

And it’s not anti-Americanism; it’s anti-idiot-created policy of the type the current administration exhibits so well.

is that really the case? i wonder, for instance, if they were "anti-idiot-created policy" while Clinton was in the White House. a good test sample for anti-Americanism is whether they hate both American conservatives and "progressives."

[bandecoot]

How? What's the 'Daily Express'?

The Daily Express is a tabloid paper, concentrating on scandal and gossip. More credible than the National Enquirer for example but more concentrating on Papperazzi shots of celebrities.

[Telleriab2]

How? What's the 'Daily Express'?

It is a British "newspaper" that focuses more on celebrities than actual news; the articles are presented in a less prestigious manner than the London 'Times.'

I guess an American equivalent to this example is comparing the 'Daily Express' is the 'New York Post.' It is not exactly as believable as the New York 'Times', is it?

[Telleriab2]

Oh, I was beaten to it.

[Pitchforkpat]

what does Fox News have to do with the BBC? good to see two wrongs still make a right in the liberal world.

Good to see that poor reading comprehension still rules in the neocon world. There aren’t two wrongs here. The question was posed to check for consistency. If stryker is happy that the BBC’s left bias has been brought to light, I wondered if he’d ever asked Fox News to drop the “fair and balanced” bull.

is that really the case? i wonder, for instance, if they were "anti-idiot-created policy" while Clinton was in the White House.

Well I would hope so. Mind you, since Clinton was well read and actually understood something about global politics, I doubt he would have manufactured a spurious reason to invade a country where the inhabitants would never accept US occupation.

In case you missed my quote from Colin Powell’s ex Chief of Staff, Larry Wilkerson, of Bush he says he is “not versed in international relations and not too interested in them either.”

a good test sample for anti-Americanism is whether they hate both American conservatives and "progressives."

Yes, I’m sure they just despise Noam Chomsky.

[geochron]

Hardly. It's not like we needed this admission to point out the obvious.

My comment was intentionally humourous - I think it's pretty funny for the Daily Express to be writing a story about some other news source's supposed bias.

As a matter of interest, how often do you listen to the BBC? For some reason I thought you lived in the USA. If so, are you basing this on the world service bulletins on NPR or that BBC station you get on cable?

What I like about the BBC is that the range of opinion it presents is much wider than any US current affairs source I'm familiar with. In fact, when I lived in the USA I was struck by how similar all the TV current affairs coverage is in position. They were all economically fairly-to-very right-wing and socially slightly left-wing. I guess Fox has extended the range to the rabid right on both counts, but I'm not sure it counts as a news source.

[Ryokan]

My comment was intentionally humourous - I think it's pretty funny for the Daily Express to be writing a story about some other news source's supposed bias.

That does seem to be the issue.

As a matter of interest, how often do you listen to the BBC? For some reason I thought you lived in the USA. If so, are you basing this on the world service bulletins on NPR or that BBC station you get on cable?

Well, I live in the US, but NPR bums alot of bbc programing where I live at least. And they are the easiest to read web news portal.

What I like about the BBC is that the range of opinion it presents is much wider than any US current affairs source I'm familiar with. In fact, when I lived in the USA I was struck by how similar all the TV current affairs coverage is in position. They were all economically fairly-to-very right-wing and socially slightly left-wing.

It really depends on what you watch. Local news is all over the place, and newspapaers are too, but they lean towards left of center in both economic and social segments. The 24 hour news channels are like that because of their demographics. For each station, not 1 has less than 35% of its viewership labeling itself conservative, and not 1 has more than 19% labelling itself liberal. So their is economic pressure. Also, its worth remembering that the Democrats would seem pretty right wing in Britain if they ran there. America is a more conservative country.

I guess Fox has extended the range to the rabid right on both counts, but I'm not sure it counts as a news source.

FOx News's news isn't bad. They just have very right wing commentary.

[Meh_Gerbil]

FOx News's news isn't bad. They just have very right wing commentary.

Right wing commentary these days is anything that fails to be cynical.