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The BBC has had a definite right-bias over the past couple of years, their treatment of Corbyn has brought it to the forefront of many commentators, including t

by unfunco 11y ago

The BBC has had a definite right-bias over the past couple of years, their treatment of Corbyn has brought it to the forefront of many commentators, including the BBC's own Nick Robinson, who has recently started talking publicly about bias at Aunty. http://blogs.new.spectator.co.uk/2015/11/nick-robinson-tackles-anti-corbyn-bias-at-the-bbc/ http://blogs.new.spectator.co.uk/2015/11/nick-robinson-tackl...

teh_klev 11y ago
I'd say that it's less right/left wing, it's a pro-establishment bias, with the BBC operating in Defence of the Realm mode since Greg Dyke resigned in 2004. Nick Robinson is a hypocrite. During the Scottish Independence referendum the BBC London media stars, such as Nick, got a bit of a jolt because of an ICM/Telegraph poll showing a lead for the Yes campaign just days before the vote. Nick and his colleagues "big footed" all over BBC Scotland's coverage and was content to repeat the ridiculous scare stories about what would happen should Scotland vote for independence. Particularly telling was his report from a news conference hosted by Alex Salmond for national and international news organisations. Robinson asked a question and Salmond spent a good three or four minutes answering. Robinson edited the response to suit his own (and the BBC's) agenda: http://wingsoverscotland.com/out-in-the-open/ http://wingsoverscotland.com/out-in-the-open/ Robinson also compared pro-independence campaigners to being like something out of "Putin's Russia", which is up there with Theresa May's ridiculous and alarmist "SNP-Labour pact would spark biggest constitutional crisis since the abdication of Edward VIII" comments during the 2015 general election: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/nick-robinson-says-pro-independence-6289623 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/nick-robinso... I could go on. edit: http://www.thenational.scot/politics/anger-at-bbc-bias-as-meetings-between-david-cameron-and-nick-robinson-meetings-are-revealed.10086 http://www.thenational.scot/politics/anger-at-bbc-bias-as-me... http://www.thenational.scot/news/salmond-renews-his-criticism-of-the-bbc.10224 http://www.thenational.scot/news/salmond-renews-his-criticis...

by unfunco 11y ago

teh_klev 11y ago

I'd say that it's less right/left wing, it's a pro-establishment bias, with the BBC operating in Defence of the Realm mode since Greg Dyke resigned in 2004. Nick Robinson is a hypocrite. During the Scottish Independence referendum the BBC London media stars, such as Nick, got a bit of a jolt because of an ICM/Telegraph poll showing a lead for the Yes campaign just days before the vote. Nick and his colleagues "big footed" all over BBC Scotland's coverage and was content to repeat the ridiculous scare stories about what would happen should Scotland vote for independence. Particularly telling was his report from a news conference hosted by Alex Salmond for national and international news organisations. Robinson asked a question and Salmond spent a good three or four minutes answering. Robinson edited the response to suit his own (and the BBC's) agenda: http://wingsoverscotland.com/out-in-the-open/ http://wingsoverscotland.com/out-in-the-open/ Robinson also compared pro-independence campaigners to being like something out of "Putin's Russia", which is up there with Theresa May's ridiculous and alarmist "SNP-Labour pact would spark biggest constitutional crisis since the abdication of Edward VIII" comments during the 2015 general election: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/nick-robinson-says-pro-independence-6289623 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/nick-robinso... I could go on. edit: http://www.thenational.scot/politics/anger-at-bbc-bias-as-meetings-between-david-cameron-and-nick-robinson-meetings-are-revealed.10086 http://www.thenational.scot/politics/anger-at-bbc-bias-as-me... http://www.thenational.scot/news/salmond-renews-his-criticism-of-the-bbc.10224 http://www.thenational.scot/news/salmond-renews-his-criticis...