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I would say the BBC is biased towards people holding long-term political office, i.e. the bureaucratic class, not the incumbent party. They're pretty good at br
by bananaface 6y ago
I would say the BBC is biased towards people holding long-term political office, i.e. the bureaucratic class, not the incumbent party. They're pretty good at bringing the hammer down on representatives.
They were explicitly anti-Brexit, and arguably anti-Corbyn. They're fairly anti-Boris. The common factor is bias against threats to the bureaucracy. It always puzzled me that they could get away with criticizing the people who held power over them, but I think it's just that MPs don't hold much power over them. They're more worried about the branches of government that don't change between elections.
- cryptica 6y agoIt is way better that way. As someone who lived outside of the UK, I have been watching BBC news, documentaries, series and films for over a decade online. The BBC is probably the most wholesome source of mainstream media that I can imagine. To point to the BBC as an argument against nationalization makes a very weak case. Very few media organizations have the kind of international reach as the BBC has. Frankly, that says something about its quality and wholesomeness. I'm not a US citizen but the only reason I ever watch Fox news and CNN is to get a sense of how bad things are going in the US. They're more like reality shows than news.
- bananaface 6y agoImportant is that the BBC isn't nationalised, at least not in the typical sense. The government is prohibited from direct intervention[0] and the safeguards (surprisingly) seem to work. It's much less nationalised than e.g. Russia Times. I agree with you. I don't really like media organizations but as media goes the BBC is great. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC#Governance_and_corporate_structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC#Governance_and_corporate_s...