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If this is the case, why did the BBC vote 5 to 1 in favour of Remain[1], despite the Conservative party being down the middle on Brexit. 75% of comedians are e

If this is the case, why did the BBC vote 5 to 1 in favour of Remain[1], despite the Conservative party being down the middle on Brexit. 75% of comedians are explicitly left wing [2] Anecdotally, the sidebar of BBC News UK edition is littered with articles attempting to argue that any inequality between sex or race of people in a unvaried analysis is indicative of system X-ism. Very rarely do people leave the BBC and join right-of-centre media - more often than not they join left wing private organisations. [1] https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1549752/Abolish-the-BBC-licence-fee-cancel-boycott-gb-news-licence-fee-over-75s https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1549752/Abo... [2] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9047049/Seventy-five-cent-BBC-comedy-gigs-handed-brazenly-left-wing-comedians.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9047049/Seventy-fiv...

btdmaster 5y ago
The first paper[1] comes from authors of News-Watch[2], which from the website seems to have a clear agenda against the BBC. This is at least mildly ironic. [1] https://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/brusselsbroadcastingcorporation.pdf https://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/brusselsbroadcastin... [2] https://news-watch.co.uk https://news-watch.co.uk I could not find the source (and methodology) used for the second article.
- dankboys 5y ago
  I don’t really know what to say, except that a pressure group might do studies on the topics it cares about? Consider this: until 2020, for many years (at least 8) the Guardian was the most purchased paper by the BBC[1] [1] https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/14/bbc-guardian-most-popular-newspaper https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/14/bbc-gu...
user-the-name 5y ago
Why? Because they have not had enough time to try to change it yet. But it is happening: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/the-mash-report-axed-bbc-leftwing-bias-nish-kumar-b923708.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/the-mash-report-axed-bbc-...
- dankboys 5y ago
  The Mash Report is the perfect example: a TV show that was significantly[1] (20%) less popular than shows in that time slot but approved because it sent the correct message [1]https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/07/21/37117/sluggish_ratings_for_the_mash_report https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/07/21/37117/sluggish_rat...
  - drcongo 5y ago
    And got axed.
M2Ys4U 5y ago
>If this is the case, why did the BBC vote 5 to 1 in favour of Remain[1] The Express should be considered more of a fiction publication than a reliable newspaper. It's notorious for making stuff up, especially when it comes to Brexit.
- dankboys 5y ago
  Why not engage with the study instead? Sorry it’s not a link to The New European

btdmaster 5y ago

The first paper[1] comes from authors of News-Watch[2], which from the website seems to have a clear agenda against the BBC. This is at least mildly ironic. [1] https://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/brusselsbroadcastingcorporation.pdf https://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/brusselsbroadcastin... [2] https://news-watch.co.uk https://news-watch.co.uk I could not find the source (and methodology) used for the second article.

dankboys 5y ago
I don’t really know what to say, except that a pressure group might do studies on the topics it cares about? Consider this: until 2020, for many years (at least 8) the Guardian was the most purchased paper by the BBC[1] [1] https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/14/bbc-guardian-most-popular-newspaper https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/aug/14/bbc-gu...

user-the-name 5y ago

Why? Because they have not had enough time to try to change it yet. But it is happening: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/the-mash-report-axed-bbc-leftwing-bias-nish-kumar-b923708.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/the-mash-report-axed-bbc-...

dankboys 5y ago
The Mash Report is the perfect example: a TV show that was significantly[1] (20%) less popular than shows in that time slot but approved because it sent the correct message [1]https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/07/21/37117/sluggish_ratings_for_the_mash_report https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2017/07/21/37117/sluggish_rat...
- drcongo 5y ago
  And got axed.

M2Ys4U 5y ago

>If this is the case, why did the BBC vote 5 to 1 in favour of Remain[1] The Express should be considered more of a fiction publication than a reliable newspaper. It's notorious for making stuff up, especially when it comes to Brexit.

dankboys 5y ago
Why not engage with the study instead? Sorry it’s not a link to The New European