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> Frankly if you think the BBC is anything other than the broadcast media wing of the Guardian you are severely deluded. The extensive airtime given to Nigel F
by KineticLensman 4y ago
> Frankly if you think the BBC is anything other than the broadcast media wing of the Guardian you are severely deluded.
The extensive airtime given to Nigel Farage on BBC Question Time (> 30 appearances) contradicts this statement.
- Veen 4y agoOf the nine people who have appeared on Question Time most often, two might be considered right-wing: Farage and Ken Clarke. The remainder are Labour or Lib Dem MPs: Shirley Williams, Menzies Campbell, Harriet Harman, Charles Kennedy, Clare Short, Paddy Ashdown, and Roy Hattersley. Of these, Farage is the only Brexiteer; Clarke is a right-wing Remainer. Just this year, it has featured the following left-wing politicians and journalists: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Bridget Phillipson, Ash Sarkar (a libertarian communist), Wes Streeting, Tracy Brabin, Jenny Gilruth, Ian Murray, India Willoughby, Lisa Nandy, Stephen Kinnock, Thangam Debbonaire, and Sarah Jones. I think perhaps your issue is with right-wing people getting any airtime at all.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y agoWhat's your view on this: https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/an-open-letter-to-the-bbc/ https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/an-open-letter-to-th... particularly: "there is a clear and well-evidenced bias toward panellists from right-leaning media organisations"
- lamp987 4y agoThe number is meaningless without comparison to others.
- gadders 4y agoThey need someone to put the Brexit view and he has been the main face of Brexit for at least the last 20 years.