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The BBC is anything but unbiased. From the horse's mouth: http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2010/09/lecture-thompson-bbc-interview http://www.newstatesman

• andrewcooke 14y ago
  if you read the article, the quote in the title ("There was massive left-wing bias at the BBC") is referring to 1979. immediately following that quote: "Now it is a completely different generation. There is much less overt tribalism among the young journalists who work for the BBC. It is like the New Statesman, which used to be various shades of soft and hard left and is now more technocratic. We're like that, too. We have an honourable tradition of journalists from the right [working for us]. It is a broader church."
  • alpine 14y ago
    I don't think you are factoring in the spin to be expected from any CEO, never mind the Director General of the BBC, who has to admit that his charge is less than innocent. The accusation of bias against the BBC is common enough, indeed it is a national joke amongst most people with a smidgen of political nouse. To deny, via a second- to third-hand source that the BBC is currently a left-wing, propagandist instrument is to belittle everything George Orwell warned us about via 1984. '... is now more technocratic' !? Does this not send a shiver down your spine? It should do. I suppose if you are a Blairite it could be a cosy affirmation of intention, so there would be no need for alarm.
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