Political bias at BBC - something has to be done surely

[Europa1]

blade runner said:

Couldn't help but notice the story about how 'Refugee' is apparently the Children's Word of the Year being headline news on BBC TV and radio this morning. Can't help but think that had been 'Star Wars' (which apparently was also a common theme) the story would not be making headline news...

I recall them running stories on last year's Children's Word of the Year being "hashtag".

[BlackLabel]

They are being accused of racism and anti immigrant bias now.

BBC is accused of racism over documentary

BBC’s The Last Whites Of The East End Prompts Outrage At ‘Racist’ Programme

Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales disputes BBC documentary

[HarryW]

I thought the programme was pretty balanced. Despite the title it pointed out some pretty good points, some of the main characters were not white per se but east Enders nonetheless, quite clever tbh and obviously over the heads of the frothing at the mouth brigade.

[colonel c]

Camoradi said:

BBC presenter on Radio 4 Today this morning....

"Austria has escaped, by a hair's breadth, a far right wing president"

Escaped?

Was that not a quote from another media outlet?

[deadslow]

is this the tory mouth breather thread?

[dandarez]

deadslow said:

is this the tory mouth breather thread?

No, it's the 'Political bias at BBC - something has to be done surely' thread on Pistonheads.

[turbobloke]

dandarez said:

deadslow said:

is this the tory mouth breather thread?

No, it's the 'Political bias at BBC - something has to be done surely' thread on Pistonheads.

You'd have thought it was obvious from the thread title and website URL.

[Mr GrimNasty]

BlackLabel said:

They are being accused of racism and anti immigrant bias now.

BBC is accused of racism over documentary

BBC’s The Last Whites Of The East End Prompts Outrage At ‘Racist’ Programme

Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales disputes BBC documentary

It's the usual trick, every time they give a climate skeptic (truth teller would be a better phrase) 2 seconds of airtime it results in millions of complaints from lefties, which they then use to justify not giving skeptics a voice, because that would represent, in their own words, 'false balance'.

Welcome to 1984.

(Of course all the complaints about constant left wing bias are ignored/buried/frustrated.)

[0000]

deadslow said:

is this the tory mouth breather thread?

Perhaps you're looking for this one.

[Smiler.]

turbobloke said:

dandarez said:

deadslow said:

is this the tory mouth breather thread?

No, it's the 'Political bias at BBC - something has to be done surely' thread on Pistonheads.

You'd have thought it was obvious from the thread title and website URL.

Give him a break FFS, he's even put his handicap in his username.

[TheExcession]

Smiler. said:

Give him a break FFS, he's even put his handicap in his username.

That's twice today I've sniggered at a PH post. This one and unrepentant claiming polls don't count for the US presidential election.

Perhaps this place isn't going down the tubes after all

[Randy Winkman]

BlackLabel said:

They are being accused of racism and anti immigrant bias now.

BBC is accused of racism over documentary

BBC’s The Last Whites Of The East End Prompts Outrage At ‘Racist’ Programme

Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales disputes BBC documentary

I watched it last night. My first thought is that the "proper" media should be banned from reporting about what people are saying on social media. People are saying literally everything and anything on social media. So what? Who cares?

"White supremacist propaganda"? What a load of nonsense; it could equally have been accused of making the white people look bigoted. I thought it was really good since it showed a range of different people and different views and even left a right lefty like me with a bit of sympathy for the subjects. A couple of bits at the end where blonde Mum said "It's not that bad" and said she always wanted to stay there and the Asian East-Ender described how he hated ISIS were top quality.

An open question: If the BBC goes in it's current form, will I still be able to see somewhere documentaries that have a proper UK focus? Both topical stuff and history?

[CaptainSlow]

So John Major's Brexit criticisms have been on the BBC news website front page for he whole day. Any pro Brexit items last barely an hour.

[Diderot]

Semi literate, Edwinda Currie shagging mofo. What did the feckwit say again? And was it of any significance?

[BlackLabel]

The BBC are at it again according to UKIP MEP David Coburn and he isn't happy.




http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2016/06/ukips-david-c...

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/politics/uk-p...

[DMN]

Sums up UKIP in one simple post.

[Harji]

PRTVR said:

Harji said:

Still no hard evidence, just opinions, if it is biased, where is the general "order" to be be biased? Who has said that they must sway to the left? If the whistle has been blown why hasn't it been challenged before? There is no hard evidence because there is no hard evidence. There is no direct order, no emails to say swing left. It's an organisation that challenges current views, and what ppl think is left wing bias I find astonishing ,I've heard the following as proof of left wing bias and it's all bks

Environment - why is this left wing bias?
Climate change - Why is this left wing bias?
Refugees - Why is showing the other side of the Daily Mail hysteria left wing bias?
Challenging the current Tory Govt - Face it this govt is completely out of touch and have spent huge amounts of time on policies that they then perform a U-turn on , a fantastic waste of time and money, they deserved to be held accountable, just like Blair and Brown's govt were.

Bias is leaning towards one point of view, take Refugees, consistently showed on the news pictures of women and children since the start of the crisis, but according to official figures they were predominantly male, then you have the news reporter welcoming illegal immigrants ashore on a Greek island, giving an impression different from what was actually happening, I would call that Bias.

Climate change. I give you

http://www.spectator.co.uk/2012/11/heres-a-bbc-sca...
I could go on but it's obvious you do not want to see.

But that still doesn't mean climate change is left wing bias, climate change is affecting people from all walks of society and nearly everyone in the worlds. What you've given is a link to an article by a right wing mag, that frankly is pretty alarmist and not very good.

[Harji]

Mr GrimNasty said:

markh1973 said:

Harji's questin remains - why is climate change left wing bias

Anti-capitalist, more taxation, more control, wealth redistribution, environmental activists....... How more left-wing could climate change be?

So what is the goal of environmental policy?

“We redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy,” said Edenhofer.

..........a little more than 5 years ago he also said that “the next world climate summit in Cancun is actually an economy summit during which the distribution of the world’s resources will be negotiated.”

Mad as they are, Edenhofer’s comments are nevertheless consistent with other alarmists who have spilled the movement’s dirty secret. Last year, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of U.N.’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, made a similar statement.

“This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the Industrial Revolution,” she said in anticipation of last year’s Paris climate summit.

“This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model for the first time in human history.”

I don't agree that climate change is anti capitalist, if you are not going to stop and look around, we'll still have chimney smoke from power stations and homes, if you do look around you can develop cleaner and more efficient energy , which a lot of business ppl are doing, look at Tesla as one obvious example it's a business that employs ppl based on a concept of just letting things be, so I'll point you to the east coast of the USA and look at what clever young ppl are doing over there for cleaner more efficient energy, and they are creating a business out of it.

Nothing wrong with activists, this is not China or Saudi Arabia, ppl should be allowed to protest, you bring up quotes which are frankly nonsense. The environmental issues are creating business and it's a new type of business person, one who has a vision and thinks different, or we could stay the same and not develop at all. All business's are at it, we have efficient cars, less polluting cars, more efficient homes, all to stop excess waste and emissions, so I don't get your rubbish about anti-business, it just shows a closed mind.

Edited by Harji on Monday 13th June 23:40

[PRTVR]

Harji said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

markh1973 said:

Harji's questin remains - why is climate change left wing bias

Anti-capitalist, more taxation, more control, wealth redistribution, environmental activists....... How more left-wing could climate change be?

So what is the goal of environmental policy?

“We redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy,” said Edenhofer.

..........a little more than 5 years ago he also said that “the next world climate summit in Cancun is actually an economy summit during which the distribution of the world’s resources will be negotiated.”

Mad as they are, Edenhofer’s comments are nevertheless consistent with other alarmists who have spilled the movement’s dirty secret. Last year, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of U.N.’s Framework Convention on Climate Change, made a similar statement.

“This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the Industrial Revolution,” she said in anticipation of last year’s Paris climate summit.

“This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model for the first time in human history.”

I don't agree that climate change is anti capitalist, if you are not going to stop and look around, we'll still have chimney smoke from power stations and homes, if you do look around you can develop cleaner and more efficient energy , which a lot of business ppl are doing, look at Tesla as one obvious example it's a business that employs ppl based on a concept of just letting things be, so I'll point you to the east coast of the USA and look at what clever young ppl are doing over there for cleaner more efficient energy, and they are creating a business out of it.

Nothing wrong with activists, this is not China or Saudi Arabia, ppl should be allowed to protest, you bring up quotes which are frankly nonsense. The environmental issues are creating business and it's a new type of business person, one who has a vision and thinks different, or we could stay the same and not develop at all. All business's are at it, we have efficient cars, less polluting cars, more efficient homes, all to stop excess waste and emissions, so I don't get your rubbish about anti-business, it just shows a closed mind.

Edited by Harji on Monday 13th June 23:40

If you don't get the anti-business thing you must be living on a different planet, the high energy costs due to renewables are causing lots of industries to close down, last night on the north east news they had pictures of the alcan aluminum plant being flaterned, big chimneys coming down, apparently it was the most efficient plant in Europe when it was running,but hey we are doing our bit, the aluminum is now produced in china where they have plenty of cheap coal fired power stations,

saving the planet don't make me laugh, same applies to steel, Redcar steel furnaces closed down, import steel from China where environmental issues are swept under the carpet and they are building a coal fired power station every week, its all a con we are consuming more than ever, just not producing it in a controlled environment and you think this is the way forward?

[Jinx]

Harji said:

But that still doesn't mean climate change is left wing bias, climate change is affecting people from all walks of society and nearly everyone in the worlds. What you've given is a link to an article by a right wing mag, that frankly is pretty alarmist and not very good.

No it isn't. Weather might be affecting people (as it always has done) but an extra 0.6 degrees in 100 years isn't.