Political bias at BBC - something has to be done surely

[Pesty]

The film review on radio 4 last night. Obviously arty type films they review.

They even managed to say that brexiters should be forced to watch some obscure Argentinian movie about dictators.

Because apparently voting out of the eu means we will get one or something.

[Smiler.]

Colonial said:

I saw one of them wearing a red tie.

Red = communism. The lefty traitor should be hung, drawn and quartered.

I can't tell you what program or time but I got so angry I spilt my port amd my jowls did shake.

Oh look, it's Jeremy Hardly.

[loafer123]

Pesty said:

The film review on radio 4 last night. Obviously arty type films they review.

They even managed to say that brexiters should be forced to watch some obscure Argentinian movie about dictators.

Because apparently voting out of the eu means we will get one or something.

One would have thought the conclusion should have been that democracy should be respected...!

[turbobloke]

EU control freakery represents dictatorial behaviour and we're getting rid of it.

BBC fools spouting cobblers is perfectly normal. Biased EU cobblers in particular.

[Stickyfinger]

loafer123 said:

Pesty said:

The film review on radio 4 last night. Obviously arty type films they review.

They even managed to say that brexiters should be forced to watch some obscure Argentinian movie about dictators.

Because apparently voting out of the eu means we will get one or something.

One would have thought the conclusion should have been that democracy should be respected...!

Only if it is Snowflake coloured

[MarshPhantom]

Can't help but feel Today has lurched towards the right. Why is the headline news this morning "Republicans condemn Obama's decision to release Manning" rather "Obama releases Manning".

And they certainly aren't anti-brexit, either before the referendum or afterwards.


Strange.

[WinstonWolf]

MarshPhantom said:

Can't help but feel Today has lurched towards the right. Why is the headline news this morning "Republicans condemn Obama's decision to release Manning" rather "Obama releases Manning".

And they certainly aren't anti-brexit, either before the referendum or afterwards.


Strange.

They aren't anti-Brexit

That's all that needs to be said really...

[MarshPhantom]

WinstonWolf said:

MarshPhantom said:

Can't help but feel Today has lurched towards the right. Why is the headline news this morning "Republicans condemn Obama's decision to release Manning" rather "Obama releases Manning".

And they certainly aren't anti-brexit, either before the referendum or afterwards.


Strange.

They aren't anti-Brexit

That's all that needs to be said really...

Sorry, do you have any facts and figures to back this up wit?h The attitude seems to be Brexit is what the people want so we should get on with it. And prior to the referendum there were endless reports from various parts of the country were they spoke to locals to see how they were voting, pretty much every interview they put out was with Leave voters.

[Pesty]

Radio 4 this week

America says they will do a trade deal with us in months.


This is very bad because it will mean Europe will play hard ball with us.


Remember when the BBC moaned because Obama said we would be last in the queue and that meant leaving the eu was a bad thing?

[WinstonWolf]

MarshPhantom said:

WinstonWolf said:

MarshPhantom said:

Can't help but feel Today has lurched towards the right. Why is the headline news this morning "Republicans condemn Obama's decision to release Manning" rather "Obama releases Manning".

And they certainly aren't anti-brexit, either before the referendum or afterwards.


Strange.

They aren't anti-Brexit

That's all that needs to be said really...

Sorry, do you have any facts and figures to back this up wit?h The attitude seems to be Brexit is what the people want so we should get on with it. And prior to the referendum there were endless reports from various parts of the country were they spoke to locals to see how they were voting, pretty much every interview they put out was with Leave voters.

I take it you don't actually watch the BBC?

[anonymous-user]

MarshPhantom said:

And prior to the referendum there were endless reports from various parts of the country were they spoke to locals to see how they were voting, pretty much every interview they put out was with Leave voters.

Even that was complained about in here. Posters said they kept going to rough areas and interviewing thickos and racists to Influence people's vote.

[Efbe]

MarshPhantom said:

WinstonWolf said:

MarshPhantom said:

Can't help but feel Today has lurched towards the right. Why is the headline news this morning "Republicans condemn Obama's decision to release Manning" rather "Obama releases Manning".

And they certainly aren't anti-brexit, either before the referendum or afterwards.


Strange.

They aren't anti-Brexit

That's all that needs to be said really...

Sorry, do you have any facts and figures to back this up wit?h The attitude seems to be Brexit is what the people want so we should get on with it. And prior to the referendum there were endless reports from various parts of the country were they spoke to locals to see how they were voting, pretty much every interview they put out was with Leave voters.

Have to disagree on this.
The massive coverage that the BBC has given to the concept of Bregret has been phenomenal.

there were continuous articles about how everyone was regretting brexit, how if the vote were redone people would vote in etc etc, which went against the actual statistics they failed to quote.

The BBC is very much opposed to brexit.

On the other hand they do seem to be on a crusade against Corbyn, which is strange as I would have thought these media types would veer more towards the left.

because of the both of these, it would lead me to believe the BBC is not affiliated right or left per se, but instead affiliated with the incumbent government.

[chris watton]

Efbe said:

On the other hand they do seem to be on a crusade against Corbyn, which is strange as I would have thought these media types would veer more towards the left.

I guess it could be argued, from a rich, metropolitan left POV, that with Corbyn at the helm of their party of choice, they know they have no chance of ever winning an election and being in power. I suspect that they are not anti-Labour, just anti-Corbyn.

[MarshPhantom]

WinstonWolf said:

MarshPhantom said:

WinstonWolf said:

MarshPhantom said:

Can't help but feel Today has lurched towards the right. Why is the headline news this morning "Republicans condemn Obama's decision to release Manning" rather "Obama releases Manning".

And they certainly aren't anti-brexit, either before the referendum or afterwards.


Strange.

They aren't anti-Brexit

That's all that needs to be said really...

Sorry, do you have any facts and figures to back this up wit?h The attitude seems to be Brexit is what the people want so we should get on with it. And prior to the referendum there were endless reports from various parts of the country were they spoke to locals to see how they were voting, pretty much every interview they put out was with Leave voters.

I take it you don't actually watch the BBC?

No, I'm just talking about Today. You do know new presenter is Nick Robinson is a Tory, used to president of the fanclub at Oxford Uni, amongst other things.

[Einion Yrth]

MarshPhantom said:

You do know new presenter is Nick Robinson is a Tory,

Used to be known to BBC journos as "Toenails" as he was so far up Gordon Brown's arse that that's all you could see of him? That Nick Robinson? Or Is there another one?

edit: stray apostrophe.

[Efbe]

chris watton said:

Efbe said:

On the other hand they do seem to be on a crusade against Corbyn, which is strange as I would have thought these media types would veer more towards the left.

I guess it could be argued, from a rich, metropolitan left POV, that with Corbyn at the helm of their party of choice, they know they have no chance of ever winning an election and being in power. I suspect that they are not anti-Labour, just anti-Corbyn.

I wouldn't say Know, I would say Think.

The reason Corbyn is said to have so little chance is because of the media reporting of him.
He ticks most of the boxes to make a great leader of our country.(I am ignoring political views here as they actually don't matter in this context) However the one he fails to meet is having the media in his pocket. Blair seemed to do very well at this, and it seems the blairite ilk of labour, which was a very central position, veering on centre right at points is still hanging on. The media reporting of the Labour dissent recently mirrored this viewpoint perfectly. The reality is that Corbyn had and still has extremely strong support within the party members. There was a section of the party leadership that wanted to return to the principles of "New Labour". From looking at the BBC (and other major news sources) you would have thought the whole Labour party hated him. They didn't.

The idea that the BBC should have any say in who our next leader is horrendous.

[WinstonWolf]

MarshPhantom said:

WinstonWolf said:

MarshPhantom said:

WinstonWolf said:

MarshPhantom said:

Can't help but feel Today has lurched towards the right. Why is the headline news this morning "Republicans condemn Obama's decision to release Manning" rather "Obama releases Manning".

And they certainly aren't anti-brexit, either before the referendum or afterwards.


Strange.

They aren't anti-Brexit

That's all that needs to be said really...

Sorry, do you have any facts and figures to back this up wit?h The attitude seems to be Brexit is what the people want so we should get on with it. And prior to the referendum there were endless reports from various parts of the country were they spoke to locals to see how they were voting, pretty much every interview they put out was with Leave voters.

I take it you don't actually watch the BBC?

No, I'm just talking about Today. You do know new presenter is Nick Robinson is a Tory, used to president of the fanclub at Oxford Uni, amongst other things.

Make your mind up, you said they weren't anti-brexit before the referendum. Again, this sums up my thoughts on the matter adequately

[jjlynn27]

Einion Yrth said:

MarshPhantom said:

You do know new presenter is Nick Robinson is a Tory,

Used to be known to BBC journos as "Toenails" as he was so far up Gordon Brown's arse that that's all you could see of him? That Nick Robinson? Or Is there another one?

edit: stray apostrophe.

Which 'BBC Journos' are saying that? Any links?

Interestingly;
https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/...

Someone started campaign to get NR fired from BBC as he was biased;

article said:

a) Comparing Cameron to Disraeli before he's even taken office;
b) Talking about Downing Street as a 'Labour free zone';
c) Talking about Gordon Brown as the 'unelected prime minister';
d) Talking about the Conservatives as having 'won' the election;
e) Talking about a rainbow coalition as a 'coalition of losers';
f) The clear pleasure on his face when the Tories returned to power.

[SKP555]

jjlynn27 said:

Einion Yrth said:

MarshPhantom said:

You do know new presenter is Nick Robinson is a Tory,

Used to be known to BBC journos as "Toenails" as he was so far up Gordon Brown's arse that that's all you could see of him? That Nick Robinson? Or Is there another one?

edit: stray apostrophe.

Which 'BBC Journos' are saying that? Any links?

Interestingly;
https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/...

Someone started campaign to get NR fired from BBC as he was biased;

article said:

a) Comparing Cameron to Disraeli before he's even taken office;
b) Talking about Downing Street as a 'Labour free zone';
c) Talking about Gordon Brown as the 'unelected prime minister';
d) Talking about the Conservatives as having 'won' the election;
e) Talking about a rainbow coalition as a 'coalition of losers';
f) The clear pleasure on his face when the Tories returned to power.

Sounds like normal BBC in reverse.

Maybe he is colour blind?

[anonymous-user]

I think many of the senior political figures with the BBC are Tory.

However, and I suppose I am going to be flamed for this, I really don't think the BBC is policitally biased.

It is biased towards the metropolitan and/or Oxbridge elite, which is a bit different.