pathetic BBC attempt to rebut claims of Labour bias

[Zod]

Newsnight ran a Dragon's Den-type political discussion called "Political Pen". All four "dragons" were or had been affiliated to Labour. This attracted criticism to nobody's surprise. Here is the BBC's credibility-stretching (to the point of no return) response.

(the panel was

Digby Jones former business minister who never actually joined the Labour party,

Greg Dyke former Labour donor, then Lib Dem donor now working for the Tories chairing their review on creative technology,

Deborah Mattinson employed by the Labour party - but her contributions to the Pen are not from a party political point of view - (yeah right) and

Matthew Taylor former Labour strategist.)

So not a bunch of Labour types at all, thus proving that the BBC is utterly unbiased.

[Zod]

The editor of Newsnight is the BBC's editorial voice, PoD.

[Zod]

I don't agree. The editor of Newsnight, the editor of Today and the editors of the other flagship news programmes all speak with the BBC's editorial voice. Their consistency demonstrates this perfectly.

[Zod]

Parrot of Doom said:

Sigh.

Sigh all you like.