Our left wing BBC [with evidence]

PhylPho

pqrdef wrote: »

Money spent has to translate into sufficient amounts of airtime, irrespective of news value.

What a superb post, with a conclusion that accurately counters all the tired blather about Leftwing Beeb and Rightwing Sky. The example you cite is typical of the Beeb's amateurish news management.

As for its propagandist power as a Leftwing force, evidently those sustaining the fantasy didn't watch its General Election 2010 coverage, and the ludicrous 'election cocktail party' it provided at public expense for the likes of leading political commentators like, er, Joan Collins. More caviar, anyone? (As Leftists are so prone to ask.)

WhiteHorse

StevieJ wrote: »

Interesting that most of the newspapers you quote are relatively highbrow broadsheets with relatively low circulation compared to the low brow mass circulation brain washers.

Some years ago, an analysis of the various newspapers showed the the Sun (the most popular newspaper in the country), to have a mental age of 8.

And these people have a vote.

lucylucky

WhiteHorse wrote: »

Some years ago, an analysis of the various newspapers showed the the Sun (the most popular newspaper in the country), to have a mental age of 8.

And these people have a vote.

How did they get it as high as 8?

doire_2

Blacklight wrote: »

I've always said it's clear as day that the BBC have a left wing agenda. Ruled by the unions who choose to censor and spin what they like in order to feed the public anti government stories, to the point where they were going to boycott broadcasting the PM's party conference speech (very impartial eh?).

A quick look on the website this morning reveals the TOP WORLD NEWS STORY above CNN's focus on the world flood chaos, and Sky New's breaking story about the evacuation of UK citizens from Tunisia is... Labour win by-election in Oldham by 3500 votes.

This in itself would be enough to convince anyone, however take a look here. Tories also had a by-election victory which has gone completely unreported... sickening leftie propaganda.

You need to talk to frank mate
http://www.talktofrank.com/

Really2

WhiteHorse wrote: »

Some years ago, an analysis of the various newspapers showed the the Sun (the most popular newspaper in the country), to have a mental age of 8.

And these people have a vote.

Who did it support some years ago?;)

shortchanged_2

Well you have to have some balance in the media due to all the tory dominated press.

julieq

I think hyperbole is what is possessing the BBC, not left wing politics. Just saw a headline on the bbc news site "Cadbury's closure devastates town" (no it didn't, a nuclear attack devastates a town, a factory closure creates a bit of unemployment). Or "Battles in Tunis" (= small scale factional skirmishes). Or about Susannah York "She was a legend" (or alternatively a minor English film star mainly notable for roles in the 1960s and 1970s). Honestly, you can go right through all their output and find lazy journalism, cliches that would make even Chris Morris squirm (just watch a report from a disaster area or political hotspot for the most ludicrous examples of the Day Today style of cliche), verbatim reporting of pressure group spin as fact, and nonsensical statistics.

I do remember a great handwringing in the BBC about ratings loss for news output, and the idea of "news you can use" to make it "relevant". In the process they've dumbed down completely, and they're more likely to use vox pop as a central part of any political story. Unfortunately that's not a great way of getting informed analysis. Because without a good news service, no-one has been informed yet.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

WhiteHorse wrote: »

Some years ago, an analysis of the various newspapers showed the the Sun (the most popular newspaper in the country), to have a mental age of 8.

And these people have a vote.

They should employ better people then

A._Badger

shortchanged wrote: »

Well you have to have some balance in the media due to all the tory dominated press.

As I said a while ago - you mean like the Guardian, Observer Independent, Mirror, and the FT?

The 'Tory dominated press' is a myth. Even The Sun backed that loathsome charlatan Blair.

FTBFun

A._Badger wrote: »

Meanwhile, spot the essential difference. The public isn't forced to pay for the Daily Mail before it can read any other newspapers.

Actually it is. Its called "advertising".