Has the BBC become a Tory tool?

[blueparrot]

People on the right think it's bias to the left, people on the left think it's bias to the right.

Which means it's probably getting things just about right.

 

[joe123]

I do think it's largely in the eye of the beholder, but I will say that the Today programme, Humphreys in particular, is an absolute disgrace.

 

[Mon Autre]

Left of centre definitely - did you not see the trump coverage?

You don't have to be left of centre to be anti Trump. Furthermore, they don't really have the equivalent of the Labour party in the US. Clinton's policies are closer to those of a moderate Tory than those of Labour.

 

[dave_blue12]

Still no-one has given any examples of BBC left leaning bias.

 

[stonerblue]

For some time it has been obvious to me that the BBC is following the wishes of the establishment (Tory Govt). I would assume they have been threatened but there have also been some appointments that perpetuate this.
If possible I would like to avoid Brexit in this thread.

Here are a couple of examples that have come to my attention today.

These were the pages covering the Party Manifesto's pre-General Election

and something more up to date



I'm sure others can find many more examples

Can't find owt wrong with that.

 

[mat]

Cameron put his tory mates in senior positions of the beeb when he was PM.


It's obvious in their news coverage.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

No it’s still left of centre.

Agreed, but I’d say less so than it was a decade ago.

 

[Chippy_boy]

No it’s still left of centre.

Agreed.

 

[blueinsa]

let's be honest, for a few on here the Socialist Worker leans a bit too much to the right.

BBC right wing? pmsl.

 

[Ric]

I do think it's largely in the eye of the beholder, but I will say that the Today programme, Humphreys in particular, is an absolute disgrace.

Yeah, agree with that. The Today programme seems to be increasingly right-wing, and pro-Brexit. I’d say the corporation as a whole is fairly centrist though.