@Paulos_the_fog If you’re reading the Murdoch press they just interview the idiot.
Not a fan of dissing the BBC - it’s ours for a start.
We will miss it when it’s been destroyed by the same people we’re fighting with.
@Robsterthermidor @Paulos_the_fog The BBC is a fantastic institution we should be proud of. Unfortunately the BBC News department is shockingly pro-establishment and needs a major revamp.
@david_orr @Paulos_the_fog I’m not sure I follow. What is pro-establishment and how would that compare for example with converage from the Murdoch press, The Mail or Telegraph? Seems to me BBC has its problems, but not on the same scale as the challenges we face from those I just mentioned.
@Robsterthermidor @Paulos_the_fog The obvious pro-establishment lines are seen, for example, in the “preserve the union at all cost” reporting and the fawning support shown towards the monarchy. I’m happy to say I don’t read the newspapers you mention.
@david_orr @Paulos_the_fog very interesting, thanks. I guess I must be a bit pro-establishment based on the given example. I don’t recall the BBC no platforming separatists like Alex Salmond (remember him?😂) or unionist-separatists like Nigel Farage. I could be wrong, it’s a subjective perception on my part. I guess this is part of the problem with these debates, BBC is held to a higher standard than those newspapers, who have little obligation of balance or impartiality.
I'd say that you are extremely pro-establishment and therefore blind to what is obvious compared to the 700+ positive responses I have had to my original post.
You only have to watch a very few news and current affairs programmes to see that interviewees of the left are hounded mercilessly and constantly interrupted whereas government interviewees are accorded a dignified silence and allowed to pour forth a stream of known lies without the least objection from the fawning so called BBC journalists!
Perhaps you should consider opening your eyes and ears a tiny bit - maybe?
I was very surprised by the number of people who decided it chimed with their view of the BBC. I wondered if my view of the BBC bias was an individual one but perhaps not!
@Paulos_the_fog 700+ you said, that’s a lot. I blame the parlous state of education.
@Paulos_the_fog @david_orr 700+ can’t be wrong, wasn’t Brexit decided on less?