We are biased, admit the stars of BBC News

[Mags 112]

What the hell is going on in the UK?

anarchy?

Nothing actually. Pretty boring really!

it was an old punk rock song..anarchy in the uk....

Sex Pistols, yup I know all about 'em. I'm a little slow on the uptake tonight on the joke front though.....

[Peikko 1,575]

Actually, I think this is what makes the UK such a wonderful place. Where else could such an institution thrive?

It's such a confused logic it's almost perfect. Good old UK. Good old BBC!

[Peikko 1,575]

Oh, and for those unfamiliar with UK tabloid journalism, let's just say the Daily Mail sits firmly on the right

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

The Daily Mail itself is of course a bastation of impartiality!

[Mags 112]

The Daily Mail itself is of course a bastation of impartiality!

I hate the Daily Mail. Oh hold on, I tell a lie, I like the Peanuts cartoon on the back page.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

A leaked account of an 'impartiality summit' called by BBC chairman Michael Grade, is certain to lead to a new row about the BBC and its reporting on key issues, especially concerning Muslims and the war on terror.

It reveals that executives would let the Bible be thrown into a dustbin on a TV comedy show, but not the Koran, and that they would broadcast an interview with Osama Bin Laden if given the opportunity. Further, it discloses that the BBC's 'diversity tsar', wants Muslim women newsreaders to be allowed to wear veils when on air.

At the secret meeting in London last month, which was hosted by veteran broadcaster Sue Lawley, BBC executives admitted the corporation is dominated by homosexuals and people from ethnic minorities, deliberately promotes multiculturalism, is anti-American, anti-countryside and more sensitive to the feelings of Muslims than Christians.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1770

Business as usual really. The BBC is biased, just as is every other news organisation and major publication. The Daily Mail isn't exactly unbalanced (that statement is a euphemism for anyone who has read it). Bias does not imply "bad journalism" because all forms of writing and journalistic communication are subject to personal bias.

You can only judge "bad journalism" by looking at the handling and presentation of particular stories.

This I found interesting (from within the same article) - comments by the BBC Political Editor:

Political pundit Andrew Marr said: 'The BBC is not impartial or neutral. It's a publicly funded, urban organisation with an abnormally large number of young people, ethnic minorities and gay people. It has a liberal bias not so much a party-political bias. It is better expressed as a cultural liberal bias.'

'The BBC must always try to reflect Britain, which is mostly a provincial, middle-of-the-road country. Britain is not a mirror image of the BBC or the people who work for it.'

Edited October 25, 2006 by erekose