8 Responses to “Why I am convinced the BBC is biased”

  1. Pete_London says:
    August 7, 2006 at 9:47 am

    Veteran BBC journalist Robin Aitken has promised to do for the BBC what Bernard Goldberg’s “Bias” did to CBS. Aitken served as a BBC reporter for a quarter of a century and has accused it of an “unconscious, institutionalised Leftism”. “I was surprised to discover how many of my colleagues were active members of Labour or the Liberal Democrats,” he says. “They cannot bear President Bush because he’s a Republican and an evangelical Christian,” he continued. “I long for the day when I hear a reporter say something sceptical about the UN.”

    Reith/others

    Feel free to come in here and explain to us how you know better than Robin Aitken.

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  2. Barnet Pete says:
    August 7, 2006 at 2:01 pm

    When is Robin Aitken’s book coming out?

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  3. Finchley Pete says:
    August 7, 2006 at 2:10 pm

    I just want to say, I’m nothing to do with either of these guys.

    Thank you.

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  4. AntiCitizenOne says:
    August 7, 2006 at 2:41 pm

    For pete’s sake! how many petes are there?

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  5. conservativehome? says:
    August 8, 2006 at 4:02 pm

    ‘Soon after David Cameron had abandoned traditional Tory support for lower taxation and public service reform he was subjected to a very tough interview on the Today programme.’

    the bias!

    ‘The representation of Christians in BBC soap operas.’

    The real heart of the matter. This is what counts, well done.

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  6. ROBIN BATHER says:
    August 9, 2006 at 4:43 pm

    Those who rail against BBC bias have no idea how biased other media corporations are.
    Try Fox News–now that’s real hard core bias—pro Bush, pro Christian Fundamentalist, pro Christian Zionists, pro Israel, pro war, pro AIPAC, pro militarist—they are just about pro every reprehensible thing on this planet.
    By comparison the Beeb is snowy white.

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  7. Biodegradable says:
    August 9, 2006 at 7:57 pm

    Pro-Israel is a “reprehensible thing” is it?

    I see where you’re coming from, but I don’t want to go there.

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  8. Kulibar Tree says:
    August 9, 2006 at 11:27 pm

    Dear Robin Bather,

    You keep forgetting the most salient point which is that none of the media outlets/companies you cite are funded by a compulsory poll tax.

    I don’t think anyone here would give a monkey’s about the BBC if it was free.

    Cheers.

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