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Dunno if anyone saw this, but on September 5th, NewsWatch, that is the programme that has the BBC looking at itself, had a fascinating exploration of the bias in favour of Obama and the Democrats in the coverage of the US elections:
http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?q=Newswatch&Search=Search&uri=%2Fnewswatch%2Fukfs%2Fhi%2F
They had Justin Webb on. He appeared to be quite defensive when challenged to respond to the fact that the BBC eulogises Obama. Truth hurts, I guess.
Comrade Masons liberal consensus philosophy would now conclude all important views have been covered.
Balance achieved
Yes, this is pretty stupid. Hundreds of words wasted on disparaging residents of small towns as unfit to serve.
Here’s what Jamie Stiehm gets up to when she’s not writing penetrating insights we should heed for the BBC:
The Huffington Post
What a surprise. Imagine that, a HuffPo contributor invited by the BBC to comment on the US election. Wake me up when they get someone from NRO.
David Preiser: I think we can expect moveon.org the Daily Kos and Media matters next.
If proof were ever needed that Wankers Webb and frei only use these hate sites for their ‘views’ it’s out of the bag now.