A B-BBC readers talks about the Immigration stats as creatively reported on 5Live recently…
“This item on Radio 5Live at about 0800 ‘ish attracted my attention mid-shave this morning (13th of July). Amidst the standard BBC deprecation of the repatriation and ‘overhang’ problems (much of which I agree with, to be honest) who should appear but Keith Best. His brief is to oppose repatriation on the grounds of the dangers of torture of the returnees, should the repatriation process become successful. Again, difficult to be in support of torture but hard also to support a blanket acceptance of anyone who pleads fear of torture as a reason to come here and to stay.
My point is this; who in the BBC’s news team asked Keith Best to comment in this item (throughout the morning), in spite of his platform having nothing to do with the details of, or the stats for, the failure of our immigration policy. Someone at the BBC decided to invest the item with his views and their emotional narrative – as an editorial decision.
Why?”
OK – here’s my attempt at an answer. Please note that I’m NOT defending the effing BBC. I call it the “equaliser rule”. Here’s how it works:
When there is an issue for public debate, the BBC believes that both sides of the argument should be represented. Nothing wrong with that. But when you have 90% or more on 1 side & 10% or less on the other side, the BBC goes all out to ensure that the 10% or less have an equal voice to the other side. And this perversion of the truth.
Of course, 90/10 is an extreme case & when the BBC discovers that, they quickly shutdown the debate because it doesn’t help them in their aim to divide the British people & foster animosity among communities.
But in most situations, the BBC will always say that there is a split in public opinion, implying 50/50. But the truth is something else. How else can the BBC justify its existence?
Hope this helps,
‘BBC will always say that there is a split’
BBC ‘mathsemantics’ is often a rich seam.
I recall the time of the ‘No pressure’ video the Graun had to yank its CiF thread when it hit about 100:1 asking by what deranged notion did they think it was a smart move to be associated with it.
In ‘reporting’ this the BBC left out the actual numbers and coyly suggested only that views were ‘split’.
Perfectly true in all but integrity of intention.
like John Pinnar today saying the country was polarized on the benefits cap, well polarized to me would mean 50/50 split, so he was talking bollocks in fact.
Well analysed Steve
apart from that liberal stephen nolan on 5 live,i cant think of anybody more annoying than keith best,how did he go from being a conservative mp to a radical far leftie pro mass immigration advocate,keith best is never off 5 live shouting people down and accusing anybody that does not agree with him of being zenophobic or racist,the man has never nothing new to say apart from his usual boring rhetoric about how immigration has enriched are soceity and we should have more of it,lots more of in in his case,i would love to be a fly on the wall and have a look in that little notebook that 5 live presenters like nicky,vicky,shelagh,richard etc ect keeps off these phone numbers of there favorite leftie guests,that would be interesting indeed.
You mean how did he go from a Tory MP to a pillar of the leftists establishment?
The usual way: he got busted for multiple counts of fraud and so had to take holy orders in the Church of Liberalism in search of absolution.
An lo! The pin up boy for Fatcha’s Get Rich Quick Britain Tory Porsche Red Brace Wearing Scumbags was reborn as Father Best in the Order of The Open Borders, trusted commentator and respected elder statesman.
Apparently, open borders is such a popular cause that the BBC can’t find anyone who haven’t been convicted of multiple counts of fraud to defend it.
Then again, they can’t seem to find any presenters who will ask him the obvious question: why should we believe a word you say considering that you are a convicted fraudster?
Hey, if we must have open borders, can we at least hire some immigrant broadcaster to ask the questions British journalists just won’t ask?
Mind you, the rest of his family are apparently great blokes: Keithley Best, K T Best, K Terry Best, K Terence Best,…..
Keith Best-wasn`t he the one who was fired for fiddling something on Anglesey way back?
This is the kind of bloke that the BBC loves-a repentant, weasly old Tory who`s as much on the take as any troughing union wallah or a BBC/Guardian talking head like Toynbee or Abbott.
File Best under Yeo, Heseltine, Clarke and Bercow….a perpetual reproach to any effort to “detoxify” the TRUE conservative brand!
Which is why the BBC love them to stay just where they are-if only we had a recycling SDP type of landfill to let them fester.
Yes, multiple share-purchase applications in different names to increase chances of success, during one of the privatisations.
The BBC and especially radio five get worse, they are luckily shameless. The program resembles the worst sort of Islington metropolitan elite dinner party chat imaginable.
This morning was dedicated to attacking the Tory welfare. Followed by two hours on gay footballers, followed by Are we being generous enough to asylum seekers?
The nation must have been turning off in droves.
Luckily? Huh? UTTERLY.
BBC-NUJ ‘policy’ on mass immigration into UK:
1) support it;
2) don’t condemn Labour Party ‘open door’ policy;
3.) don’t suggest there can be an upper limit to numbers of immigrants;
4.) in any ‘cost-benefit analysis’ of mass immigration, propagandise on the ‘benefits’, relegate the ‘costs’;
5.) don’t be averse to playing the race card still, with opponents of mass immigration;
6.) play the guilt card on British history, but don’t play the guilt card on Islamic history;
7.) for the near future, paint a rosy picture of additional effects of mass immigration from Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey.
“‘Deep liberal bias’ stopped BBC from properly reporting on immigration and EU.
“IMMIGRATION concerns were not on the BBC’s radar as it had a ‘deep liberal bias’ which stopped it recognising the fears of ordinary people.”
By Owen Bennett.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/412205/Deep-liberal-bias-stopped-BBC-from-properly-reporting-on-immigration-and-EU?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-uk-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+UK+Feed%29