Here are two nice examples of how the BBC does subtle bias provided by a thoughtful B-BBC reader!
A couple of curious examples of potential bias on the BBC. Not of the direct kind, but one of apologist and one of omission kind.
Firstly, a news report on a pipe bomb found on school grounds in Northern Ireland. Nothing biased about that of course, but a line from the reporter gives away an opinion: “a small breakaway loyalist group has claimed responsibility for the bomb, however it was NOT left by any mainstream loyalist group” (their emphasis). It appears terrorism can now be ranked in terms of acceptability. As in, “its OK folks.. it was some wannabes that left it. It wasn’t the real terrorists…”
The second one comes to us courtesy of Midlands Today. Apparently, schools in the Midlands will haven to take on moren four year olds due to “a surge in child birth”. No mention of course that the most likely cause of a child birth surge is a surge in immigration. Immigration bad for something? Can’t have the BBC reporting that.