The BBC are every bit as political as Fox news. I agree that it's all about politics, especially at the extremes, whether it be far right (Fox) or far left (BBC).
Nick Robinson, BBC TV's Chief Political Correspondent was head of the Young Conservatives... http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/17/bbc-leftwing-bias-non-existent-myth
The BBC toe the line to whoever is in power. They arent far left. There is no equivalent of fox news on the left side.
Its a sensible question but someone will tell you to put your tin foil hat back on. A country should shoot down a hijacked plane in that scenario as its a choice between 250 odd dead and maybe thousands more.
The BBC are institutionally left wing and the people at the top admitted as much not so long ago. All their news and documentaries are heavily slanted to the left. Programmes such as Question Time hand pick left wing audiences and the Chairman gives much more air time to those on the left, as does Jeremy Vine, who is even worse. His love in with Ed Balls is embarrassing!! The BBC almost wet themselves over any story that is against the Tories. There are endless examples.
But they arent the equivalent of fox news, there isnt one because fox news is for ******s, it really is. ITs worse than the fail and thats saying something.
The BBC's coverage of Thatcher's funeral turned into a day-long party political broadcast for the Tories.
You can argue if they are biased or not but in now way are they the left equivalent of fox news, its just not possible.
Ain't that the truth. As for the BBC being on the left they are certainly to the left of the BNP and EDL but firmly Tory. Nick Robinson, Dimbleby, Paxman, Kirsty Wark, Maitland, Clarkson. All Tories. The Tories are not the centre, not by a long way. ITV news is more centrist these days than the BBC which shows how far to the right they've drifted. As Flyer said the BBC are the voice of the establishment, an establishment that certainly hasn't got our best interests at heart. Five, that's 5, people in the UK have the same wealth as 20% of the UK population combined.
1, that's 1 of the people in North Korea have the same wealth as 99% of the North Korean population combined!
I'm afraid that to describe the BBC as Tory is akin to describing Jimmy Saville as an ideal date for your daughter!! Quite an extraordinary distortion of the truth imo.
Its looking more and more like the pilot, one of the last calls to him was from a pre paid untraceable phone bought on a stolen identity.
