BBC Bias

You would hope that, with perhaps some personal leanings, news reports would attempt to be just that, reports on the news. However, just watching the lunchtime BBC slot it became apparent just  how distorting this broadcaster is. Whilst blatant bias is unacceptable from any broadcaster one that you are compelled to pay for should be squeaky clean. But the BBC feel they are above the mere opinion of the hoi poloi.

Today the head of the Press Complaints Commission resigned over the phone hacking scandal, but what did the BBC choose to lead on? James Murdoch. And what was the 'story? That he had been asked to clarify something. The way the BBC chose to present this was 'James Murdoch no doubt thought his appearance before the House committee would be his last', but it went on, 'the Chairman has asked him to reply in writing' to clarify something he said earlier. In an attempt to justify their misleading intro, the BBC went on to say that one Labour MP on the committee wanted James recalled but was out-voted. And the 'news' was that an email had shown up that seemed to contradict something James had said to the committee earlier. This being something that came to light days ago. So, for absolutely no reason whatsoever, the state broadcaster ran a headline story that was old news and no news. Just to keep their figures of hate, the Murdoch's in the glare of publicity.

The BBC really is a disreputable organisation and one on which you can have no faith that you are being told the truth.