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BBC had "massive bias to left:" director general
Breitbart ^
| Sept. 2, 2010
| AFP
Posted on 09/02/2010 7:44:35 AM PDT by Textide
The director general of the BBC admitted Thursday that his organisation had been guilty of a "massive bias to the left" but said "a completely different generation" of journalists now works at the broadcaster.
"In the BBC I joined 30 years ago, there was, in much of current affairs, in terms of people's personal politics, which were quite vocal, a massive bias to the left," Thompson said.
"The organisation did struggle then with impartiality. And journalistically, staff were quite mystified by the early years of Thatcher."Now it is a completely different generation. There is much less overt tribalism among the young journalists who work for the BBC," he added
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: antithatcher; bbc; bias; mediabias; pravdamedia; starkravingsocialism
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:44:36 AM PDT
by
Textide
To: Textide
Captain Obvious strikes again....I wonder if this guy has discovered that the earth is not flat?
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:46:43 AM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: Textide
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:46:57 AM PDT
by
Textide
To: Textide
I don’t think it took the winner of “Brain of Britain” to figure that one out.
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:46:57 AM PDT
by
Mobties
To: Textide
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:47:00 AM PDT
by
Jemian
To: Textide
‘staff were quite mystified by the early years of Thatcher’
Staff =lefty baby boomers stuck in 1968...
To: Textide
Yes, but can they redeem themselves?
To: Textide
It hasn’t changed, either.
To: Textide
....has the BBC ever reported on the lies behind Global Warming?
No - because the BBC pension is tied up in “Green” energy.
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:49:10 AM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: Textide
When did they make the change? Last night?
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:49:36 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take any more beatings.)
To: Textide
“much less overt tribalism among the young journalists”
Tribalism. I like the description of the left - it fits- but isn’t it racist? LOL
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:49:36 AM PDT
by
I still care
(I believe in the universality of freedom -George Bush, asked if he regrets going to war.)
To: Le Chien Rouge
They were mystified by Thatcher because they never thought moving away from socialism would bring prosperity.
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:50:15 AM PDT
by
henkster
(A broken government does not merit full faith and credit.)
To: Textide
Had? Past tense?
Have they changed?
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:50:25 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(III, Alarm and Muster)
To: Textide
"Now it is a completely different generation. There is much less overt tribalism among the young journalists who work for the BBC,"
Forgive me, I'm not an expert at deciphering english as spoken by the Brits. However, this seems to be saying that the younger generation of reporters are still liberal but they can now actually report fairly. We'll see. I doubt it but we'll see.
To: Textide
Well!!!!...There’s a hell of a shock I tell ya!
To: Textide
Now if only the US Media would recognize the same liberal bias, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
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09/02/2010 7:51:48 AM PDT
by
2001convSVT
("Repeal ObamaCare")
To: Textide
Really?
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To: Dead Corpse
That's it, yep. Had to check the title twice before posting. Was hoping he'd got his tenses confused.
What this amounts to is, "We were dishonest in our reporting, but that was waaaaay back in the 80's. There's not much overt bias now in the BBC. We're more successful at hiding it."
At least they think they are...
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posted on
09/02/2010 7:53:53 AM PDT
by
Textide
To: Textide
BBC’s line is “all white people are racists unless they are leftists.” “All non-white people are noble.” The BBC sucks along with all TV. It is used to control and manipulate the masses.
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09/02/2010 7:54:16 AM PDT
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Frantzie
(Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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