BBC 'must become more impartial' (w/ link to report PDF)

BBC ^ | 18 June 2007

[james500]

The BBC needs to take more care to ensure it is impartial, according to a report commissioned by the corporation. It accused the BBC of breaking its own guidelines by screening an episode of The Vicar of Dibley which promoted the Make Poverty History campaign.

The report also quoted former political editor Andrew Marr, who said the BBC has an "innate liberal bias".

However, it added that the BBC is "generally seen as impartial" and set out new guidelines for avoiding bias.

[james500]

BBC finds a way to make the report critical of BBC sound not so critical. I guess they're hoping no one will read the actual report and just take BBC's word for it.

They have a link in the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/18_06_07impartialitybbc.pdf

This is a direct link to the BBC Trust page containing the report with appendices PDF files :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/research/impartiality.html

A good starting place for commentary articles:
http://biased-bbc.blogspot.com/

Discussion of the previous "BBC impartiality summit":
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=411846&in_page_id=1770

"One veteran BBC executive said: 'There was widespread acknowledgement that we may have gone too far in the direction of political correctness.

'Unfortunately, much of it is so deeply embedded in the BBC's culture, that it is very hard to change it.' "

[Asclepius]

However, it added that the BBC is "generally seen as impartial" ...

By whom?!

[The Blitherer]

By whom?!

By the BBC of course!

[james500]

I forgot to point out that BBC chose to bury this in their ENTERTAINMENT section.

[GovernmentShrinker]

The report also quoted former political editor Andrew Marr, who said the BBC has an "innate liberal bias". However, it added that the BBC is "generally seen as impartial" and set out new guidelines for avoiding bias.

Of course, when a highly biased media outlet is "seen as impartial", this is proof that it has accomplished its sinister objectives.

[The Blitherer]

lol, good point!

[Chode]

do I really have to say it???