BBC had "massive bias to left:" director general

Breitbart ^ | Sept. 2, 2010 | AFP

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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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Breaking: Sun rises in the East!

[EagleUSA]

Captain Obvious strikes again....I wonder if this guy has discovered that the earth is not flat?

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Mark Thompson wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Thompson

[Mobties]

I don’t think it took the winner of “Brain of Britain” to figure that one out.

[Jemian]

Duh! Dog bites man.

[Le Chien Rouge]

‘staff were quite mystified by the early years of Thatcher’

Staff =lefty baby boomers stuck in 1968...

[himno hero]

Yes, but can they redeem themselves?

[Ikemeister]

It hasn’t changed, either.

[Tzimisce]

....has the BBC ever reported on the lies behind Global Warming?

No - because the BBC pension is tied up in “Green” energy.

[Iron Munro]

When did they make the change? Last night?

[I still care]

“much less overt tribalism among the young journalists”

Tribalism. I like the description of the left - it fits- but isn’t it racist? LOL

[henkster]

They were mystified by Thatcher because they never thought moving away from socialism would bring prosperity.

[Dead Corpse]

Had? Past tense?

Have they changed?

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"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.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Well!!!!...There’s a hell of a shock I tell ya!

[2001convSVT]

Now if only the US Media would recognize the same liberal bias, AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

[montyspython]

Really?

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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...

[Frantzie]

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.