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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Captain Obvious strikes again....I wonder if this guy has discovered that the earth is not flat?
I don’t think it took the winner of “Brain of Britain” to figure that one out.
Duh! Dog bites man.
‘staff were quite mystified by the early years of Thatcher’
Staff =lefty baby boomers stuck in 1968...
Yes, but can they redeem themselves?
It hasn’t changed, either.
....has the BBC ever reported on the lies behind Global Warming?
No - because the BBC pension is tied up in “Green” energy.
When did they make the change? Last night?
“much less overt tribalism among the young journalists”
Tribalism. I like the description of the left - it fits- but isn’t it racist? LOL
They were mystified by Thatcher because they never thought moving away from socialism would bring prosperity.
Have they changed?
Well!!!!...There’s a hell of a shock I tell ya!
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...
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.
The chairman was addressing the board with these words: "Gentlemen, I have determined that the Wonker Wiener Corporation is riddled with incompetence."
I agree, and their tentacles extend far beyond TV. Every other foreign report on NPR(adio) is from the BBC. They also have a huge web presence.
I blame them, at least in part, for the state of Britain today. Their stances on immigration, government, social programs, etc have prevented previous generations from being fully informed about what was happening in their country. At least there's some hope now that the internet has come along. The next ten years will be very interesting for the UK.
BBC, the network that banned Winston Churchill for speaking out against Nazism.
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Since many conservatives seem to believe this, why do they still own and watch TVs? Starve the beast and if it doesn't die, it will at least be weakened. I got rid of mine ten years ago; frees up time for more important things in life.
Breaking: Water is wet!
"had"?
With apologies to Monty Python:
NPR PROGRAMMING: Bring out your left! [clang]
Bring out your left! [clang]
Bring out your left! [clang]
...CUSTOMER: Here's one -- nine pence.
BBC: I'm not a leftist!
NPR PROGRAMMING: What?
CUSTOMER: Nothing -- here's your nine pence.
BBC: I'm not a leftist!
NPR PROGRAMMING: Here -- he says he's not a leftist!
CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.
BBC: I'm not!
NPR PROGRAMMING: He isn't.
CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon, he's very crazy.
BBC: I'm moving to the center!
CUSTOMER: No, you're not -- you'll be fully Stalinist in a moment.
NPR PROGRAMMING: Oh, I can't take him like that -- it's against regulations.
BBC: I don't want to go in the cart!
CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.
NPR PROGRAMMING: I can't take him...
BBC: I feel fine!
CUSTOMER: Oh, do us a favor...
NPR PROGRAMMING: I can't.
CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
NPR PROGRAMMING: Naaah, I got to go on to MSNBC -- they've lost nine today.
CUSTOMER: Well, when is your next round?
NPR PROGRAMMING: Thursday.
BBC: I think I'll read some Thatcher speeches.
CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone y'know. Look, isn't there something you can do?
BBC: I love Reagan... I love Reagan.
[whop]
CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.
NPR PROGRAMMING: Not at all. See you on Thursday.
CUSTOMER: Right.
Hey, we used to lie, but we don’t anymore! Trust me!
It certainly wasn’t changed in 2007!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-490047/Facebook-reveals-BBC-liberal-hotbed.html
“Out of touch” is a good description, and paid for by all of the TV owners in the UK with a yearly fee of around $200...
BBC admits: We are biased on religion and politics
yNet news.com ^ | October 10, 2006 | Hagit Klaiman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1725944/posts
...Internal corporation memo on ‘impartiality’ summit leaked to British media exposes truth on BBC bias
BBC confesses bias on religion, politics (execs saying Bible tossed in trash OK, not Quran)
WND ^ | October 23, 2006
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1724895/posts
A senior BBC executive admitted to the British paper Daily Express, “There was a 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.”
BBC “had” a massive bias to the left. Now it has colonized a narrow slice of the left so thoroughly that they cannot see anything to the right and there is very little to their left and they think they are in the center above it all.
BBC is always at the top of the list of news sources that your typical leftist points to as a good place to get impartial unbiased reporting.
One of the funniest things I’ve read in a long time. . .well done!
You missed the truth, they became less liberal as the boomers entered the BBC.
"30 years ago", in 1980 the boomers were 16 years old to 34 years old, as they entered into employment and started maturing through the ranks at the BBC, it became less liberal. In the year 2000, the boomers would have been the 36 to 54 year old employees at the BBC.
The MSM; so desperate, they might even try reporting the facts. It’s too late, IMO.
Whew! Glad I was sitting down for this one...as my old great uncle Sam might have said with sarcasm: “Who knew?”
That reminds me of the old joke:
Q. How does a lawyer say "f*** you"?
A. "Trust me."
This big change, of course, is why British sailors demanded BBC be turned OFF on their ships of war involved in the beginning of the Iraq war.
They were disgusted by the continuing and pervasive left wing propaganda.
‘Doctor Who’ is awesome though.
Best nature documentaries in the world, too.
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