My old BBC chum Mike Wendling, who's promised to send me a free copy of his forthcoming book about the Alt-Right, provides an interesting case study as far as BBC bias is concerned.
He's a Senior BBC journalist and editor of BBC Trending yet his Twitter feed reads like a sarcasm-filled personal struggle against the Alt-Right (BBC impartiality?), and his BBC Trending has long seemed very selective and geared towards pandering to the latest insanities from the no-platforming wing of the Left and other right-on - and definitely not right-wing - concerns (BBC impartiality?).
I doubt any even-vaguely-right-of-centre people will feel that BBC Trending is something of interest for them. And many left-of-centre people must surely be bemused by its concerns too.
Are Mike and his BBC Trending gang really reporting the main trends on social media, or are they actually reflecting their own interests and biases and (heavily) selecting accordingly?
I've read more than enough of them to suspect the latter.
Are Mike and his BBC Trending gang really reporting the main trends on social media, or are they actually reflecting their own interests and biases and (heavily) selecting accordingly?
I've read more than enough of them to suspect the latter.
Given that he's shown interest in me and ITBB, does he therefore class us as 'Alt-Right'?
And, more seriously, is he now not going to give me that free copy of his new book he promised me, to be published on 20 April, and doubtless available in all good book shops (and second-hand book shops) thereafter till eternity?
And, more seriously, is he now not going to give me that free copy of his new book he promised me, to be published on 20 April, and doubtless available in all good book shops (and second-hand book shops) thereafter till eternity?
