tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post1729587635579817946..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: "It never fails to turn a bit of a rumpus into an existential crisis"Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-71320353747038014072015-07-12T16:01:01.099+01:002015-07-12T16:01:01.099+01:00Rod is 100% right except for one little detail: th...Rod is 100% right except for one little detail: the leaders of the Conservative party aren't very right-wing at all, love the BBC, wouldn't dream of destroying it, and are only doing all this stuff to pressure the BBC into giving them favorable coverage. So far, it's working. We've seen the obvious collusion on the 'DAESH' nonsense, the BBC pretending to be devastated by the enormous budget cuts forced on them and Cameron and Osborne can claim to have been tough on the BBC at last, when in fact in the long run it will either be a wash or a net profit (the top brass didn't bother to calm the natives, of course, because letting them rant and rave on air kept the charade going), and not very robust coverage of the recent anti-austerity protests.<br /><br />The place won't change until there is a massive purge of personnel, and I don't mean just the layers of pointless management.David Preisernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-13513916445873229562015-07-12T13:31:41.230+01:002015-07-12T13:31:41.230+01:00Regarding the comments that 'The BBC used to b...Regarding the comments that 'The BBC used to be institutionally left-biased, but now we're not....', time and again I have posed the following point and question....<br /><br />"In order to change such institutional bias, you must have introduced a huge, long-term and company-wide change programme, with all sorts of seminars, training courses, personal and professional counselling, etc., etc., (you know, the sorts of things the BBC was demanding from the police re it's 'institutional racism'....). <br /><br />So where's the evidence that you can point us to which can demonstrate that you have done this, and that it has clearly worked ?<br /><br />Answer has there been none.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com