tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post5669744897262763048..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: That would be an ecumenical matterCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-61195877448287754882017-09-03T17:25:15.081+01:002017-09-03T17:25:15.081+01:00Was that when they decided to fight back by sendin...Was that when they decided to fight back by sending us Sir Les Patterson as their cultural attache? <br /><br />What you say about the managerial class and post-colonial guilt sounds plausible. Hitler and the last war gave impetus to the development of current preoccupation with race and rights and all that. It hasn't quite turned out the way envisaged or intended, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-53796989936042837112017-09-03T00:12:30.205+01:002017-09-03T00:12:30.205+01:00The Australians used to talk about the "cultu...The Australians used to talk about the "cultural cringe" - referring to how cowed Aussies ascribed virtue and superiority to the culture of the old English colonial master. Something similar seems to have been invented and promoted by the BBC - the notion that all that is best in civility, culture and scientific advance is to be found in the Islamic world, despite the reality being that Islamic countries are generally sinks of barbarity,corruption, economic stagnation (except where there is oil), discrimination and persecution of non-Muslim minorities, whilst making virtually no contribution to science or the arts, in terms of global impact. How to explain this remarkable state of affairs? Colonial guilt? Fear? Genuine delusion? I wouldn't underestimate colonial guilt - most BBC managers are from the upper middle classes and their families will have benefitted directly from imperial exploitation and employment in the past and patriarchs in the family would have expressed frankly racist views around the dining table. People who used to run the British Empire now run the labyrinthine BBC, and carve out personal empires there. Bad conscience about how their families once exploited poor people all over the globe might go some way to explaining it. But I think as well the Islamic lobby is also very good at pushing the BBC's guilt buttons using a mix of emotional appeal, bogus history and intimidation. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com