BBC

[splott parker]

The licence fee is very good value in my opinion. 43p a day, I’d pay that just for Popmaster

[WJ99mobile]

Sunak has just written off 4.3b of fraudulent covid grant claims, gas and electric doubling by end of this year, fuel prices up 30%, inflation at a 30 year high but the usual gammons celebrating a 35p a week freeze on the licence fee like it’s the answer to all the county’s problems 😂

No wonder the country’s ****ed.

Written off and not pursuing are 2 separate things mind

[splott parker]

Scrapping the TV licence could well be a ‘be careful what you wish for’ type of thing.

[WJ99mobile]

Those on the right want to defend it.
Those on the left accuse it of right wing bias.

I believe John Humphries and Nigel Rees and just want it fixed and back as the great institution that it has been for so long.

If I was asked about which way it leans, the BBC would definitely be left leaning

[Rjk]

If I was asked about which way it leans, the BBC would definitely be left leaning

I would say it's definitely biased towards the establishment, in terms of left and right it tries it's best to stay impartial

[jon1959]

If I was asked about which way it leans, the BBC would definitely be left leaning

I would agree with you if we were talking about comedy or environmental programmes.

But not when it comes to news and current affairs. There is a clear 'establishment' bias there, combined with a history of Tories in key managerial and editorial positions - that influences the choice of stories and the angle for stories - even if the presenters or newsreaders maintain an air of neutrality with the items. Socialists and trades unionists are marginalised or ridiculed (Corbyn) on the BBC - although they do seem to have a lingering love affair with Blair.

[Rjk]

I would agree with you if we were talking about comedy or environmental programmes.

But not when it comes to news and current affairs. There is a clear 'establishment' bias there, combined with a history of Tories in key managerial and editorial positions - that influences the choice of stories and the angle for stories - even if the presenters or newsreaders maintain an air of neutrality with the items. Socialists and trades unionists are marginalised or ridiculed (Corbyn) on the BBC - although they do seem to have a lingering love affair with Blair.

Yeah fair point about topical comedy that does tend to lean left.

Some of their treatment of Corbyn was ridiculous, they photoshopped him to look like he was in a russian hat in red square and worse than that they played a video clip of his head superimposed on Voldemort from the harry potter franchise.