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Friday 19 March 2010

The Sun finally catch on

The SUN quite sweetly declare that
"A SUN investigation has unearthed an alarming BBC bias against the Tories in the run up to the Election.

Covert smears on David Cameron's Conservatives are being made right across the state-owned network - sparking hundreds of viewers' complaints.

News coverage, chat shows and even kids' TV are guilty. We found:
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BBC News gave disproportionate coverage to the row over Tory donor Lord Ashcroft's tax status;
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LABOUR panellists were given more time to speak on flagship political show Question Time;
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A POLL on The One Show ignored issues with Gordon Brown to ask only, Is David Cameron too much of a toff to be PM?
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THE Tory leader was stitched up when footage of him adjusting his hair was sneakily fed to all broadcasters;
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THE Basil Brush Show featured a school election with a cheat called Dave wearing a blue rosette."
OK I didn't know about the Basil Brush incident but the rest have been covered here, at Biased-BBC and at Beeb Bias Craig. The latter site being quite possibly also responsible for this section
"The Sun's analysis showed Labour politicians on Question Time were allowed to speak for a full minute longer than Tory counterparts.

On March 11 ex-Labour minister Caroline Flint got SIX minutes more than Tory Justine Greenings.

And on February 18 Labour veteran Roy Hattersley spoke for nearly three minutes longer than Tory Rory Stewart."


Well who cares who broke the stories so long as the news about BBC bias gets spread beyond us bloggers and into the real world. Would be nice if The Sun had linked to us though...

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