The BBC/Labour agenda

I listened to just under an hour of this morning's BBC Radio 4 Today programme and the contrast in the way 'believers' & 'non-believers' were treated and the way the Labour/BBC narrative was promoted was almost unbelievable. Listen for yourself and note the way that Financial Secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban was aggressively interviewed and contrast that with the way that the IEA's Mark Littlewood was pushed to say the right things. Nobody raised the possibility that Harriet Harman's Equality Act 2010 was passed so as to give the Labour/BBC alliance a line of attack on any future Conservative government's cuts programme.

If you can't stomach listening to the whole programme, here's excerpts to show how the BBC set a narrative to keep the country on the true path...


From the Today running order:
07:09 - Fresh analysis of the June budget suggests the poorest families will be among those who are left worst off, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The institute's James Browne explains why the tax changes might hit the poorest households more than those in the upper-middle class. Set the agenda

07:55 - Was the emergency coalition budget published in June fair? Financial Secretary to the Treasury Mark Hoban responds to a report from the IFS claiming that the budget's impact will hit the poorest hardest. Attack the Conservative/Lib Dem government and try and catch the spokesman out.

08:43 - Is there a rift within the coalition government over welfare reform? Mark Littlewood of the Institute of Economic Affairs analyses the possible futures for middle-class benefits. Use a left-leaning expert to 'impartially' analyse the story.

08:47 - How effective are new economic theories? Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz explains why he believes we are in need of a new paradigm to help overcome the current economic crisis. Explain how the old economic system does not work and what should replace it.


You have to admire the BBC's tenacity but why do the Conservatives not challenge the bias?