I have long pointed out the anti-Conservative bias spewed out by the BBC's Michael Crick, a man who is never happier as a journalist than when 'investigating' a Tory but who shows very little interest in investigating the left of British politics. So I was not surprised to read his views about the BBC 'journalist' strike - "I haven’t listened to the Today programme. I regard listening to or watching the BBC as strike breaking."
With such as Michael Crick and James "If we win the election"Naughtie in front of the microphone and such as Paul Mason in the control room, is it any wonder the BBC is as politically biased as it is?
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Crick is a bad joke.
In the year before the general election (as you well know!), his gossip-filled blog concentrated almost entirely on the 'misdemeanours' of the Tories and (to a less extent) the Lib Dems, ignoring major Labour scandals altogether, or merely dismissing them with a light-heated quip, or suggesting that the Tories did it too (and worse). This was despite the fact that Labour were the party in power and BBC journalists always justified their seeming hostility to the pre-1997 Conservative government on the grounds that they were holding the government - regardless of party - accountable.
Crick's blog has now 'remembered' that it's there chiefly to hold the government to account - now that the government isn't his beloved Labour Party. Looking at it again since the election, it's still mostly attacking the Tories - though the Lib Dems are now getting a fair whalloping too. The new opposition, Labour, are not receiving anywhere near the same amount of critical attention (or, more accurately, hostile gossip) that the previous opposition received.
It will be interesting to see if Crick, now that the BBC strike is over, deals with the scandalous behaviour of Phil Woolas (or Paul Farrelly) - and, if he does, how he deals with it. Or will he turn to Coulson instead, as he's done so many times before?
Best wishes Not a Sheep,
Craig
With such obvious bias on display, the Coalition should act & "sort out" the BBC. If they continue to flout their charter, the funding should be "adjusted".
But if nothing is done to restore balanced reporting, sadly lacking for at least the last thirty years, perhaps a public (blog-led) campaign of non-payment of licence tax would help?
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