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Sunday 3 July 2011

'Those in charge of editorial content at the BBC have been exposed for their inability to provide a balanced debate on the issue of cuts. Could it be, as public service workers themselves, they have a vested interest that makes them incapable of being impartial?'

Andrew Griffiths, MP, has realised why the BBC might be biased and it was Question Time that made him see it:
'This week’s show plumbed new depths. On a day when three unions staged national strikes over a dispute about UK Government policy, Question Time fielded the most unbalanced panel that I can remember. Firstly, it decided that the Government’s position should only be represented by a single panel member, my colleague Philip Hammond.

Philip was up against John Denham, a former Cabinet Minister and current Shadow Business Secretary, Sir Richard Lambert the former Director of the CBI, who has no party affiliation as far as I know, Polly Toynbee, grand old doyen of the Left, and Christine Blower of the NUT whose union had seen thousands of its members join the strike.

That meant that on a day dominated by one of the most important issues we face – the issue of what should be done to bring the deficit back under control – the BBC’s flagship political programme had a panel with one Conservative, one Labour, a neutral, a left-wing journalist and a militant trade union leader. At which point did the producers think that represented a fair and balanced representation of views?

The only possible explanation for how this could have been allowed to go ahead on what is supposed to be a politically neutral channel is that the BBC’s default setting is a belief that the Labour Party represents the centre ground. How else could they believe that having two representatives from the Derek Hatton school of industrial relations is a perfectly acceptable way of organising things?

Those in charge of editorial content at the BBC have been exposed for their inability to provide a balanced debate on the issue of cuts. Could it be, as public service workers themselves, they have a vested interest that makes them incapable of being impartial?

This week’s programme ran a coach and horses through the credibility of the BBC. Frankly we should be able to expect better from such a highly-respected news and current affairs broadcaster, but the reality is that, in the months ahead, we can expect more of this kind of Leftist posturing.

It is time that what I believe are the views of the vast majority of the public are at least heard on the nation’s number one broadcasting channel, even if those producing the programmes disagree with them.'
Well done for finally realising it, now what are you going to do about it?
Will you raise the matter when you are next interviewed by the BBC?
Will you write a letter of complaint to the BBC?
Will you complain to David Cameron or Jeremy Hunt?
Or will you just forget about it and return to the quiet life, after all you don't want to risk your gold-plated public sector pension?

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