Guess which newspaper the BBC buys the most of? Not that tricky is it, but here at The Commentator is the proof.
These numbers are all the more incredible (not surprising) when you realise how small The Guardian and Independent's circulations are in comparison to The Telegraph, Times and Mail. As The Commentator correctly points out:
These numbers are all the more incredible (not surprising) when you realise how small The Guardian and Independent's circulations are in comparison to The Telegraph, Times and Mail. As The Commentator correctly points out:
'The Guardian has a circulation of 230,541 per day compared to the Daily Telegraph’s 634,113 and the Daily Mail with 1.7 million. Meanwhile, the Independent is lagging on a rather sorry-looking 90,001. If you’re too lazy to do the basic mathematics, allow us: that means that two of Britain’s most popular right of centre newspapers combined have a circulation of some 2.3 million compared to The Indie and The Guardian which weigh in at just over 320,000. Odd then, that despite besting their axis of left-wing rivals by seven times in the national market, the BBC procures almost 10,000 less copies of the Mail and Telegraph in the period displayed.'If the BBC is not biased to the left then why does it buy left of centre papers in numbers that are out of all proportion to the rest of the country? Similarly, does the BBC's position in opposition to Israel have anything to do with its out of proportion purchasing of the two most anti-Israel broadsheet newspapers?
Why should it buy papers according to their readership? Presumably it buys more copies of the guardian because of the media section, and then it buys what used to be the papers of record.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't proof of anything.
Nice try, but total bullsh*t.
ReplyDeleteI'd agree with the first comment. It's not proof of anything given that the next three papers are generally regarded as "right wing". Total for Mail/Times/Tele: 146,923, total for Grauniad/Indie: 103,538. If you add The Sun as a Conservative supporting paper (and I guess you could), the total comes to 189,828. Bloody right-wing BBC...or just the case that you can prove anything you like with meaningless stats.
ReplyDeleteIf anything, all this proves is that The Commentator abused the FOI Act for a pointless request.
Oh, and well done for a considered reply to that first comment.
Andrew.
Now compare the proportion purchased by the BBC with general circulation. do you spot the discrepancy? That was the point, is the point and will remain the point.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, your comment is total bullsh*t.