British media: liberal bias?

[Lozzer]

The BBC is supposedly 'biased', as is C4, particularly when it comes to their news reports. I don't personally mind, but I'd have difficulty in labeling it 'bias'. I don't believe that most British people are reactionary, prejudiced or socially conservative; this being the case, the mainstream media reflects this. I'm not particularly know what's to complain about, but there exist some contention amongst the right-wing about it. Personally, I wouldn't want to watch conservative programming, because I don't like arseholes.

Anyway, how would the BBC ever be fully 'balanced'? I've recently heard that the editors have been told to stop referring to 'electoral reform' as 'electoral reform', so they can't willingly mention what something actually is without incurring the wrath of a censor.

I'm aware of the US right-wing foaming at the mouth over the purported 'liberal media' in America, and so I do wonder what such people would make of our television over here

[Coito ergo sum]

Well, bias means a general tendency or inclination that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question. The BBC's bias, if any, wouldn't be relative to the people's bias or inclinations. I.e. - if all the people were racist Nazis, the BBC wouldn't have to reflect that in order to be not be biased, and it wouldn't be unbiased by reflecting that.

Bias doesn't mean "balance." Sometimes the truth isn't in the middle of two views.

I'm not expressing an opinion as to whether your BBC is biased or unbiased. We get "BBC America" over here, and whenever I've watched them I have not gotten the impression of bias, if that's of any relevance. The channel isn't bad, and seems unprejudiced in its attention to the issues at hand.

[Atheist-Lite]

The media is biased just ignorant and a little dumded down. They want viewing figures above all else and with half the population....thick.....they've got to feed them what they want. Junk news, popular prejudice and the like.

[Animavore]

I don't think the BBC is biased. I find that people that say this are usually BNP types unhappy abut being portrayed negatively.

Ireland used to be rated top in the world for free journalism until the blaspheme law came out and knocked us down to seventh.

[Lozzer]

Well, bias means a general tendency or inclination that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question. The BBC's bias, if any, wouldn't be relative to the people's bias or inclinations. I.e. - if all the people were racist Nazis, the BBC wouldn't have to reflect that in order to be not be biased, and it wouldn't be unbiased by reflecting that.

Bias doesn't mean "balance." Sometimes the truth isn't in the middle of two views.

I'm not expressing an opinion as to whether your BBC is biased or unbiased. We get "BBC America" over here, and whenever I've watched them I have not gotten the impression of bias, if that's of any relevance. The channel isn't bad, and seems unprejudiced in its attention to the issues at hand.

I've never noticed much 'bias' in the BBC either, but the Daily Heil runs a story on it every-other-day

[Animavore]

Well, bias means a general tendency or inclination that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question. The BBC's bias, if any, wouldn't be relative to the people's bias or inclinations. I.e. - if all the people were racist Nazis, the BBC wouldn't have to reflect that in order to be not be biased, and it wouldn't be unbiased by reflecting that.

Bias doesn't mean "balance." Sometimes the truth isn't in the middle of two views.

I'm not expressing an opinion as to whether your BBC is biased or unbiased. We get "BBC America" over here, and whenever I've watched them I have not gotten the impression of bias, if that's of any relevance. The channel isn't bad, and seems unprejudiced in its attention to the issues at hand.

I've never noticed much 'bias' in the BBC either, but the Daily Heil runs a story on it every-other-day

Have you got a link to one of these stories. I want to see what the Daily Fail have to say and laugh.

[Lozzer]

Well, bias means a general tendency or inclination that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question. The BBC's bias, if any, wouldn't be relative to the people's bias or inclinations. I.e. - if all the people were racist Nazis, the BBC wouldn't have to reflect that in order to be not be biased, and it wouldn't be unbiased by reflecting that.

Bias doesn't mean "balance." Sometimes the truth isn't in the middle of two views.

I'm not expressing an opinion as to whether your BBC is biased or unbiased. We get "BBC America" over here, and whenever I've watched them I have not gotten the impression of bias, if that's of any relevance. The channel isn't bad, and seems unprejudiced in its attention to the issues at hand.

I've never noticed much 'bias' in the BBC either, but the Daily Heil runs a story on it every-other-day

Have you got a link to one of these stories. I want to see what the Daily Fail have to say and laugh.

Here's just one:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ds-newsxml