The bloated BBC bullies those who disagree with its liberal bias

The BBC's response to a report that identifies its liberal bias is utterly shameful....

By Nigel Farage 04 Jul 2013

So, the BBC has published its latest mea culpa. What won't surprise you is that the corporation thinks it does a pretty good job. Sure, there may have been criticisms about its abject failure to report the rise of Euroscepticism or reflect the public's concerns about immigration in the past. But now the BBC is, it tells us, “pleased our coverage has been deemed 'remarkable' and 'impressive'".

It is hard to conceive of such a self-satisfied, self-deceiving response to a report, costing £175,000, which clearly shows that in the past the BBC was – just maybe – a touch slow on the uptake on how British public opinion has shifted.   There is plenty of breast-beating, but always with a time stamp. Back in the day there was a ”deep liberal bias”. Today? Well of course not.

This report isn't the first, either. In January 2005, the Wilson report said the BBC “suffers from certain forms of cultural bias” that led to “a reluctance to question pro-EU assumptions”. It also referenced the infamous “institutional mindset”.....The problem is now, as it has been for decades, a simple one, and one acknowledged in this report: the BBC draws its staff by and large from a single well.....To Read More...