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BBC admits: We are biased on religion and politics
Hagit Klaiman
Published: 23.10.06, 16:10
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31. The End of England?
Roscio ,   Rome, Italy   (10.23.06)
For a very insightful, corageous and brilliant analysis of WHY the UK has been licking the feet of the Islamofascists for years, and how it teetering on the very brink of cultural suicide, I urge you all to read LONDONISTAN by Melanie Phillips. It is a true warning siren to not only the UK, but also the USA and even to Israel's habit of letting self-hating anti-Zionist professors rant unchallenged in their own universities. Free speech is vital for any open society, but not unchallenged destruction of national values of the nation's youth. The BBC is not a cause, it is only a symptom of infection... like pus.
32. To John #3
Simon ,   Oxford, England   (10.23.06)
I agree that no news source is likely to be unbiased BUT we in the UK have to PAY for the bias of the BBC. We don't have a choice about funding its political, social and religious bias. I don't like certain newspapers so I don't buy them. I can't do that with the BBC.
33. Srini V... Worldnetdaily is REALLY slanted
John ,   USA   (10.23.06)
If you really believe worldnet is unbiased, then I would say you're totally ignorant and spoon fed. Get serious.
34. Political Correctness is now inclusive of Anti-Semitism?
Stacy ,   NY, NY   (10.23.06)
35. Is someone kidding?
Jane   (10.23.06)
Who is the true minority in this situation? The Jewish population in the world is microscopic compared to Muslims. It has nothing to do with minority status. It has EVERYTHING to do with raw Jew-hating.
36. Alan - You're partially right
Jane   (10.23.06)
...they're not afraid of Jews. The simply can't stand us.
37. One solution: Privatise the BBC
Raymond from DC ,   Washington, DC USA   (10.23.06)
The two outrages are the editorial biases - some of which they now admit to - and the fact that the British are forced to subsidize the prejudices that come from the Beeb. One solution is to privatise the BBC. Auction it off to whatever media outlet finds it worthwhile. If they think they can prosper based on their reputation and offerings, let them do it. But they shouldn't be sucking on the teet of the public whose respect they have lost.
38. NOOOO YOU DONT SAY! DUUUUUHHHHH!
THE BBC IS ISLAM   (10.23.06)
39. To John # 23
Oleg ,   Milwaukee, USA   (10.23.06)
I think on the contrary Goebbels would be proud watching and listening BBC the most antiisrael news agancy. I haven't heard ever they said any good truthfull thing about Israel.
40. #30
Wanda ,   Montreal   (10.23.06)
Actually, the Nazi propaganda lead to the destruction of over 60 million people. And there's no way John portrayed Faux News incorrectly, it is nowt more save sensational right-wing codswallop. If you're afraid to ask challenging questions then your freedom ain't worth the price you pay for it. Perhaps it would help if you looked at it like this: the Nazis weren't defeated, they were absorbed.
41. jews should not pay BBC licence fees
jack ,   London   (10.23.06)
Every jew in UK, should stop paying BBC TV licence fees, they have broken their impartiality covenant, so why should we pay them money to brain wash our future murderers. We need a campaign and a test case to go all the way to the European court.
42. RELIGION ONLY FOR THOSE WHO WANT IT!
Lior ,   UK   (10.23.06)
Once more, religion as the core of all the problems! Leave religion as what it should be: a private belive between an individual an G-d! And not as a weapon, excuse for violence or means of manipulation!
43. tv licence
megan ,   Israel   (10.23.06)
I do sympathise with Jews in Britain that have to pay their tv licence and then put up with all the BS from the BBC, that would be out of commission if not for the licence payments. How unfair and unpolitcially correct can that be, paying to hear your people smeared at every chance they get.BBC you have done the damage, and most i know in UK watch ITV/Sky anyway.
44. Balen Report
Laura ,   London, UK   (10.23.06)
buried but not forgotten...thanks to Mr Sugar's efforts " The BBC has spent thousands of pounds of licence payers' money trying to block the release of a report [Balen Report] which is believed to be highly critical of its Middle East coverage" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/10/15/nbeeb15.xml
45. No different than the liberals running the media in Israel
Jeremiah ,   Israel, Jewish Land   (10.23.06)
46. BBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc, etc...
Johnson ,   USA   (10.23.06)
The leftist media are all anti Semitic and anti Christian, and in the back pockets of leftwing politicos. They are in bed with the enemies of those who give them the right to spew their vile. Their airing of propaganda, and bias reporting for those who would cut their heads off given the chance, and are responsible for prolonging conflicts and countless deaths in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, etc, etc..
47. "The best informed" John -
GET A LIFE   (10.23.06)
48. The Bolshevic Broadcasting Corp is NOT Biased
David ,   Marietta USA   (10.23.06)
49. to 46
Alban ,   USA   (10.23.06)
That's why I stopped watching network news long ago. It's become infotainment, and badly biased at that. If a left-winger says something, they report it as fact. If a right-winger says something, they'll preface it with, "Conservatives claim..." And those News Programs are even worse. It's fake news. There is an easy way to spot fake news. They advertise in questions. Let me give you some examples. Real news: A helicopter crashes into the downtown area. Full story at 11. Fake news: Are you paying too much for health care? Find out at 11.
50. You're right, I should get a life
John ,   USA   (10.23.06)
Instead of reading such drivel.
51. #14 Boycott the entire United Kingdom
Mark ,   USA   (10.23.06)
I do.
52. BBC = Biased British Crap
Mark ,   USA   (10.23.06)
53. BBC
Peter Herrin ,   Springfield, MO, USA   (10.23.06)
We have NPR in the US. Strange that government funded media in the West goes liberal like that.
54. to Simon #32
Mike ,   Atlanta, USA   (10.23.06)
Very well put.
55. to John USA, the reader of news
Mike ,   Atlanta, USA   (10.23.06)
Surely you know that acquiring knowledge and wisdom about yourself and the world requires more than reading the pages of many news sites. Not only might you broaden the scope of your education by reading a host of research publications (from academia, think tanks, etc) but you might also pay a visit to the areas in question, as many of us have. Some even volunteer and work among the people in these areas (I personally have not). Couch potato information will not enable you to grow as a person. It will ultimately entertain/distract you away from actually doing anything useful.
56. On the contrary NYC Girl #30
John ,   USA   (10.23.06)
Goebbels invented the concept of argumentum ad nauseam, which means you repeat a lie over and over again until it's accepted as fact. Fox News takes it to new heights telling us they are "fair and balanced." If you really believe Fox is fair and balanced, you bring warmth to o'le Goebbel's heart. Try reading some other sources sometime, not just the ones you want to believe.
57. To Jack #41 That's a bloody good idea!!
Nora ,   Israel ex UK   (10.23.06)
58. Don't Hate the Player, hate the Game
Mike ,   Des Moines, IA   (10.23.06)
The BBC, CBS, Fox, ABC, NBC, IBC, CBC, and on and on are all players in the same game. The media game is about touting to their constituents. In the BBC's case, they still feel as though they have a presence in the middle east. Someone forgot to tell them that they lost out to al-jazzera years ago. The Muslims in Britain don't even watch the BBC. One other note, why is there no mention of Buddha or creation, preservation, and dissolution and recreation? I am not even a player, just a spectator. I say we stop buying tickets to the game!
59. John, the BBC and Katrina
mark ,   portland, usa   (10.23.06)
So John, what was the real story about Katrina that the BBC reported and no one else did? Was it all about the murders & rapes in the superdome? Because not a single rape victim has come forward, and there were NO dead bodies in the Superdome? Was it the 10s of of thousands who died because of inactivity (actually the death toll was less than 2000). Face, the BBC, as all liberal mouthpieces do, told blatant lies in their fraudulant coverage of the hurricane. If you are that well informed, then you are just plain stupid, so don't bother.
60. BBC like CNN?
Vincent ,   Orlando, USA   (10.23.06)
Would the BBC run the sniper footage as CNN did, giving free advertising to their radical cause?
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