hypnotist
Joined: 04 Dec 2004
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 Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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| bigverne wrote: |
| On some issues. Yet, its news reporting has an unquestioning liberal bias. |
On others (e.g. Iran) it toes the Government line though. I think there's a slight left-wing bias in a lot of its reportage, but one could argue that just the act of that reportage is left-wing bias in itself. Those on the right who complain about it often don't believe that the groups reported on deserve air time at all. I don't see a lot of bias in its straight news reporting, though it does have an annoying habit of not broadcasting anything remotely controversial until it has been confirmed by three independent sources though. Probably a hangover from the sordid WMD affairs.
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| I still think it is a good broadcaster, and there have been some recent signs that the BBC is taking accusations of bias seriously. A recent Panorama was very critical of various muslim organisations, something rarely seen on the BBC. |
You need to listen to more Radio 4. They criticise everyone.
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| Anyway, it is clear that right wing newspapers, together, far outsell those on the left. Moreover, I read Guardian Unlimited. It is by far the best newspaper online, and its international coverage is excellent. It's just when you delve into the opinion and comment pages that you get the usual unquestioning liberal drivel about Islamophobia, Institutional Racism and all the other ills of society. Apart from that, it's a pretty decent paper. |
Don't forget that the Sun came out for Blair and Labour. Mind you, I suspect most Sun readers don't choose it for the nuances of its political stance.
Oddly enough I have a very similar relationship with the print edition of the Telegraph - I read it (when I can get hold of it) and appreciate a great deal of the news reporting, but the opinion and comment pages really turn me off and leave me cold... with the exception of Barbara Amiel who is the only person I've ever read who makes me homicidal. Thankfully she was thrown off the paper last year.
Actually, I think the Guardian is very good at giving a voice to those in opposition to its party line on its opinion pages. I think 'unquestioning' is a poor choice of words. I particularly like the transcripts they publish of exchanges between two people on different sides of an issue. The only paper I read which publishes a wider range of opinions in its pages is the FT. |
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