Beeb Bias Craig

Quantifying bias at the B.B.C.

Friday, 20 November 2009

A NONENTITY AND AN UNKNOWN

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* The 'election' of former-short-lived-Belgian-premier Herman van Rompuy as EU president and the never-elected-by-the-general-publi...
Tuesday, 17 November 2009

CARPETBAGGEING THE TORIES

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* Damn it! I was going to post a prediction yesterday morning, but didn't. I was going to predict that Michael Crick would definitely ...
Monday, 16 November 2009

P.M. FOR THE P.M.

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* Though I approve (on the whole) of Eddie Mair , that does not mean that his show PM is not biased towards the Left - at least if today...

BACKING LABOUR

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* Today's The World at One discussed the Danish environment minister's concession that a binding treaty is very unlikely to come out...
Sunday, 15 November 2009

BUT SHIRIN'S AT THE HELM ACTUALLY

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* This week's The Record Europe saw the heat transfer from the Conservatives to UKIP, as Europhile presenter Shirin Wheeler hosted an...

PLASTIC BAGS, NEANDERTHALS AND LANCASTER CANAL

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* Today's Politics Show doesn't call for much comment - though that won't stop me. * It began by covering the proposed high-spe...

BROADCASTING GROUSE

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* This morning's Broadcasting House on Radio 4 (9.00am) began by discussing the forthcoming apologies from Gordon Brown and Kevin Rudd...

SOPHIE SAVES THE WORLD

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* No Andrew Marr this week. It was Sophie Raworth instead (pictured right. Funny how I don't tend to feature pictures of Marr, isn'...
Saturday, 14 November 2009

THE WORLD TONIGHT

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* The World Tonight is the thoughtful, foreign-affairs-dominated mainstay of Radio 4's current affairs coverage. It's a kind of ide...
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009

A TRUE FRIEND OF LABOUR

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* Yesterday, according to Michael Crick on Newsnight , David Miliband 's friends were letting the world know that he 'genuinely...
Monday, 9 November 2009

HAS ALAN LITTLE JUST SMEARED THE LATVIANS?

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* The Labour Party must have loved this morning's Today programme. * The BBC continues its endless crusade against the Conservative Part...
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Sunday, 8 November 2009

DISILLUSIONING STEFAN

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* Contradicting Stefan -at-the-BBC's naive belief that " all BBC interviewers are careful to abide by well-established interviewing...

THE BBC REPLIES...

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* Well, here's the reply to my complaint to the BBC: Dear Sir Thanks for your e-mail. I was interested to read the findings of your surv...
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THATCHEROPHOBIA

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* This week's The Record: Europe featured a section recalling the wonderful events of 1989. Presenter Shirin Wheeler began the section...

SOME MINORS GO MISSING, BUT THE POLICE AREN'T NEEDED

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* A couple of weeks ago, the Politics Show: Scotland (hosted by Glenn Campbell) held a debate between the candidates for Scotland's fou...

NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT, ESPECIALLY IF MARR DOESN'T ASK

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* This morning's Andrew Marr Show was less infuriating than usual. Naturally much of it was given over to the subject of the Afghan Wa...
Saturday, 7 November 2009

ESLER SITS WITH THE LEFT AGAIN

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* Today's Dateline: London panel was much more balanced than usual, with two right-of-centre voices ( Janet Daley of the Sunday Telegr...

CAMPBELL'S PHONE-A-FRIEND

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* The Daily Telegraph is reporting that "Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, the head of the independent watchdog charged with reforming MPs’ e...
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Friday, 6 November 2009

WHERE DOES ANITA STAND?

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* The Daily Politics ran a short piece about Conservative Barnet council's new funding experiment - so called 'easy councils',...
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DIMBLE BIAS 2

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* This week's Question Time gathered together Robert-Kilroy Silk , the Conservative Nick Herbert , PC ex-P.C. Sir Ian Blair , comedienne...
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