We must be bad

[BrilloPad]

"BBC staff have been warned not to focus too heavily on British success in London 2012, as Director General Mark Thompson advises them to remember other countries are competing too."

Really? How much does he get paid for stating the obvious?

[MarillionFan]

"BBC staff have been warned not to focus too heavily on British success in London 2012, as Director General Mark Thompson advises them to remember other countries are competing too."

Really? How much does he get paid for stating the obvious?

They're may be other countries competing...... But we've got more medals. Focus in on the winners!

Whoooooo! High five?

[KentPhilip]

Really?

Biased BBC -
is a blog, updated daily, carrying examples of BBC communism and socialistic tendencies.

[SimonMac]

Why shouldn't the BBC be biased towards the British and Irish athletes!?

[SimonMac]

They're may be other countries competing...... But we've got more medals. Focus in on the winners!

Whoooooo! High five?

*big tens dude*

[PorkPie]

They're may be other countries competing...... But we've got more medals. Focus in on the winners!

Whoooooo! High five?

That deserves a big ten!

(edit: note to self: KUATB PP. scroll down before replying)

[NickFitz]

What about the biased coverage when the general elections are on and the presenters unashamedly support New Labour ?

What about the biased coverage when GDP stats are in and BBC presenters keep harping about how conservatives destroyed the economy and that New Labour is the only option ?

Those on the right constantly claim the BBC is biased in favour of the left; those on the left, that it is biased in favour of the right.

They can't both be correct. The most likely explanation is that the BBC is generally even-handed, and the perception that it supports whatever happens to be the other side for any given group is just an example of cherry-picking cases through confirmation bias.

That BBC is biased is an open secret and the conservatives once even refused to send a cabinet member to QuestionTime.

If a politician of any persuasion refuses to be questioned in a public forum, it's inevitably because they have something to hide, no matter how much they may posture about principle.

[BrilloPad]

Those on the right constantly claim the BBC is biased in favour of the left; those on the left, that it is biased in favour of the right.

They can't both be correct. The most likely explanation is that the BBC is generally even-handed, and the perception that it supports whatever happens to be the other side for any given group is just an example of cherry-picking cases through confirmation bias.

I do hate NF! This was a great thread until he bought reasoned logic into it. This is supposed to be general.

[NickFitz]

I do hate NF! This was a great thread until he bought reasoned logic into it. This is supposed to be general.

[Robinho]

Who gives a tulip. British patriotism is back in spades and it's never felt so good.