A common view of many right-wing webloggers, such as Peter Cuthbertson, and all the others that are linked to on that site, is that the BBC has a left-wing bias, in particularly that it is pro-Europe, pro-Palenstinian and pro-government spending. Implicitly it is argued that every other new organization, such as CNN or Fox, is much better.
Of course this is patent nonsense. The BBC manages the difficult job of remaining political neutral while remaning watchable better than most broadcasters, and far better than similar global news organisations. For a start it doesn't (unlike CNN) tailor its views to its viewers (compare the US version of CNN's website to the European one).
Furthermore it is strange that the authors of these weblogs, who are firmly on the right of the political map (some almost falling off it) believe that the if the BBC's views were their same as theirs, then it would be politically neutral.
Needless to say you can't argue with them. They are convinced that the BBC is peddling socialist propaganda and that is that. Rarely do they say where they prefer to receive their news -- the Washington Times? The Sunday Telegraph? Fox News?
posted by Matthew @ 8/13/2002 08:26:00 PM
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