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Originally Posted by passingbat
I'm guessing that most of the media is filled with such people, so is the BBC any different to other news outlets in this respect? A "cultural liberal bias" is the way the whole western world has gone these days, so that aspect is not surprising. It is making sure that they get their facts right and there is no political bias that is important to me.
And don't forget to factor in any personal bias those people expressing their opinions on BBC neutrality may have; even Nigel and Andrew!
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The point being that if Andrew Marr, a senior BBC journalist, and a liberal (to put it mildly), says there is a liberal bias at the BBC, and goes on to say that there shouldn't be, then I don't think there can be much argument about whether there is or isn't one. There clearly is, and there clearly shouldn't be. The wider point, and to keep this on topic, is that this discussion stemmed from the information that there is a BBC +1 on it's way. I'm not in favour of the BBC following the crowd with things like this - it should stick to what it does best. iPlayer is brilliant and available across a range of platforms, and the BBC is no stranger to repeats. However much money, even if it's relatively small, is spent on BBC 1+1, will be a waste imo.