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[Soleron]

SamuelRSmith said:

Soleron said:

I still believe BBC News is unbiased as much as it can be. I have seen some examples of bad coverage but I think they were genuine mistakes rather than conspiracy to project a certain worldview.

It's unbiased in the traditional sense of left/right wing. But, like I said, it is inherintly biased towards the establishment. I mean, look at healthcare: how many times have you ever seen somebody on the BBC talking about a no-Government approach to healthcare? I've personally never seen it. What I have seen, however, is several documentaries showing us how bad "private" care is in the USA.

It's not hard to understand why they're like this. Look at the incentives of the institution, they're financially based on a legally-mandated tv license. There's no way in hell a truly small Government party would ever support that. Most journalists (not just BBC) also go through the University system, where lectures are given, more often than not, by ex-establishment people. Many lecturers who teach politics and international relations, and to a lesser extent, economics and history, have come from jobs within Government organisations. So, while the line they give may not be biased towards a party, they are biased towards the establishment. And nobody notices because the media they've consumed all their lives has also been the same - separating "party issues" (unimportant window dressing), from the core of the establishment.

OK, agreed.

As said above, the Economist is still good. I also like Private Eye, but every time I read it I get depressed about the scale of corruption in politics.