[extropy-chat] mainstream media

[BillK]

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 07:55:54 -0800, spike wrote:
> Question for the Brits: how is BBC perceived in Jolly Olde?
> Do you guys view it as biased?  Or middle of the road?
> 

Is this flamebait or what???   ;)

The BBC is viewed through the lens of your own prejudices.

They were seen as being very anti the Iraq war, anti Tony Blair's
support of the USA and anti USA in their selective reporting from
Iraq. All bad news about the USA, nothing good to say, just continual
carping and sniping.

But after having a big fight with Tony Blair, which he won, there were
a lot of resignations and re-organisation in the BBC. So they may be a
bit better now.

Women managers and directors have a lot of power in the BBC. All their
sitcoms seem to involve idiot men and smart women.

Googling on BBC bias, complaints, prejudice, etc. should produce lots
of interesting reading.

BillK