Post by Teddy Bear on Oct 23, 2010 0:11:19 GMT
Unlike private media companies who will use opportunities to make news in order to sell its brand, the whole point of the licence fee is to ensure the BBC does not have to do this, but simply properly explore the goings on of the day.
But the BBC is far more interested in controlling the country the way it wants to see it going, and does its best to pull the strings that will achieve its ends.
Since the country is facing such tough times, how much more relevant would it be to actually have experts that could explain the policies of the day, instead of a lynch mob that will make sure fair debate just can't happen.
But then - that's the BBC for you. If the Tories had any balls, they would ahve gotten rid of them instead of just cutting their budget.
But the BBC is far more interested in controlling the country the way it wants to see it going, and does its best to pull the strings that will achieve its ends.
Since the country is facing such tough times, how much more relevant would it be to actually have experts that could explain the policies of the day, instead of a lynch mob that will make sure fair debate just can't happen.
But then - that's the BBC for you. If the Tories had any balls, they would ahve gotten rid of them instead of just cutting their budget.
Question Time faces bias charge after audiences are 'hostile' towards Government cuts
By Gerri Peev
Last updated at 12:30 AM on 23rd October 2010
The BBC has again been accused of political bias by ensuring Question Time has audiences ‘hostile’ to government cuts.
This week’s show was broadcast from the Labour stronghold of Middlesbrough, where 43 per cent of the workforce is employed in the public sector.
Many viewers were shocked at how much hostility was heaped on Philip Hammond, the Transport Secretary, during the show.
Next week the debate will be held in the Tory-free zone of Glasgow, while the following week it is due in Sheffield, where fury has raged since the election that an £80million government loan for a local steel plant, Sheffield Forgemasters, was cancelled by the Coalition.
During Thursday’s debate, Mr Hammond was met with a wall of opposition every time he tried to explain why the Government had to rein in the country’s burgeoning deficit.
One observer told the Mail that he was shocked at the level of hostility towards the government.
‘They are taking some tough decisions on the deficit but the level of attack from the audience was off the scale.
'At one point he urged people not to talk the North East down, and even that was met with a roar from the crowd.’
In contrast, Green MP, Caroline Lucas, received rapturous applause every time she suggested the Government should scrap its plans for cuts.
After the audience grilling, a BBC producer was overheard telling Sir Richard Dannatt, a panellist and the former head of the Army, that the show was held in Middlesbrough because the audience would be the most hostile to the cuts.
A Conservative source said: ‘Now, more than ever, is the time for the BBC to be careful and frame the debate responsibly so that the facts are properly heard. The spending review is a serious topic for all of us, it needs to be treated as such.’
The BBC has faced frequent claims of Left-wing bias. Unions recently called two strikes designed to black out coverage of the Tory conference and Mr Osborne’s spending review speech.
But they were called off following protests from a string of political journalists that the walk-outs would wreck the corporation’s claim to be ‘impartial’.
A BBC spokesman said: ‘The Question Time audience holds politicians from all sides to account.’
By Gerri Peev
Last updated at 12:30 AM on 23rd October 2010
The BBC has again been accused of political bias by ensuring Question Time has audiences ‘hostile’ to government cuts.
This week’s show was broadcast from the Labour stronghold of Middlesbrough, where 43 per cent of the workforce is employed in the public sector.
Many viewers were shocked at how much hostility was heaped on Philip Hammond, the Transport Secretary, during the show.
Next week the debate will be held in the Tory-free zone of Glasgow, while the following week it is due in Sheffield, where fury has raged since the election that an £80million government loan for a local steel plant, Sheffield Forgemasters, was cancelled by the Coalition.
During Thursday’s debate, Mr Hammond was met with a wall of opposition every time he tried to explain why the Government had to rein in the country’s burgeoning deficit.
One observer told the Mail that he was shocked at the level of hostility towards the government.
‘They are taking some tough decisions on the deficit but the level of attack from the audience was off the scale.
'At one point he urged people not to talk the North East down, and even that was met with a roar from the crowd.’
In contrast, Green MP, Caroline Lucas, received rapturous applause every time she suggested the Government should scrap its plans for cuts.
After the audience grilling, a BBC producer was overheard telling Sir Richard Dannatt, a panellist and the former head of the Army, that the show was held in Middlesbrough because the audience would be the most hostile to the cuts.
A Conservative source said: ‘Now, more than ever, is the time for the BBC to be careful and frame the debate responsibly so that the facts are properly heard. The spending review is a serious topic for all of us, it needs to be treated as such.’
The BBC has faced frequent claims of Left-wing bias. Unions recently called two strikes designed to black out coverage of the Tory conference and Mr Osborne’s spending review speech.
But they were called off following protests from a string of political journalists that the walk-outs would wreck the corporation’s claim to be ‘impartial’.
A BBC spokesman said: ‘The Question Time audience holds politicians from all sides to account.’