BBC Brussels Bias

We blogged a while ago about a BBC probe into its own bias.  Last week we had the BBC smear campaign against the Queen.  Now the BBC is probing the Today programme to gauge the extent of its bias in favour of the European Union.

In a letter to Sir Michael Lyons, UKIP Peer Lord Pearson claimed only one in five interviewees on the Today show held a eurosceptic viewpoint.  Lyons’ reply pledged an inquiry by the BBC Trust into Euro-bias.

This is hardly surprising.

For years the BBC has been pilloried for its taxpayer-funded Euro-bias.  When the Euro was on the political agenda the BBC commissioned ‘Referendum Street’ where an ‘average’ street debated the pro’s and cons of the Euro and then voted – shock, horror - for the Euro.  This all came at a time when the overwhelming majority of the public were firmly opposed to the Euro, and have been since.

This means your money paying for views you don’t accept or want thrown through your TV screens day in, day out. 

Not that this development is anything to cry about.  With the BBC under even more scrutiny the public will quickly come to the conclusion that it needs to be privatised, so its views can reflect the demand and opinions in the market and not the wishy-washy liberalism of the metropolitan elite.

Comments

[SpudHead]

This is truly shocking. Why are taxpayers funding the EU propaganda machine? The BBC has a duty to be impartial, and i agree when Tim says it should be privatised. Enough is enough and we should let the market - i.e. us - decide what we want to watch, not BBC apparatchiks.

[Vindico]

Lord Pearson has been doing a great job keeping up the pressure on the BBC. The BBC are lazy and need to be kept in check. Until it is privatised and i can choose where i spend my money we have to ensure the Beeb doesn't get an easy ride!

[howard scott]

Would anyone want to buy it?