>> Sunday, October 22, 2006
Told you so. Thanks to Henry and Richy in comments here, to Little Bulldogs, and to several anonymous commenters for the tip. Both the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard carry stories about how
"a host of BBC executives and star presenters admitted what critics have been telling them for years: the BBC is dominated by trendy, Left-leaning liberals who are biased against Christianity and in favour of multiculturalism.The quote from Andrew Marr ("The BBC is not impartial or neutral ... It has a liberal bias not so much a party-political bias. It is better expressed as a cultural liberal bias") might join the others on the sidebar eventually, including the earlier one from him ("Every time I ask people - show me a case of that bias ... they seem to be unable to do so"). Compare and contrast, you might say. Another potential addition to the sidebar is the fact that Washington correspondent Justin Webb "said that the BBC is so biased against America that deputy director general Mark Byford had secretly agreed to help him to 'correct' it in his reports."
Before we get into gloating, let us acknowledge that the fact that the BBC was sufficiently aware of the problem to hold the "impartiality summit", an account of which has been leaked to the Evening Standard, is a good thing. It is encouraging that Mr Marr does now see what he could not in 2001. Mr Webb did better not worse than some others when he became aware of the problem and took steps to correct it.
Then we can - er, never mind.
Expect more on this story.
NB: Post expanded a little from the original version.
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