The BBC has become a mouthpiece for Reform and will help win them the next election

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Watching Laura K this morning shamelessly talking over everything Yvette Cooper was saying and then interview Robert Jenrick as if he were a key member of the (proper) shadow cabinet and barely challenge him at all. Why was he even given airtime this morning? I think she and Chris Mason, particularly, are on the wrong side of history and will regret it when Farage gets in, abolishes the BBC and they have to beg for jobs at GB News. The excessive amount of time the BBC gives to Reform and their endless criticism of Labour is so blatant.

I would say the opposite from what I've seen, really (not that I watch/read their articles all the time). I do see both "sides" saying that the BBC supports the other point of view.

Strong disagree here. The current affairs are so rooted in the recent past.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"

Why is it mainly Labour supporters that want to keep the BBC

They are not alone people on here are obsessed with Reform and Nigel Farage , every day there’s someone starting a thread . Anyone would thinks it’s socialist bots running scared .

Yes, I have noticed that posters are absolutely obsessed with Reform and NF, thread after thread about them.

The BBC has a liberal-left bias. BBC staff are nearly all privately educated arts and humanities graduates, globalists who believe in multiculturalism and porous borders.

There is NO WAY they support Reform and Farage.

There is a long thread in active about what is Nigel Farage up to this weekend that the obsessives are on.

Have any of you who claim the BBC has a strong left bias ever watched Fiona Bruce on Question Time? Or Laura K on Sunday morning? Or Chris Mason on any news slot?

Nobody can watch them without noticing their right slant.

@5MinuteArgument Show me the stats on “nearly all”. I don’t believe that at all. Where did you get that assertion from?

I think you've probably got a left slant yourself? I suspect there are some words missing from your statement. Nobody on the left can watch them without noticing they have a right slant. The opposite is probably also true 😁

I also think Kuenssberg and Mason's economic literacy is also mistaken for a right leaning slant. Anyone who believes that you cannot go on borrowing more and more money without limit is accused of being right wing.

I'd be happy to read some examples of their right slant other than complaints that popular parties are given too much time and serving cabinet members are quizzed more heavily than has beens and wannabees.

It seems to me from this forum that there is a section of society who loathe Reform and its supporters and think that their own loathing should translate into not seeing that party on the BBC in proportion to its ratings in the polls.

It's interesting @Imdunfer that you think my post was because of their economic literacy. It wasn't. It was to do with Laura's interview style and how she changed approach depending on who she is interviewing. Chris is a whole different matter.

Of course I don't just suspect you have a right wing slant.

Also it's not about not seeing Reform. It's about the amount of airtime given to them, and the style in which they are presented. I'm hoping you can understand this rather than trying to pretend it's something to do with RW having greater intelligence or understanding economic literacy better.

You wouldn't need to guess I am right wing, I have already stated on other politics threads, if not this one, that I'm a small c conservative, though my vote is waiting for a party to show they deserve it. I'm also a Benthamite, for completeness.

Like I said, I'd be happy to read of actual examples that don't just criticise the amount of air time or complain about current Cabinet Members being given a harder time than those not actually in power.

That's why I said I don't just suspect. I wasn't guessing.

I think the fact that the right say it’s left leaning, and the left say it’s right leaning, shows that it’s actually pretty balanced!

I've given you actual examples. Go and watch QT when there's a labour rep and a reform rep (not difficult to find episodes with both on as reform are very highly represented given the number of MPs they have), or LK on a Sunday to compare when she's speaking to a member of govt with when she's speaking to a Tory or Reform person. Look back on her interviews with Johnson and compare some of those with her interviews with Labour MPs. Look at just about any time Chris Mason is on the news.

I've heard that before and I think it's an odd argument. I think some people use examples like HIGNFY and The Mash as examples of the left wing bias. That's nothing compared to the examples I've cited above.

Airing some comedy that could be seen as left wing (although Hislop definitely isn't left wing) doesn't balance out the political programmes I've talked about.

Totally agree. Chris Mason is so biased. He’s a small man trying to make himself important by being critical of Starmer. It’s laughable.

if TV coverage was about polling it would feature more Lib Dems who have a large number of MPs and poll a high % of votes in local and general elections.

I agree @Newgirls I find the LD example particularly interesting. They get less airtime than Reform with bigger representation in the House of Commons.

I guess the only hope to hold onto is that reform and this new restore party will tear each other to shreds. Plus the ten or so others that will pop up in the next three years before the election.

Restore Britain?

Great name isn't it? Restore Britain. Fuck Northern Ireland ....

0/10 for political sensitivity there Rupert.

Actually I think it’s amazing. Reform should be given as much coverage as possible. Let them speak, the more they do the quicker they’ll dig that hole even deeper. The more support they get the less visible Farage seems to be. If they are a credible contender he will get scared of real work as he doesn’t really want to be PM!

They come out with things they can’t explain or back up with anything. If they are allowed this much airtime by the time of the next GE they’ll have well and truly exposed themselves.

They do. They seem to lack personalities who will come across on TV and I think Ed Davies may also be paying for playing the class clown at the elections. They don't seem to have been regarded as capable of winning a general election for a very long time and that plays against them too.

Is it about personalities? Who gets to decide who has personality?

At first I would have agreed with you about Ed D but then I could see LD would have had practically NO coverage if he hadn't made this effort. I'm not LD but I've got a lot of time for Ed.

Why is it mainly Tory and Reform supporters that want to get rid of the BBC?