Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Is the BBC biased?

The answer to this is simple. Yes. Against Arsenal.  The evidence I cite on this was in the recent game against Stoke.  In the post match analysis on Match of the Day, they quite rightly focused on the penalty given away by Xhaka but then ignored the stamp by Charlie Adams on Alexis Sanchez.  We scored in that attack, and if he had not been trying to cause our star striker an injury, he might have been able to stop that.

When it comes to politics, then for the most part, then no.

There has been controversy over the way that they cover politics, but all parties claim that it is biased.  People moan when UKIP are featured on panels, or complain when UKIP is not.  Both Conservatives and Labour are of the view that the BBC is biased against them, and the same occurs with other political parties.  In addition to this, there was the refusal of the BBC to air an appeal during a conflict with a large number of civilian casualties in Gaza.  I did not agree with that decision, but I do see how most of the time, it is trying to be impartial.

There are occasions when it is not, and one appears to be with Russia.  But then with the way that Russia has managed to manipulate things elsewhere, that does not seem to matter.