BBC bias is often so subtle (or is that subliminal?) that if you blink, you miss it.
That section of the printed media which is not inherently hostile to the Conservatives was to a man upbeat about Conservative Shadow Chancellor George Osborne’s policy announcements yesterday. It is interesting to note however, that in reporting on the BBC’s Politics webpage (the version updated at 08.40 BST on 2nd October 2007) the links from “Other news sites” referred to less positive, “sub” reports and not the main press articles. To take one example (and The Daily Telegraph is yet another) today's The Daily Mail contains pages of positive comment, but what did the BBC link to? Yes, you have guessed it, a small article by Benedict Brogan and James Chapman in a corner of page six of the newspaper, that largely regurgitates the hastily and as it will turn out, foolishly released HM Treasury spin seeking to undermine the Conservative proposals.
The BBC fails to appreciate that there comes a time when listeners and viewers tire of having to constantly rebalance slanted reporting and stop listening or viewing altogether.
Osbourne relights the Tory Flame
From other news sites - The Daily Mail
Do the shadow chancellor's figures add up?