Many people believe the corporation retains a politically Left-wing or “liberal bias” and that religions other than Christianity were sometimes better represented, according to they survey.And specifically anti-Christian:
In terms of religion, there were many who perceived the BBC to be anti-Christian and as such misrepresenting Christianity.A spokesman for the BBC denied the charges:
We have strict editorial guidelines on impartiality, including religious perspectives, and Christian programming forms the majority and the cornerstone of our religion and ethical output.Yet a leaked report in 2006 revealed that the BBC was intentionally anti-Christian:
An internal memo, recently discovered by the British media, revealed what the BBC has been trying to hide. Senior figures admitted in a recent 'impartiality' summit that the BBC was guilty of promoting Left-wing views and anti-Christian sentiment.At the time the a BBC executive acknowledged there were some concerns:
There was a widespread acknowledgement that we may have gone too far in the direction of political correctness. Unfortunately, much of it is so deeply embedded in the BBC's culture, that it is very hard to change it.Why would the BBC think that the public will believe their reassurances they are treating Christians fairly when previous documentation shows otherwise, as per the executives' own comments? Public acknowledgement of this by the BBC after the fact hardly suggests that there is significant change since. And when the public see their ongoing anti-Christian programming with their own eyes….
Such bias is mildly concerning, though to be expected by those who reject Christianity; and most news sources are somewhat antagonistic to Christianity. However it is also concerning that that portray themselves as objective when they are not. This is doubly evil given they (the BBC at least) are themselves aware of their lack of objectivity and try to suppress it.
A new twist on the freedom of the press! In their minds perhaps they saw themselves as free to be biased, fee to deceive, free to lie, free to be subjective and free to undermine their own freedom; though perhaps they did not realise the latter.
ReplyDeleteBlairD, free to undermine their own freedom! Well said.
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