Comments by "Guinness" (@GuinessOriginal) on "Reuters"
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@makara80 that’s utter BS. I can only assume you’re American, so allow me to educate you with some facts. The current chairman of the bbc is an ex Conservative Party Chairman and ex editor of the Times, the leading Conservative newspaper in the U.K. the BBCs most prominent political journalists are predominantly Conservative; Andrew Niell , another ex editor of the Times, who Ben Shapiro stupidly called a communist, and Laura Kunsberg are two recent examples but there are plenty of others. The BBCs leading sports presenter was recently suspended by the chairman for criticising the Conservative government, however other BBC stared who have criticised the Labour opposition have not been suspended. During the brexit campaign, the BBC gave a prominent platform to Nigel Farage, the right wing Brexit campaigner, and its pro brexit coverage played a crucial role in helping persuade the British public to vote for brexit. The bbc is famously supposed to be neutral, but most of the senior positions are filled with ex public school boys and the oxbridge elite, who are overwhelmingly Conservative, and usually it is just a mouthpiece for the Conservative government. The issue some conservatives have is that they do occasionally let left wing commentators on for balance, and this upsets many conservatives who don’t lie to hear opposing views, particularly from comedians who in the U.K. are far more likely to left wing, largely because there’a not much money in it, and Conservatives are generally all about getting paid.
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