The BBC has been a mouthpiece of the tory right wing every since politicians attacked it for accurately reporting Kelly's death.
They did not let opponents of the Health and Social Care Bill/Act (HSCA) speak.
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They did not let opponents of the Health and Social Care Bill/Act (HSCA) speak.
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Nearly all professional bodies - medical royal colleges etc - knew it would be a disaster. Yet the BBC fielded people for "balance" who actually supported the HSCA but provided token words against it.
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Nobody who wasn't reading the trade press would have had any idea that the medical, nursing, social care and other professions were saying the HSCA would be the disaster it is now almost universally recognised to have been.
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And on Brexit they'd put up a Brexiter who'd mouth a meaningless slogan, then permit a Remainer time for a slogan. Every time somebody tried to unpick and explain why the Brexiter's slogans and policies were unworkable, they were silenced, and "project fear" was shouted.
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Yet Michael Grade was on the BBC this morning attacking it for - among other things -being pro-Remain. A position only tenable for people who are highly biased in favour of Brexit.
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I fear that all this fuss about Bashir and Diana has very little to do with current probity issues, and everything to do with keeping the BBC cowed and unable to scrutinise or hold ministers and their far-right backers to account.
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