Good post.
I’ve generally been supportive of the BBC as both sides scream bias whenever they hear something they don’t like, and I tend to think it has walked the line of impartiality pretty well in terms of it’s news output.
But they’ve made a mess of this, and it’s clear that installing a DG and board with very close ties to the Tory party, is problematic. It’s obvious that cabinet members have been onto their old chums and told them to deal with Lineker, and that’s quite a dangerous precedent.
I have always found the bbc quite centralist in its reporting. Because of that it is left of the right, and right of the left.
The loonies on both sides get upset by its coverage.
As far as I’m concerned this cultural war is only occurring on twitter. I was oblivious to most of it until I started using it the last 12 months.
Conservatives are trying to stir it up as a vote winner.
Clearly, nutters on the right and left wind each other up…
The bbc are so scared to come across as left wing they are going out the way to stop it, but it doesn’t have the same shame the other way round.
Quite frankly, the news needs to be impartial but we should just accept that lineker is liberal and clarkson a Tory, let them get on with presenting non political programs.
Worlds made up of all sides of the political spectrum and we have to govern all people
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