Sunday 1 October 2017

Dateline London: hopelessly biased

One from the Guardian, one Der Spiegel, one the Independent.....
That's balance according to the Beebs
I wrote below and sent off to BBC in a fit of pique. Since then I've been stewing even more about it. I've watched and enjoyed many Dateline London shows. It's on Saturday morning Hong Kong time so very convenient for me as I fix breakfast for all who want. I know it's got the usual BBC bias and I allow for that. 
But this week was more biased than most. Not a single one of the panelists could bring themselves to say that they understood concern amongst Europeans about unprecedented levels of unregulated immigration. All with no veering. Well over half the population say they want it controlled according to numerous polls. 
Yet these bien pensants blather on about the "extreme right", "xenophobes" and "racists" and how this rightward shift is a threat to European liberalism and must be stopped. It is they, with their unthinking "open minds" (so open their brains fall out, according to a wit), who risk losing the Europe we all -- including them -- love. 
Revolting to see them in full flight on BBC this morning. 
See Douglas Murray's best-selling "The Strange Death of Europe". 

TO: BBC DATELINE LONDON:
Yet again a panel that leans heavily Left!
When, oh when, will you have a more balanced panel with some representation of the views of at least half of Europeans? 
There are many "decent people, non extremists, non racist" (to quote Polly Toynbee) who are nonetheless concerned about unprecedentedly high levels of immigration, largely from Islamic countries. 
This needs some representation without smearing their concerns as "far right". 
Oh Dear, and now here's Polly now banging on how Corbyn's socialist agenda is wonderful and dreaming of a renationalised country. 
Please: some sanity in the centre or leaning conservative!  Today's panel is worse than usual and ought t be embarrassing for its blatant leftist bias (even for the BBC). 

Pf etc

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