BBC has admitted it had a "massive bias to the left" -- Who is next to confess?

Now the BBC is admitting their "massive bias to the left" reporting, when are we going to see the New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, et al, admit their reporting has been slanted very left? We recently had a Journolist of leftist reporters working together from various media outlets to slant the stories so they were all on the same page for Obama and his Administration. Were any of them fired? If they were, it has not been widely reported.

For almost two years the British print media has been leading the US media on reporting 'facts' about what is happening in the American political scene through their reporters stationed in this Country. If you want breaking news with facts, a lot of people are hitting the websites of British papers to get the details. At the same time our national media has hid or spun negative news on Obama or his Administration. If they report at all it gets buried in the back pages of the papers or reported on a news break on the radio. In the process, the national media has tarnished their credibility to the point only a confession and change at their media outlets will make a difference in how they are perceived by the general public.

British newspapers did a better job of being fair during the 2008 Presidential campaign, than the so-called 'mainstream media' which was anything but 'mainstream' with their far leftward tilt of their news stories that purposely camouflaged the facts about Obama.

Much to the chagrin of the 'leftist' media in the United States, the vast majority of conservatives do not want news slanted conservative either. We want news reported with facts we can trust not spin. Editorials should be stated it is the opinion of the writer not broadcast or printed as a news story. Reporter's personal opinions should be left at the front door when they enter any newsroom and not be part of any story.

We also believe that no member of the media or their immediate family should donate to any political campaign.  How can you be unbiased if you give money to a candidate or political party? 

There are some conservatives and liberals who scream bias if any article goes against one of their idols. They automatically assume the facts are not true and refuse to listen. Those are the people on both sides who end up disappointed when the facts eventually emerge -- then they still get mad at the messenger.  Fortunately, they make up a small portion of the American public but are some of the most vocal.

We will be waiting for the confessions of our media here in the United States that they have a "massive bias to the left," but we are not holding our breathe. The day that happens most of us will probably have to be picked up off the floor from fainting.

Confession Is Good for the Soul
September 2, 2010 Posted by John at 6:42 PM

The first of Alcoholics Anonymous' famous twelve steps is to admit that you have a problem. The BBC did that today, acknowledging that it historically had a "massive bias to the left":

The director general of the BBC admitted Thursday that his organisation had been guilty of a "massive bias to the left" but said "a completely different generation" of journalists now works at the broadcaster.

Mark Thompson told the right-of-centre Spectator magazine that there was an institutional bias when he joined the organisation, reinforcing the findings of a 2007 internal report which concluded that greater efforts were required to avoid liberal bias.

"In the BBC I joined 30 years ago, there was, in much of current affairs, in terms of people's personal politics, which were quite vocal, a massive bias to the left," Thompson said.

"The organisation did struggle then with impartiality. And journalistically, staff were quite mystified by the early years of Thatcher. "Now it is a completely different generation. There is much less overt tribalism among the young journalists who work for the BBC," he added.

I like that phrase, "overt tribalism." It's a nice way to refer to the Journolist mentality. It leaves open, of course, the question whether left-wing bias at the BBC has been eradicated or has merely gone underground. In any event, the BBC's confession can only be a good thing. It would be nice to see American news organizations follow suit. We can see it now: "My name is CBS, and I'm a liberal."

Source: PowerLine