There are eleven times more 'liberals' at the BBC than 'conservatives'

[ajk19]

Does not sound to me like you have watched at all. If you have, you would know that the OPINION programs have reps from both sides of the aisle. And on the news programs that then have panels, they are pretty equally divided between liberals and conservatives.

Ok then, explain how as described in the documentary, a study was done on 25 weeks of one on one interviews on the show Special Report with Brit Hume, and of those 25 weeks, 83 percent of the people interviewed were Republicans! 83 percent! That’s fair and balanced?

As for the guy who wasn’t used for the final 8 weeks of his contract, he speaks in this documentary as well (with clips of what he said that caused him to be blackballed basically).

 

[mary_bobo]

Ok then, explain how as described in the documentary, a study was done on 25 weeks of one on one interviews on the show Special Report with Brit Hume, and of those 25 weeks, 83 percent of the people interviewed were Republicans! 83 percent! That’s fair and balanced? And you got this information in the “documentary”? Who produced the “documentary”? Sounds more like an opinion film i.e. the Moore films.

As for the guy who wasn’t used for the final 8 weeks of his contract, he speaks in this documentary as well (with clips of what he said that caused him to be blackballed basically).

Again, I ask, who is the comentator?

 

[goofyjim]

The news is balanced on all the networks. The opinion shows on Fox are slanted to the right so I see no problem with having other networks do a slant left. But they also have some balanced opinion shows, for example Crossfire on CNN.

 

[Dale_M]

Using Facebook to try to prove a statistical point is not creditable and reaching for straws. It just says the number of BBC employees on Facebook, not the entire organization.

Yes, its a bit like the famous telephone poll which declared Dewey defeating Truman to become president. The poll was botched because telephones were not universal in 1948. Households with phones tended to be wealthier than average, which tend to vote Republican… so the poll sample didn’t accurately represent the voting population.

The Facebook survey, although clever, doesn’t really tell us anything except that liberal BBC employees like Facebook. It could well be that conservative employees are less likely to have Facebook pages, or it could be that liberal employees outnumber conservative employees at the BBC. We can’t tell which explanation is right.

 

[Digitonomy]

Putting aside the accuracy of your assessment (or lack thereof), I think there are a couple flaws in your logic.

There must be a lot of liberals watching FNC then, otherwise, where would the viewership come from?

Non-liberals. Only a small percentage of the population watches Fox News, and a significantly larger percentage of the population is conservative. So with a decent amount of loyalty from conservatives alone, Fox News could become the top cable news channel.
mary bobo:

I don’t think you can FAIRLY call the news programs liberal or conservative. They don’t usually refuse to report on something that makes the conservatives look bad.

The mainstream media, whether it be Fox or ABC or NPR or USA Today are mostly on the same page when it comes to deciding which are the major stories of the day. Where they sometimes differ is the ranking of these stories, and which particular aspects of the stories are explored in depth. So if a network focussed on soldiers who died each week, with a feature called “Fallen Heroes” or some such, that might suggest a liberal slant in its coverage. This is what we see from CBS. Similarly, when a social spending or immigration bill is before Congress, a more conservative news organization may spend more time exploring the lawbreaking behavior of those affected, and bemoan the financial burden such a law would have - a liberal news organization may tell heart-breaking stories of those suffering due to the law not being passed.

It is perfectly reasonable to describe news organizations according to where they may fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum.

 

[mary_bobo]

Putting aside the accuracy of your assessment (or lack thereof), I think there are a couple flaws in your logic.Non-liberals. Only a small percentage of the population watches Fox News, and a significantly larger percentage of the population is conservative. So with a decent amount of loyalty from conservatives alone, Fox News could become the top cable news channel. The mainstream media, whether it be Fox or ABC or NPR or USA Today are mostly on the same page when it comes to deciding which are the major stories of the day. Where they sometimes differ is the ranking of these stories, and which particular aspects of the stories are explored in depth. So if a network focussed on soldiers who died each week, with a feature called “Fallen Heroes” or some such, that might suggest a liberal slant in its coverage. This is what we see from CBS. Similarly, when a social spending or immigration bill is before Congress, a more conservative news organization may spend more time exploring the lawbreaking behavior of those affected, and bemoan the financial burden such a law would have - a liberal news organization may tell heart-breaking stories of those suffering due to the law not being passed.

It is perfectly reasonable to describe news organizations according to where they may fall on the liberal-conservative spectrum.

I don’t disagree with you, but sometimes stories that do not fit the mold are not mentioned at all.