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Topic: Objectivity, the BBC and Sky
Posted by: Andy Jones
Date/Time: 27/09/10 09:54:00

Tony said, 'I'm confused then, if there is no impartial science and we are all biased, how did the BBC once boast independence and objectivity, what has changed, what did the BBC have that it's now lost?'

Impartiality is an aim and continues to be an aim for the BBC. It is difficult, if not impossible to achieve a total lack of bias in any reporting and the BBC has always had some. The worry is that recently it seems to have become more blatant as if the quest for objectivity is being abandoned.

I perhaps have been a bit harsh on Sky as a friend who works there has pointed out they aim to exceed the standards of objectivity at the Beeb. The negative view I have of them comes from the reputation of Fox News in the US.

As for the multiculturalism of the BBC I think that on the contrary it is one of the most monocultural organisations in the country. In both news and light entertainment it is dominated by middle class, university educated (predominantly Oxbridge), social liberals. Although diverse in terms of race, gender and sexual orientation the section of the population they recruit from is remarkably narrow. This isn't necessarily a bad thing and they do give the BBC a very distinct identity but there is a danger that they are becoming increasingly remote from the bulk of the population particularly those outside London.

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Papal visit18/09/10 07:01:00 Graham Weeks
   Re:Papal visit23/09/10 18:06:00 Marie Anne OConnell
      Re:Re:Papal visit23/09/10 18:31:00 James Brown
      Re:Re:Papal visit24/09/10 06:17:00 Graham Weeks
         Re:Re:Re:Papal visit24/09/10 09:08:00 Andy Jones
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit24/09/10 09:25:00 James Brown
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit24/09/10 09:38:00 Andy Jones
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit24/09/10 13:10:00 Tony Wood
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit24/09/10 13:19:00 Graham Weeks
                        If you are not a Catholic24/09/10 14:07:00 Penny Crocker
                           Re:If you are not a Catholic24/09/10 21:37:00 Graham Weeks
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit24/09/10 15:25:00 Andy Jones
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit24/09/10 20:31:00 Tony Wood
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit24/09/10 20:38:00 Tony Wood
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit25/09/10 06:40:00 Andy Jones
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit25/09/10 17:48:00 Graham Weeks
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit25/09/10 23:50:00 Alan Brainsby
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit26/09/10 11:06:00 Tony Wood
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit26/09/10 15:33:00 Graham Weeks
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit26/09/10 15:37:00 Sara Nathan
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit26/09/10 18:59:00 Tony Wood
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Papal visit26/09/10 19:51:00 Alan Brainsby
                                             Objectivity, the BBC and Sky27/09/10 09:54:00 Andy Jones
                                                Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky27/09/10 13:02:00 Peter Chadburn
                                                Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky27/09/10 14:41:00 Graham Weeks
                                                   Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky27/09/10 23:14:00 Peter Chadburn
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky28/09/10 08:43:00 Andy Jones
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky28/09/10 09:38:00 Graham Weeks
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky28/09/10 16:06:00 Sara Nathan
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky28/09/10 17:46:00 Tony Wood
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky28/09/10 17:59:00 Alan Brainsby
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky28/09/10 19:04:00 Tony Wood
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky28/09/10 19:14:00 Andy Jones
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky28/09/10 22:06:00 Alan Brainsby
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky29/09/10 11:50:00 Sara Nathan
                                                                     Prof. Steve Jones29/09/10 13:49:00 Andy Jones
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky29/09/10 08:08:00 Robin Taylor
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky29/09/10 10:20:00 George Knox
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky29/09/10 11:36:00 Robin Taylor
                                                                     Objectivity, the BBC and Sky30/09/10 13:23:00 George Knox
                                                                        Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky01/10/10 08:24:00 Robin Taylor
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky29/09/10 12:03:00 Tony Wood
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky29/09/10 18:51:00 Alan Brainsby
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Objectivity, the BBC and Sky01/10/10 12:55:00 Peter Chadburn

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