Jul 19 2007
The BBC has been “interpreting” news for a long time
I am surprised people are surprised by recent revelations from the BBC.
For years they have taken a pro big government and pro EU line in much of their news output. Interviewers queue up to ask Ministers why they don’t tax more, intervene more, do more. They hardly ever ask why they tax so much, intervene so much, legislate so much. For a long time they have sought to chase audience by trying to make things more exciting and controversial.
Between 2001 and 2005 BBC Radio Berkshire which serves my constituency hardly ever asked me on to discuss anything I had put out by way of press release. They took no interest in the many things I did for my local community. They specialised in ringing me up when they hoped I would make a comment out of line with official party policy on a subject I had not expressed a view on, or when they wanted me to give out “right wing” views which they could
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John Redwood has been the Member of Parliament for Wokingham since 1987. First attending Kent College, Canterbury, he graduated from Magdalen College...
I agree with your view on the media liking a story over news. But, I think the BBC do a lot more than just news for the license fee money. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.