TFA's conclusions are bollocks and the BBC's leftist agenda is massively overstated. Even as a Conservative (big C, literally card-carrying) myself, I think that the BBC tends towards establishmentarianism far more than it tends towards radicalism.
However, if the point was altered to a much less viciferous "The BBC teach us to be ashamed of English heritage far more often than they celebrate it" then I would agree. Note my specific and deliberate use of English rather than British.
There is a problem with the cultural mix of presenters and journalists - it is very far from a fair reflection of the cultural mix of the UK. They seem to massively favour presenters and journalists with a London-centric or Edinburgh-centric cosmopolitan background. For instance, there are no distinctly Brummie, Liverpudlian, Mancunian, Geordie or Bristolian announcers on Radio 4, however there are a number of distinctly Scottish announcers, and even one heavily distinct Jamaican announcer (although to be fair he is on stand-in loan from the World Service). Indeed, the BBC's flagship news programme, The Today Programme, is usually chaired by a Welshman and a Scot, despite it usually discussing only English politics.
My question, though, is whether this is an agenda led by the BBC, or the BBC led by an agenda originating elsewhere.
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Date: 2006-08-12 07:32 pm (UTC)However, if the point was altered to a much less viciferous "The BBC teach us to be ashamed of English heritage far more often than they celebrate it" then I would agree. Note my specific and deliberate use of English rather than British.
There is a problem with the cultural mix of presenters and journalists - it is very far from a fair reflection of the cultural mix of the UK. They seem to massively favour presenters and journalists with a London-centric or Edinburgh-centric cosmopolitan background. For instance, there are no distinctly Brummie, Liverpudlian, Mancunian, Geordie or Bristolian announcers on Radio 4, however there are a number of distinctly Scottish announcers, and even one heavily distinct Jamaican announcer (although to be fair he is on stand-in loan from the World Service). Indeed, the BBC's flagship news programme, The Today Programme, is usually chaired by a Welshman and a Scot, despite it usually discussing only English politics.
My question, though, is whether this is an agenda led by the BBC, or the BBC led by an agenda originating elsewhere.