Tim Davie, former Conservative politician with Richard Sharpe as chairman, good friend of Boris and Rishi.
Are the tory newspapers still complaining about left wing bias at the BBC?
It's not as easy as calling the BBC a right wing / left wing institution.
The tension exists between their news output and their cultural output.
I think their news output is definitely suppressed and influenced by the Conservatives in their ranks, by Robbie Gibb no less. (Gibb is no doubt the most malign individual there). You look at some of the panelists on Question Time and you seriously question how on earth a lineup can be dominated by grotesque, ill informed prejudiced right wing shock jocks. It is their news output that pisses off the left and rightly so. We have the most corrupt government in this country's history (moreso than Thatcher's) and the BBC refuse to reveal or even hint at that to its fee paying public.
On the flipside what pisses off the right wingers, your Daily Mail's and all that, is the BBC's cultural output. It's very progressive, eclectic and you only have to see their coverage of women's football to see that is the case. Take their nature and global documentaries - it reveals the destruction being wrecked upon the planet - the BBC are not shy in broadcasting that.
I don't believe in those wankers calling to Defund the BBC. I see so called 'lefties' spreading the same slogan, completely ignorant that Defund the BBC is a backbench Conservative creation who despise the institution's public status and that it infringes on their pals Murdoch et al quest for outright domination of the UK media industry.
To have a public service broadcaster like the BBC is one of the very few blessings the UK still has. It still offers a centre of gravity and considerable cultural capital for the country. It's probably influenced my tastes and interests more than anything aside from my dad. Whether it's docs by Attenborough, Simon Reeve, Louis Theroux, Michael Palin, drama, film or radio I would still take it over any streaming site every day. I love the fact that BBC radio was my gateway into Liverpool FC - my parents wouldn't be seen dead with a Sky subscription so what else could give me access to a moment like Gerrard slamming in the winner late on against Olympiakos (iconic Alan Green commentary still ringing in my ears). It's probably Britain's only stream of soft power left in this world.
In a country like ours where all our pride and key institutions have been whored out to the Tories filthy rich foreign investor pals, it irritates the Conservatives that the BBC still exists, much in the same way the NHS continues to piss them off.
Sadly, this Lineker episode shows that the only way the Tories can destroy the BBC is by infiltrating it from the inside. The BBC at its best is a sacred source of education, knowledge, enjoyment and all round cultural fulfilment. Your Robbie Gibbs, Richard Sharps (and plenty others) should be hanged for cultural desecration.
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