Golden Dr Otto
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Take your blinkers off.
I’m a political centrist. I don’t care for Conservative or Labour...left or right. So which blinker should I remove?
Take your blinkers off.
More evidence of BBC Tory government favourable bias.
I have lost count of the number of times BBC news reporters have said the extension of the stamp duty holiday is "good news for people wanting to buy a house". It's not. It only increases demand and as long as house-builders are able to restrict the supply of new houses coming into the market the only beneficiaries are the house builders as increasing demand but not supply increases prices.
Why is the BBC going along with this government lie?
If you are struggling with the economics read this humorous explanation
Why Sunak should put an end to England's stamp duty holiday romance | David Mitchell
The tax break on house purchases saw prices rise by 8.5% – but is it really the best way to address the housing shortage?www.theguardian.com
I agree that for years the light entertainment arm of the BBC has indulged in excessive property porn that had pushed the crass line that rising house prices are a good thing, but that is different from the news broadcasts saying that a specific government policy is good for a certain group of people (house buyers in this case) when it patently is not.I agree with the fact that property prices growth shouldn’t be intrinsically seen as positive. And low taxes is always seen as a positive for those facing them
But that’s a myth the bbc has always perpetuated about property price growth and when there was property prices growth under labour they spoke in the same terms.
Not bias towards the conservatives
It’s so far back in time .I'm not aware of BBC news reports falsely bigging up a Labour government policy claim. It would be good to hear of some examples.
You're either an amazing troll/WUM or really quite misguided.More evidence of BBC Tory government favourable bias.
I have lost count of the number of times BBC news reporters have said the extension of the stamp duty holiday is "good news for people wanting to buy a house". It's not. It only increases demand and as long as house-builders are able to restrict the supply of new houses coming into the market the only beneficiaries are the house builders as increasing demand but not supply increases prices.
Why is the BBC going along with this government lie?
If you are struggling with the economics read this humorous explanation
Why Sunak should put an end to England's stamp duty holiday romance | David Mitchell
The tax break on house purchases saw prices rise by 8.5% – but is it really the best way to address the housing shortage?www.theguardian.com
Why don't you address the point I've raised rather than throw around insults. Eh?You're either an amazing troll/WUM or really quite misguided.
Why don't you address the point I've raised rather than throw around insults. Eh?
What had that got to do with the government introducing policies that knowingly and deliberately inflate house price to the detriment of first time buyers and the benefit of their financial backers in the house building industry?The economy is intrinsically based on debt, people buying things on tick.
That filters down from our largest purchase, a house.
Then the home owners drive the economy based on the debt attached to their home.
Or they rent it out and profit from someone further down the chain.
Money is just digits on a spread sheet, the physical & intrinsic value of cold hard cash is long gone.
That's your bias, not BBC bias.One person's 'claim' is another person's 'lie'.
I haven't expressed a view so does that make you bias?That's your bias, not BBC bias.
There’s a difference between left-right bias and Labour-Tory bias.I agree with the fact that property prices growth shouldn’t be intrinsically seen as positive. And low taxes is always seen as a positive for those facing them
But that’s a myth the bbc has always perpetuated about property price growth and when there was property prices growth under labour they spoke in the same terms.
Not bias towards the conservatives
You expressed the view that 'one man's claim is another's lie', and attributed it to the BBC article. Which is fair enough, but not one I'd attribute to pro-government bias, more to BBC fence-sitting.I haven't expressed a view so does that make you bias?
I agree, most of the time the BBC get it about right but to repeat....You expressed the view that 'one man's claim is another's lie', and attributed it to the BBC article. Which is fair enough, but not one I'd attribute to pro-government bias, more to BBC fence-sitting.
My bias is towards the view that BBC is pretty neutral, which I think you probably already knew. I've not really been swayed by any of the views in this thread from that, but it's interesting to see what gets posted.
To start again...
Elsewhere on the political threads the issue of BBC bias has been raised. Some say it has a right wing bias, some a left, some think it's got it about right.
I was firmly in the 'got out about right' camp up until a year or so ago. I now think the BBC, at times, goes easy on the government and it has coincided with the government's criticism and boycotts (e.g. Newsnight) of the BBC and its threats to its funding.
To explore this I started this thread. Just to make it clear the BBC isn't Fox news so any bias, perceived or otherwise, will be subtle and nuanced.
Seriously, you, of all people, calling out people as 'trolls' and 'misguided'? You always do enjoy a bit of name calling though.You're either an amazing troll/WUM or really quite misguided.
Although you are deliberately missing the point it's fair to ask whether the article is a fair challenge of a broadcaster that isn't taking sides or unfounded swipes that show clear bias. So would have it been unusual for the budget to cover; addressing climate change challenge, future funding to deal with the legacy of Covid and dealing with the problem of the funding of long term care? They all seem very relevant, live issues to me.Budget 2021: Four things missing from Rishi Sunak
Where was the help for the environment, social care, renters, and to cover the future costs of Covid?www.bbc.co.uk
More evidence of BBC right wing bias.
Although you are deliberately missing the point it's fair to ask whether the article is a fair challenge of a broadcaster that isn't taking sides or unfounded swipes that show clear bias. So would have it been unusual for the budget to cover; addressing climate change challenge, future funding to deal with the legacy of Covid and dealing with the problem of the funding of long term care? They all seem very relevant, live issues to me.