Is the British Media (BBC, Sky, ITV etc) following a pro UKLabour line?

[redneck]

Listening to the BBC and Sky news, I detect a clear anti Tory bias. While realising the Conservatives are not a "peoples left wing party", in the interest of fair play surely the London media could be more balanced. A recent example gave roughly half an hour to Gordon Brown on the economy and less then 5 minutes to George Osbourne. Also there has been ridicule of David Cameron's appearance- not his polices. All this reminds me a bit of the second Lisbon poll here. The powers that be here decided we needed Lisbon 2 and that was that.
In the UK, it seems that the Establishment has already decided they want/need Gordon Brown back, and that is what will happen come hell or high water. Is this good for democratic debate? And what has happened to the famed British sense of fair play?

[beamish2010]

Listening to the BBC and Sky news, I detect a clear anti Tory bias. While realising the Conservatives are not a "peoples left wing party", in the interest of fair play surely the London media could be more balanced. A recent example gave roughly half an hour to Gordon Brown on the economy and less then 5 minutes to George Osbourne. Also there has been ridicule of David Cameron's appearance- not his polices. All this reminds me a bit of the second Lisbon poll here. The powers that be here decided we needed Lisbon 2 and that was that.
In the UK, it seems that the Establishment has already decided they want/need Gordon Brown back, and that is what will happen come hell or high water. Is this good for democratic debate? And what has happened to the famed British sense of fair play?

Biased.I don't think so,after all it was the British media that had exposed the expenses scandal of MP's at the Houses of Commons and it was all the
political parties:Labour,Tory,LibDems who were under the spotlight.

I think that debate in England is not stifled like here in Ireland.Like the
referendum for Lisbon 2 treaty.There was no debate here in Ireland and the
media were all for a YES vote,which was eventually passed.

In think the media here as certainly biased.They are Zanu-FF's mouthpiece
and propaganda machine and RTE=FF-TV.

[beamish2010]

Listening to the BBC and Sky news, I detect a clear anti Tory bias. While realising the Conservatives are not a "peoples left wing party", in the interest of fair play surely the London media could be more balanced. A recent example gave roughly half an hour to Gordon Brown on the economy and less then 5 minutes to George Osbourne. Also there has been ridicule of David Cameron's appearance- not his polices. All this reminds me a bit of the second Lisbon poll here. The powers that be here decided we needed Lisbon 2 and that was that.
In the UK, it seems that the Establishment has already decided they want/need Gordon Brown back, and that is what will happen come hell or high water. Is this good for democratic debate? And what has happened to the famed British sense of fair play?

I know the media in Britain are not perfect,but they are more impartial that
the media here in Ireland.

[Chrisco]

Listening to the BBC and Sky news, I detect a clear anti Tory bias. While realising the Conservatives are not a "peoples left wing party", in the interest of fair play surely the London media could be more balanced. A recent example gave roughly half an hour to Gordon Brown on the economy and less then 5 minutes to George Osbourne. Also there has been ridicule of David Cameron's appearance- not his polices. All this reminds me a bit of the second Lisbon poll here. The powers that be here decided we needed Lisbon 2 and that was that.
In the UK, it seems that the Establishment has already decided they want/need Gordon Brown back, and that is what will happen come hell or high water. Is this good for democratic debate? And what has happened to the famed British sense of fair play?

Can you give more precise examples?

Gordon Brown is the Prime Minister; G.O. is the Shadow Chancellor - they do not merit equal air time.

What mention of Cameron's appearance are you talking about? His speech two weeks ago got fawning and lengthy coverage in the media.

The BBC's political editor, Nick Robinson, is a former Tory; Sky is owned by Murdoch...

I think you are way off mark on this.

[redneck]

Further examples, every Sky news bulletin nearly always has coverage of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Likewise the Beeb. Nearly total support for the troops and by extension the UK government. Alright lack of equipment is raised, but there is very little coverage of Afghan and Taliban casualties.
The Labour party supported the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, not the Tories.David Cameron is far from perfect- Yet the implication is nearly always there that Gordon Brown is fighting, while the Tories are hiding.
I am not saying that the Tories are better or fairer than Labour, just the media should be a bit fairer and balanced. The media here is not great either.

[Chrisco]

The Labour party supported the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, not the Tories.

Erm, the Conservatives support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well.

[redneck]

Erm, the Conservatives support the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well.

they supported them with qualifications having said that the Tories made a mistake backing Blair on it. What is the difference between the BNP and the BLP (British labour party)? Well both have a liking for wars against Minority religons, the BNP against Muslim and Jew, the BLP against muslims. This campaign is dressed up in politically correct spin by Labour.
Point I am making -there is a huge campaign to villify the BNP and to a lesser extent the Tories, but very little analysis or critisism of Gordon Brown. How can this be good for democracy when one party ie Labour has nearly total control.

[Horses]

Biased BBC

[sondagefaux]

Point I am making -there is a huge campaign to villify the BNP and to a lesser extent the Tories, but very little analysis or critisism of Gordon Brown. How can this be good for democracy when one party ie Labour has nearly total control.

UK national newspapers that support Labour:

The Guardian, The Mirror (Daily Record in Scotland), The Observer, The Sunday Mirror.

UK national newspapers that support the Tories:

The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The News of the World, The Mail On Sunday, The Sunday Express.

UK national newspapers that are relatively politically neutral:

The Independent, The Star, The Independent on Sunday.

UK media outlets which are owned by Rupert Murdoch who held a meeting* with David Cameron and offered him his support:

The Tiimes, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The News of the Word, Sky Television (including Sky News).

*Cameron, Murdoch and a Greek island freebie - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

David Cameron accepted free flights to hold private talks with Rupert Murdoch on his luxury yacht off a Greek island this summer, The Independent can reveal.


The Tory leader delayed the start of his family holiday in Turkey to fly to Santorini, where he had drinks with Mr Murdoch on his 184ft yacht Rosehearty and later attended a dinner party with him. Mr Cameron then accepted a second free flight to Turkey, while Mr Murdoch sailed to Corfu, where the guests at a party to mark the 40th birthday of his daughter, Elisabeth, included the shadow Chancellor George Osborne, Lord Mandelson and the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

The Tory leader has not revealed his talks with Mr Murdoch. In the Commons register of interests, he discloses that on 16 August, a private plane provided by the public relations guru Matthew Freud took his wife, Samantha, and two of their children from Farnborough to Istanbul. Mr Freud is married to Elisabeth Murdoch.

Lo and behold, look what happened the following year!

DAVID Cameron has sensationally endorsed The Sun's demand for an early general election.

The Tory leader called for Gordon Brown to dissolve Parliament immediately to clean up politics once and for all.

And he took a massive gamble by urging Tory chiefs to SACK their current MPs if they believe they are not whiter-than-white.

Read more: The Sun and David Cameron demand early general election | The Sun |News

Gordon Brown struggled to maintain his political fightback yesterday as his allies accused the media magnate Rupert Murdoch of "sabotaging" the Labour conference.

Mr Brown's hopes that his conference speech on Tuesday would provide a springboard for a recovery were dashed a few hours later when The Sun newspaper announced it was withdrawing its support for Labour after 12 years and would endorse the Conservative Party at next year's general election.

A jubilant Mr Cameron welcomed the paper's support, but insisted he would not become complacent. "I think they have seen the Government is exhausted and out of ideas and they see a regenerated, refreshed Conservative Party ready to serve," he said.

Brown fumes at Murdoch's sabotage of his big moment - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

[redneck]

UK national newspapers that support Labour:

The Guardian, The Mirror (Daily Record in Scotland), The Observer, The Sunday Mirror.

UK national newspapers that support the Tories:

The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph, The News of the World, The Mail On Sunday, The Sunday Express.

UK national newspapers that are relatively politically neutral:

The Independent, The Star, The Independent on Sunday.

UK media outlets which are owned by Rupert Murdoch who held a meeting* with David Cameron and offered him his support:



The Tiimes, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The News of the Word, Sky Television (including Sky News).

*Cameron, Murdoch and a Greek island freebie - UK Politics, UK - The Independent



Lo and behold, look what happened the following year!



Read more: The Sun and David Cameron demand early general election | The Sun |News



Brown fumes at Murdoch's sabotage of his big moment - UK Politics, UK - The Independent

10 in favour of Tories, 7 including neutrals in favour of Labour.