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John Humphrys has lifted the lid on the BBC's "institutional liberal bias" and accused the corporation of being out of touch with the nation in his memoir.
The veteran broadcaster, who retired from Radio 4's Today show two days ago, says bosses "badly failed" to read the public's mood on Brexit and "simply could not grasp" why anybody voted Leave.
In an extract published in The Daily Mail on Saturday, he recalled the morning after the referendum, writing: "Leave had won – and this was not what the BBC had expected. Nor what it wanted.
"No nods and smiles when the big bosses appeared. No attempt to pretend that this was anything other than a disaster."
In the book, called A Day Like Today, he adds: "Bosses, almost to a man and woman, could simply not grasp how anyone could have put a cross in the Leave box on the referendum ballot paper.
"I’m not sure the BBC as a whole ever quite had a real grasp of what was going on in Europe, or of what people in this country thought about it."
Humphrys describes the BBC as being terrified of offending "‘fashionable pressure groups – usually from the liberal left, the spiritual home of most bosses and staff".
However, despite his misgivings, the 76-year-old says he has "no doubt" that the BBC remains a "tremendous and irreplaceable force for good.
Humphrys also reveals that he voted for Remain, after facing complaints that he was guilty of pro-Brexit bias during his BBC career.
In another extract, he candidly addresses the broadcaster's handling of its gender pay gap row, saying it made the Today show a "laughing stock".
The son of French polisher father and a Welsh hairdresser mother, Humphrys earned a reputation as the broadcaster's "rottweiler-in-chief" after joining in 1967.
He became a presenter on Today in 1987 after a career as a foreign correspondent and presenter of the Nine O'Clock News.
His last years in the job have been accompanied by scrutiny of his salary. He took several pay cuts to bring his wages closer to those of his female colleagues.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph as Humphrys bowed out from the Today show on Thursday, the BBC director-general Lord Hall of Birkenhead said: "There is perhaps no greater tribute than the collective sigh of relief that will be issued by leaders and public figures all around the country."
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John Humphrys has lifted the lid on the BBC's "institutional liberal bias" and accused the corporation of being out of touch with the nation in his memoir.
The veteran broadcaster, who retired from Radio 4's Today show two days ago, says bosses "badly failed" to read the public's mood on Brexit and "simply could not grasp" why anybody voted Leave.
In an extract published in The Daily Mail on Saturday, he recalled the morning after the referendum, writing: "Leave had won – and this was not what the BBC had expected. Nor what it wanted.
"No nods and smiles when the big bosses appeared. No attempt to pretend that this was anything other than a disaster."
In the book, called A Day Like Today, he adds: "Bosses, almost to a man and woman, could simply not grasp how anyone could have put a cross in the Leave box on the referendum ballot paper.
"I’m not sure the BBC as a whole ever quite had a real grasp of what was going on in Europe, or of what people in this country thought about it."
Humphrys describes the BBC as being terrified of offending "‘fashionable pressure groups – usually from the liberal left, the spiritual home of most bosses and staff".
However, despite his misgivings, the 76-year-old says he has "no doubt" that the BBC remains a "tremendous and irreplaceable force for good.
Humphrys also reveals that he voted for Remain, after facing complaints that he was guilty of pro-Brexit bias during his BBC career.
In another extract, he candidly addresses the broadcaster's handling of its gender pay gap row, saying it made the Today show a "laughing stock".
The son of French polisher father and a Welsh hairdresser mother, Humphrys earned a reputation as the broadcaster's "rottweiler-in-chief" after joining in 1967.
He became a presenter on Today in 1987 after a career as a foreign correspondent and presenter of the Nine O'Clock News.
His last years in the job have been accompanied by scrutiny of his salary. He took several pay cuts to bring his wages closer to those of his female colleagues.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph as Humphrys bowed out from the Today show on Thursday, the BBC director-general Lord Hall of Birkenhead said: "There is perhaps no greater tribute than the collective sigh of relief that will be issued by leaders and public figures all around the country."
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"Bosses, almost to a man and woman, could simply not grasp how anyone could have put a cross in the Leave box on the referendum ballot paper.
"I’m not sure the BBC as a whole ever quite had a real grasp of what was going on in Europe, or of what people in this country thought about it." And still they push their liberal tripe at people who are sick of hearing it, and are forced to pay for the privilege. The sooner it's gone the better. |
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Yeah that true then all you are left with is the Murdoch garbage
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And the tory lie machine
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I don't need any media to see how things are round here, the BBC do not represent me or anyone I know.
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So he waits till the end before telling us what we already know? How weak is that. He was a major part of the problem for decades but took the money.
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600 grand a year i think origially , so he did not do to bad
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The bbc dont represent anybody , yes they are politically correct but they have no sympathy for Socialism
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hes talking about brexit
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As an example take Andrew Marr.
When he he interviews a Labour MP, the interview resembles a Labour party political broadcast or a friendly fireside chat. Yet when he interviews a Tory MP, it's interruption after interruption with yet nother accusing question on top of the previous one he's just fired off, giving no time for the MP to answer his extremely hostile accusations. And he usually reserve his most damning accusation or something he's dug up from the MP's past, for right at the very end when the MP hasn't got time to answer. This must be Marr's way of thanking the BBC for having him back after his stroke. |
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I think you will find all bbc hosts are the same, plenty more interrupters on the sidelines.
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where do you think all those unsold Guardian papers end up?
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Why be so biased people , you hate Socialism but never speak about the spiv supporting media , how strange is that
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The Murdoch filth condemn them , no i dont think so
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Crippen you are such a biter man
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talking of interrupting - just watch Fiona the Bruce on QT
"‘fashionable pressure groups – usually from the liberal left, the spiritual home of most bosses and staff". In one & all that i've been saying for years |
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I first came across these liberal political correct attitudes in the 1980s in London. The public sector. My social circle who worked for the most part in the private sector, did not start to see similar until post millenium, more than 20 years later. Now, about 15 years after that, this liberalism is well entrenched. Humphries is correct in that analysis. It really is some people in senior positions living in their own bubble.
It really has become the overriding conciousness now. Identity politics is its baby. Anxious is dead right though. The Tories really are spivs. I've seen enough of them over the years to see that. |
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The bbc dont represent anybody , yes they are politically correct but they have no sympathy for Socialism
 How do you manage to square that particular circle? |
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I must say, it's a brilliant read. Scathing.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7487661/Broadcaster-John-Humphrys-lifts-lid-institutional-liberal-bias-BBC.html |
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Yes - this is all very interesting but not important.
But re Fiona - WOULD YOU? |
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83 percent of guests pro eu ho ho - but no bias
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but then add in most of the presenters it is probably nearer 90 percent
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The right wing bar room bores in force tonight again
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The spiv filth with their billionaire backers and people complain about the bbc
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The tory lie machine it feeds the sheep 24/7
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The BBC was respected worldwide once back in the 70's I remember
Not now, well look it it's staff for a start hardly representative of the outside world. To be fair BBC4 is not bad, some good documentaries |
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Anybody heterosexual at the BBC has to keep apologising for it
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There are not allowed to use heterosexual language, it is seen as discriminatory, straight up.
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did he mention the tories the bbc employ? they are an easy target but take sh1t from
both sides so must be doing something right. last two bbc tv lead political editors have been conservatives. |
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Deluded.
Name them. I think you are confused when presenters do research on mainly a left wing guest. |
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really what evidence do you have of this so called left wing bias ?
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A guy on 600 grand a year probably a tory even though he said he voted to remain , why should anyway believe getting a good few quid with his story to the murdoch filth and the daily fail
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Have they ever put forward a programme or news item that suggests mass immigration may be a bad thing ?
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The BBC is “a publicly-funded urban organisation with an abnormally large proportion of younger people, of people in ethnic minorities and almost certainly of gay people, compared with the population at large”.
All this, he said, “creates an innate liberal bias inside the BBC”. –Andrew Marr |
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“It’s a bit like walking into a Sunday meeting of the Flat Earth Society. As they discuss great issues of the day, they discuss them from the point of view that the earth is flat.
“If someone says, ‘No, no, no, the earth is round!’, they think this person is an extremist. That’s what it’s like for someone with my right-of-centre views working inside the BBC.” – Jeff Randall, former BBC business editor |
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By far the most popular and widely read newspapers at the BBC are The Guardian and The Independent. Producers refer to them routinely for the line to take on running stories, and for inspiration on which items to cover. In the later stages of my career, I lost count of the number of times I asked a producer for a brief on a story, only to be handed a copy of The Guardian and told ‘it’s all in there’.
– Peter Sissons, Former BBC News and Current Affairs presenter |
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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/what-is-the-loneliest-job-in-britain-being-a-tory-at-the-bbc-7245499.html
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What is the penalty if they fail to adhere to the terms of their charter?
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really what evidence do you have of this so called left wing bias ? anxious
There news reports on the Red Button Totally biased report of US election I remember.. presenting Trump's win as a disaster...of course it was not Their programs...all this gender neutral rubbish |
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I watch channel 81 as an antidote
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