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  • Just looking at that article summarising the report - its conclusions
    don't to my mind say the same thing as bias. They say more time is
    given to criticism than support: e.g. this quote from the Huffpost:
    "finding the BBC’s flagship 6pm evening TV bulletins gave double the
    amount of airtime to Corbyn’s political enemies than those still
    backing him."

    But if more people are critical of JC than support him, perhaps that
    balance could be correct? As JC's supporters dwindle, how much of an
    effort does the news have to make to find people who do support him in
    order to present what you think is "balanced"?

    I'm glad someone in this thread has some media literacy. Well, you and @Velocio

    @andyfallsoff has hit the nail on the head here.

    The job of the media is to report the facts. The facts are: Corbyn as leader has been shambolic, disorganised and chaotic. He has failed to demonstrate leadership or articulate what the Labour party stands for under him.

    It is not media bias to come to this conclusion, based on the evidence available, and report it.

    Corbyn and his people are terrible at working with the media. They don't understand how it works. I can tell you from personal experience that this lack of understanding has cost them at least one good media opportunity and I'm sure there have been many more. He is actively anti-journalist and he doesn't seem interested in engaging with them.

  • I'm glad someone in this thread has some media literacy.

    Did you really just claim the media experts lack media literacy?

  • Media experts?!

    LOL. I have never heard of the 'Media Reform Coalition' until today. But even their name is biased - they are clearly agitating for media reform. They aren't unbiased at all. Look at this from their website:

    "The hacking scandal and its aftermath demonstrated how that power has been used nationally, whilst at local level community after community is losing the means to publicly hold power to account."

    Does that come across as neutral and unbiased?

    Also, why is Dr Justin Schlosberg an expert exactly?

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