I have always regarded stories that the BBC is biased with a large pinch of salt, but I think the corporations behaviour over the past few days does demonstrate a subconscious tendency to be hostile to 'right wing' political positions. For the BBC right wing appears to be a term of abuse, at best an uncaring attitude to society, with at worst imagery of neo nazis brought to mind. They never however seem to equate left wing with the equally abhorrent extremes, such as Zimbabwe's current government or China's poor human rights record.
The idea that an in depth study taking a couple of years should be headlined a way which the story is seen purely through the prism of a Government Ministers groundless attack that the Conservative party has lurched to the right and then illustrated with a 14 year old picture of a politician's most embarrassing public moment indicates where some news editors affiliations lie.
And for a Blue Peter presenter to share a podium with Ken Livingstone also shows a lack of judgement (albeit on her part and not the BBC management's).
