On: New BBC chief vows to re-invent content, not just re-purpose it

[arethuza]

"Whether or not they really are impartial is largely a matter of opinion"

The BBC seems to be consistently hated by governments of every party, so they are presumably doing something right.

[gadders → arethuza]

Not really, no.

They were "hated" by the last Labour government, purely because of the BBC's anti-war stance.

On most issues, such as the EU, the environment, Israel and the Middle East etc their opinion seems to follow that of the Guardian (a left-leaning Newspaper).

[arethuza → gadders]

"BBC's anti-war stance"

If nothing else I guess that shows that they aren't simply a government mouthpiece.

And it's hardly that they are anti-war (I can remember their coverage of everything from the Falklands onward) - they were anti Gulf War 2 but then most people in the UK were...

[adrianhoward → gadders]

Yes really.

I lived through (pause to count...) eight prime ministers. I can't recall any of those governments loving the BBC to death :-)

For some reason vaguely impartial reporting seems to annoy politicians - left or right.