Source: Adam Smith Institute
by Madsen Pirie
“Exposure of BBC left-wing bias has made recent headlines, especially since Panorama spliced the speeches of President trump to fit their own agenda at the expense of the truth. But this is not new. Over 50 years ago, the presenter of their ‘World at One’ was William Hardcastle, a man they said ‘left his hatred of the Tory Party at the door of Broadcasting House.’ Of course, he did no such thing. The selection of stories and the slant put upon them was just as biased then as it is now. … There was one big difference between then and now. Fifty-odd years ago, all people could do was to fume and rage and throw books at the TV because there was no right of reply. Now they can answer back.” (01/15/26)