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originally posted by: randomtangentsrme
a reply to: alldaylong
You are praising public opinion, as a better alternative for information exchange?
originally posted by: randomtangentsrme
a reply to: alldaylong
Sometimes opinions are not based on verifiable facts. On social media often opinions are stated from a position of ignorance, and reinforced by others who share similar beliefs. It concerns me that social media has a majority of young people feeling like it is a place to get truthful information.
originally posted by: paraphi
Even the BBC has been accused of a left-wing bias.
Professor Lewis states: “The available evidence on the BBC centre of gravity does not suggest a leftist tilt. On the contrary, its dependence on certain dominant institutions notably in the business world and the national print media – would appear to push it the other way.”
He concludes: “The most plausible hypothesis is that the BBC has, under pressure, been pushed to the right.”
He referenced work last year by his Cardiff University colleagues, led by Professor Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, which found that the BBC was more likely than ITV or Channel 4 to use sources from the right – such as US Republicans or Ukip politicians – than from the left (US Democrats or Green politicians). The imbalance in favour of Conservatives over Labour was three to one for party leaders and four to one for ministers/shadow ministers.
Professor Lewis said the findings showed “no similar patterns” on ITV or Channel 4 but were ignored by the BBC’s governing body, which commissioned the research. “These were not findings the BBC Trust was especially keen to draw attention to, and – oddly for a review about impartiality – they were played down in the subsequent report.”
originally posted by: randomtangentsrme
a reply to: alldaylong
Sometimes opinions are not based on verifiable facts. On social media often opinions are stated from a position of ignorance, and reinforced by others who share similar beliefs. It concerns me that social media has a majority of young people feeling like it is a place to get truthful information.
originally posted by: xstealth
If the UK is anything like America then it's not social media that's turning young people left, it's your education system.
The media/news/social media doesn't have the pure political impact as education, proof being an overwhelming majority of men and women come out of school "liberal" and were not before they went in.
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: alldaylong
So how did you guys get a right wing press and the U.S. has all lefties? Can we trade?
originally posted by: TruMcCarthy
Young people always lean left, because they don't know anything and have no experience. As people get older and become wiser, they tend to lean more to the right.