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I love how everyone seems to agree that the BBC is horribly biased but there is fierce debate as to whether it is run by the ghost of Joseph Goebbels or if the staff start each day singing The Red Flag.

Perhaps the real bias was inside us the whole time.

This isn't a new issue; Saturday Night Fry (the predecessor to a Bit of Fry and Laurie) was making fun of it in the 1980s. The BBC's commitment to 'balance' has always lead it in rather weird directions.

Yes, that would be the Centrist Dad take.

The BBC is famous for platforming Farage and smearing Corbyn.

The Guardian is at best centre-right.

Next you’ll try to convince me that Starmer’s Labour is left wing or the Lock Ness monster is real.

If this is an honest take, you probably have to look to the right to see Mao's ghost. Maybe talk to other humans in real life, you might be shocked about your actual place on the political spectrum.

I talk to people all the time. There are both communists and fascists in the UK on the two extremes.

However, that is currently not reflected in electoral politics or the media. The farthest left are currently the Greens, at best centre-left. On the right and far right there are Tories and Reform.

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