London Riots BBC Question Time Special - Unrepresentative Panel = Political Prejudice

Anyone else think it's a bit tame to shy away from inviting anyone right of centre to appear on the panel?

They're prepared to invite the likes of Griffin to be widely ridiculed and the odd slightly barmy neo-con during more peaceful times but when the **** hits the fan and there's real danger of someone on the right capturing the mood of the people the BBC reverts to type..

Can't say I'm surprised, though I was a little disappointed - was hoping for a more lively/real debate :rolleyes:

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Reply 1

jumpingjesusholycow

18

They're somewhat obligated to have a Conservative member of the Government, they have regular appearances from Nigel Farage and seemingly always have a hard right journalist, either in the form of Melanie Phillips or otherwise.

I don't see what there is to faff about with.

Reply 2

creak

13

Um, Brian Paddick, David Davis, Fraser Nelson? Not quite sure what you're complaining about.

Reply 3

JediMindTrick

4

To be honest with you I find it difficult to watch question time because of how ridiculously stupid the audience is.

Reply 4

BoringComputerGuy

Original post by JediMindTrick

To be honest with you I find it difficult to watch question time because of how ridiculously stupid the audience is.

The audience are hand picked, which is why their views are often not representative of public opinion.

Reply 5

Kibalchich

Original post by Foo.mp3

Anyone else think it's a bit tame to shy away from inviting anyone right of centre to appear on the panel?

They're prepared to invite the likes of Griffin to be widely ridiculed and the odd slightly barmy neo-con during more peaceful times but when the **** hits the fan and there's real danger of someone on the right capturing the mood of the people the BBC reverts to type..

Can't say I'm surprised, though I was a little disappointed - was hoping for a more lively/real debate :rolleyes:

David Davis and Fraser Nelson aren't right of centre?

Reply 6

truechristian91

16

Should have had a more diverse panel i would agree. But the young voters question time was a complete farce.

Reply 7

deFossard

Fraser Nelson edits THE SPECTATOR. The Spectator.

Most certainly a right wing magazine, and one of the best political journals around. When he's on, the right (not necessarily the Tories, though) are rather fairly represented.

Reply 8

MonkeyNews

Its the BBC what do you expect?

Reply 9

Erich Hartmann

13

BBC is fast becoming another Top Gear, good for entertainment purposes only......a weak one at that.

Reply 10

thunder_chunky

19

I'm surprised David Lammy wasn't on the question time special

Reply 11

Fusilero

14

Original post by Kibalchich

David Davis and Fraser Nelson aren't right of centre?

Anything left of the far-right are filthy lefties. The real question is why there isn't anyone from the left on, where is Judith Orr, John Molyneux or other disciples of Marx/Lenin/Trotsky!?

Right Wing Bias!

Reply 12