[Stalin]

(Original post by billydisco)
You do realise its a well known fact the BBC are a very left-wing organisation?

What did you expect them to do, not report on the monarchy? Just because they broadcast it doesn't mean they aren't left wing!

The BBC isn't 'left-wing' in the slightest. It's to the left of the centre-right, but to claim that it is leftist is borderline stupid.

It's a populist news outlet, and the masses seem content with centrist/centre-right policies. Furthermore, the majority of Britain is certainly not in favour of advocating true leftist principles, hence why there is no real socialist opposition to the Tory, Lib Dem, New Labour establishment.

[desijut]

(Original post by billydisco)
So what does "Daddy" buy the swimmer? A pair of new arms?

No, what daddy does is give them more opportunities at sport.

[Fynch101]

(Original post by billydisco)
You tell me which part of national statistics collects it and i will go and get it.

What? What the **** is that? gimp.

[That Bearded Man]

(Original post by billydisco)
Funny how our most embarrassing sports team (football) is dominated by the "lout class"

And yet, it is the most popular and profitable.

[Snagprophet]

(Original post by desijut)
No, what daddy does is give them more opportunities at sport.

What, gym membership? A new bike? lol

[sucess]

(Original post by billydisco)
They'll never give up will they? Time to do something about the BBC!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19109724



Anyone else fed up of the Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation?

its true though state schools never do sports

you have to do them yourself at local sports club

[cpfc12]

@ the OP, you are getting the old left mixed up with the new left.
The new left is dominated by privately educated types, and focuses on identity politics more than issues of the working class.

I think its an issue how the media and political class are dominated by privately educated people, it comes out in the politics, showing that there isn't a mainstream political party or newspaper for people from the lower class backgrounds.

[cpfc12]

(Original post by Stalin)
The BBC isn't 'left-wing' in the slightest. It's to the left of the centre-right, but to claim that it is leftist is borderline stupid.

It's a populist news outlet, and the masses seem content with centrist/centre-right policies. Furthermore, the majority of Britain is certainly not in favour of advocating true leftist principles, hence why there is no real socialist opposition to the Tory, Lib Dem, New Labour establishment.

I would say the BBC is centre left, it outright advocates multiculturalism and feminism and is dominated by media intellectuals who studies sociology and politics at university, i worked for the bbc and its full of middle class wannabe champagne socialists.

[Joinedup]

Those bloody public school bolsheviks running the bbc are at it again.
The publicly schooled tory leader and his publicly schooled cabinet aren't tories.
Clearly these public school kids are wrong uns who shouldn't be trusted.

Thanks for highlighting the damage being caused to the country by awful public school kids, we'd never have guessed.

[Pastaferian]

(Original post by billydisco)
So what does "Daddy" buy the swimmer? A pair of new arms?

A pool?

[Sean9001]

(Original post by billydisco)
They have an equal opportunity- athletics clubs are usually free!

They are? I don't think that's true. Especially when we're referring to athletics clubs with professional coaches.

On a brief search of clubs in my city, all 6 I have looked at have subscription fees. On top of transport fees and entry fees (if the athletics equipment is in a Sportspark). Then this multiplies with repeat visits in a week.

Finance is still a barrier between the poor[er] and the possibility of training enough to reach the top of sport. Perhaps a bursary scheme is called for?

[Martyn*]

I do not think that the BCC are socialist AT ALL.

[Silkysam]

(Original post by billydisco)
No I didn't.....

Some things evidence doesn't exist/get collected. Plus if you look hard enough you can find statistical evidence to prove anything- which makes statistical evidence completely pointless.

Reading not your best skill?

Statistical evidence is still evidence (hint: the clue is in the name).

Debating not your best skill?

[anarchism101]

(Original post by billydisco)
You do realise its a well known fact the BBC are a very left-wing organisation?

Well known by who? That's nonsense. The BBC simply supports the status quo, wherever it happens to be at the time. Given the post-Thatcher positions of the main parties, that means it will average out somewhere slightly right of centre (some stuff will be centrist, some left of centre).

[Ocassus]

(Original post by akj08)
I think we have to assume that raw athletic talent must be equally distributed amongst the classes. Therefore those with the potential to become Olympic champions are equally likely to go to a state school or a private school, and the proportion of privately educated Olympic champions should be roughly comparable to that of the general population, i.e. less than 10%. It's not raw talent that's lacking, it's the identification, support, coaching, training, facilities etc. etc. which are unfortunately not nearly as good in the state sector. Not to mention that most state-educated people don't have the option to try olympic sports like equestrian or rowing. It's got nothing to do with a 'competitive environment'.

In the end, it all comes down to money. It's not fair or just that if two people had the same raw talent, work ethic and determination, the one whose parents were most able to nurture this - mostly financially - would be more likely to succeed. That's why it's in the news.

Except as stated before, those with TALENT are quite often sucked up by Private schools anyway by scholarships. This is a good thing.

[Sabertooth]

(Original post by BBC)
"Football is different, it is an interesting example. The balance of professional football is that around 7% of players come from the private sector, which is an absolute mirror image of society.

"That should be the case in every single sport and that should be the priority in each and every sport

So the priority isn't to win? The priority is to have a representation of society? Makes perfect sense.


I wonder whether we're also going to see a push to have a "mirror image" of society in racial terms?

[callum9999]

I'm sick to death of this argument... People on the left insist the BBC is right wing, people on the right insist it's left wing. I remember during the last Israeli war - an Israeli group and a Palestinian group protested about the blatant bias shown by the BBC to the other side.

Good enough for me to come to the conclusion they're more or less neutral! It always seems to be a case of people insisting anyone closer to the opposing political spectrum than they are must be biased...

[alex5455]

in this context, socialist = anything the right disagree with

[anarchism101]

(Original post by Sabertooth)
So the priority isn't to win? The priority is to have a representation of society? Makes perfect sense.


I wonder whether we're also going to see a push to have a "mirror image" of society in racial terms?

Except the BBC didn't say that, the Chairman of the British Olympic Association said that and the BBC reported it, which is quite different and what a lot of people in this thread seem not to have noticed.

[monk_keys]

The BBC's agenda is reporting the news regardless of whether hippy liberal douches or right-wing clowns like it. It's called the centre ground.