BBC admit Farage was right & admit they did fix the election debate audience

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/571208/Leader-s-election-debate-BBC-confirms-audience-WAS-left-leaning-as-Farage-claimed

BBC have admitted that Nigel Farage's claim they fixed the election debate audience with left wing anti UKIP members was correct & admit they did fix the audience

The BBC have a legal duty to be politically neutral this was a setup

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Reply 1

SeaPony

I hope no one is surprised by this... BBC as usual. Typical Brussels propaganda. So out of control.

Reply 2

Sir Candour

On stage, next to Farage, were 4 left-wing party leaders. The effect would have likely been the opposite if 50% of the room supported Farage, whilst the other half were split between the remaining parties.

Of course, you would then raise your flag and proclaim that as proof of Farage's 'wide-spread appeal' amongst the cheering masses *sigh*.

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Reply 3

SeaPony

It is supposed to represent the general public not the debate... stop defending BBC propaganda.

Reply 4

username878267

There were four left wing leaders and one right wing one. Obviously there were going to be more left wing people in the audience.

Reply 5

username878267

Original post by seapony

it is supposed to represent the general public not the debate... Stop defending bbc propaganda.

bbc did not choose the audience. An independent polling company did.

Reply 6

22.22

I'd argue the majority are left-wing in the country so its a fairly accurate representation I guess

Reply 7

SeaPony

Original post by Bornblue

bbc did not choose the audience. An independent polling company did.

And the majority turn out be be leftist! Ahaha! very independent!

Reply 8

A Mysterious Lord

Original post by Bornblue

bbc did not choose the audience. An independent polling company did.

True, but it was an even split for each party, which in this case meant 80% of the audience was generally centre-left/left-leaning.

Not a UKIP voter, just pointing out a fact.

Reply 9

Rakas21

ICM used the following audience ratio for those with a party preference:

Conservative 5

Labour 5

Lib Dem 4

Ukip 3

SNP 2

Green 2

Plaid 1.

There were also 20% of audience members with no party preference.
...........

I suspect Ukip is viewing Lib Dem supporters as 'left wing' as that skews the ratio 14:8.

Reply 10

Actaeon

Asking an independent polling company to choose the audience cannot be construed as 'fixing' by the BBC. You can criticize the pollster for how they conducted their statistics, but it would have been much worse if the BBC had actually altered their conclusions to make it more right wing. That would definitely have been fixing.

I really don't get why the BBC is coming under flak here, when they didn't interfere in any way (to my knowledge) in the audience make-up. Surely it's the responsibility of the pollster?

Reply 11

username878267

Original post by SeaPony

And the majority turn out be be leftist! Ahaha! very independent!

So it wasn't the BBC then was it?
There were 4 left wing parties, one right wing. It reflected the party support. The two right wing leaders, Clegg and Cameron chose not to attend so their views weren't represented in the audience.

It was reflective of the leaders.

Reply 12

The two eds

And we have to pay the BBC, God it annoys me, every political program they host is anti-tory and anti-UKIP. It gets so boring.

Reply 13

username878267

Original post by A Mysterious Lord

True, but it was an even split for each party, which in this case meant 80% of the audience was generally centre-left/left-leaning.

Not a UKIP voter, just pointing out a fact.

It wasn't an even audience. Look at the post below yours. There were plenty of tories and lib dems even though their parties never bothered to turn up.