The Media: Representative or not

Hi everyone,

After the Labour government raised VAT on Private schools a while ago now, it seemed to me news agencies like the BBC (Which is meant to be impartial) posted articles on how 'damaging' it would be to parents with kids in Private schools but none on the contrary or to whether Private schools are even justified in meritocracy. For most people in state schools and from working-class backgrounds, this is a wholly justified move and is supported, making me think as a whole. In the modern world where the press is meant to be free, Can we call it that or is it just an extension of their wealthy owners projecting their vision?

Reply 1

Talkative Toad

I wouldn't call the BBC impartial, no.

Reply 2

EuropeanIAm

No obviously media is heavily biased towards big money, hence their horror at genuinely progressive economic agendas proposed in the US and the UK. They promote the uniparty consensus instead.

Reply 3

StriderHort

I think the idea of the BBC being impartial is a bit old The government is simply way too involved in their charter, funding and senior officers to claim otherwise.

Reply 4

hotpud

Original post

by Augustusimpera

Hi everyone,
After the Labour government raised VAT on Private schools a while ago now, it seemed to me news agencies like the BBC (Which is meant to be impartial) posted articles on how 'damaging' it would be to parents with kids in Private schools but none on the contrary or to whether Private schools are even justified in meritocracy. For most people in state schools and from working-class backgrounds, this is a wholly justified move and is supported, making me think as a whole. In the modern world where the press is meant to be free, Can we call it that or is it just an extension of their wealthy owners projecting their vision?

Whether raising VAT on private schools is a good thing or not is no business of the BBC News department. You have to remember that the news is about reporting things that have happened so if a load of people start complaining about the government raising VAT on private education, that is an event and as such is news worthy. Offering an opinion on whether this is right is not news. That is opinion. That said, the BBC has done lots of alternative views. As ever, when we are biased one way or the other we tend to notice things we don't agree with more than those we do.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c033dp0z1edo