Remember when the BBC was a trusted source of news? Remember when it was world-renowned as a neutral, objective outlet that set the global standard for good reporting? Sadly, it’s been a while since this was the case. Today, the BBC is more akin to a propaganda apparatus than a news broadcaster—a blow made even worse by the fact that it’s funded by the British taxpayer.
One of the most egregious examples of BBC’s bias is that of a Panorama documentary aired last year, shortly before the U.S. presidential elections. It has been “mangled” in order to make Trump “say’ things that he never actually said and, as a result, completely misled viewers. The programme featured a speech by now-President Donald Trump appearing to encourage the January 6th Capitol Hill riot in 2021. In the footage, it looks like Trump tells his supporters, “We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be with you and we fight. We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not gonna have a country anymore.” In reality, this sequence was created by splicing clips together, combining footage from the beginning of a speech with something Trump said almost an hour later. He had actually encouraged people “to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
The Panorama documentary is by no means the only example of the BBC’s shocking bias. This is only the tip of the iceberg.