BIAS BLUNDER AT THE BBC

By Michelle Malkin  •  March 3, 2005 08:00 AM

A purportedly neutral BBC anchor slipped up yesterday and showed his true colors in an interview with a former Labour Party member:

THE BBC’s reputation for fair and balanced reporting was at risk last night after top broadcaster James Naughtie blurted out his pro-Labour sympathies.

In a live chat with ex-Treasury chief Ed Balls — weeks before the May 5 election — he asked: “If WE win the election, does Gordon Brown remain Chancellor?”

He struggled to recover, saying: “If YOU win the election.”

The blunder came on Radio 4’s flagship Today programme. Mr Naughtie has frequently given Conservatives a rough ride in interviews while apparently giving Labour frontmen an easy time.

Sounds like Mr. Naughtie would fit right into an American softball team. Or the American MSM. Same thing.

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