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Re: BBC - some programmes were biased

I think the issue is that overall the programming is relatively balanced, but there's a difference between giving equal - or higher - weight to extremist thinkers.

e.g. the inordinate amount of time given to Mr Farage and fellow right-wingers in both panel (1 of 4 panel members, over & over again to represent that extreme view, rather than, a fairer representation of, e.g. 1 show in 10, representing a c.3% balance in the population.

It is clear that Farage's air time had a huge influence on the Brexit vote, rather than treating them as a troublesome minority.

Giving equal time to a minority view is not balance, especially when that view is so regressive, and utters provable lies.

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