I just came across this rather alarming, yet well argued and well researched, article in which Owen Jones is being taken over by the political right. Contrary to popular myth, the beeb does not have a liberal, left-wing bias; it just seems that way to conservatives who would prefer it to pedal their oppressive, distorted, narrow-minded version of reality. Indeed, Jones illustrates how the bbc is in fact riddled with tories: ”A study by Cardiff University academics found that while there is always a bias towards political incumbents, the ratio in favour of Conservative politicians appearing on BBC news is far greater than it was in favour of Labour figures when Gordon Brown was prime minister.” This is very worrying indeed. Surely it is time to take back the bbc, or at least redress the balance, before it becomes yet another tory mouthpiece. After all, it is paid for by the people; part of me even wonders why it should treat this unelected government as legitimate in the first place, but I suppose it has to. If only it sided with the people.