Setting The Tone - Biased BBC

Setting The Tone: "Here are the opening paragraphs of two articles from the BBC today, both from stories about anti-government protest movements. One discusses the 'egalitarian' Purple People movement in Italy while the other is about the 'conservative' Tea Party movement in America.

'Think of a world of politics without spin doctors, teleprompters, stage-managed conferences, party headquarters, manifestos, cynicism or even leaders.'

'When the bearded activist in wraparound sunglasses put his hand on my shoulder, I felt his anger.'

No prizes for guessing which is which. (Compare the pictures, too. One group is happily 'festooned' in symbolism, the other has 'declared war' 'bitterly'.)

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