we get BBC radio late at night here in australia, and the australian ABC radio bias is much more extreme, The ABC is under the control of hard left or marxist propagandists

there are constant guilt trips for all anglo celtic hetrosexual listeners, one feels the need to have a whip handy for self flagellation demanded by the ABC all politically correct causes are automatically lauded

harry, melbourne, australia

It's heartening to know that those in the UK are already aware of the BBC bias. It's all too obvious to me, being from the States.

Americans enjoy our relation with our greatest friend and ally, but the BBC leads us to think again.

Paul Taylor, Seattle,

It's very telling that my Google news search found that this report was only covered by the BBC itself, one UK Newspaper and a host of Conservative websites. None of the major media outlets in the States picked it up. The BBC's inherent liberal bias is extremely apparent, but they are a reflection of the entire media.

Secularism, Liberalism and Political Correctness have taken root in the media and academia. In both areas, they are intolerant of other views. What amazes me is that the BBC actually had the fortitude to admit it.

N, Charlotte, USA

As a Canadian living in Britain, I love the BBC. Does it have a left bias? Absolutely. Does it have a pro Israel slant? Of course. However, anyone with have a brain knows this is the case with all media anywhere. Anyone who has spent years listening to the junk media in the US finds the BBC a breath of fresh air. As for John Humphrys, I see him as fairly balanced and he can ask the hard questions. Hard Talk is another excellent example of BBC diversity.

Lynda, London, UK

You can just about work out what has really happened from the BBC News, but the only real point of watching it is for the wonderful assortment of newsreaders, from Huw Edwards with his The End Is Nigh voice and face like a slate-hanger's nail bag, to the beautiful Mishal Husain, via everybody's favourite, Moira Stuart.

But if you really want a hard thumping streak of BBC bias, listen to Today, whether it is Mr Naughtie's pompous waffle or Mr Humphrys' schoolboy snidery. Ugh!

Frank Upton, Solihull,

I hate the bbc. I will never give it money.

john fitzgerald, bristol,

IMO, this is a Europe-wide phenomenon, not just limited to the media in the U.K.. Nor is it just limited to the media. I think liberals control virtually all the levers of power and the conservative viewpoint is treated with contempt. I am not trying to make inflammatory statements, but in my experience, liberals hate opposing (i.e., conservative) viewpoints and try to muzzle it as severely as possible. Europe is in decline (literally) with the low birthrate in many countries. Part of the reason, I think, is the rejection of conservative values such as family, self sacrifice (like needed to raise children), belief in God, etc. Europeans would be well served in the long run to allow for a more balanced debate on the issues. It's not easy though, the hardcore liberals will fight every step of the way to keep conservatives marginalized.

C_G_K, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Liberals at BBC and elsewhere need to be more accepting of people/writers with conservative views.

JB Silvey, Phoenix, AZ/USA

I would recommend anybody who wants unbiast, honest coverage of current affairs and news to put the BBC at the bottom of their list. BBC News coverage should be re-named Views coverage with an attitude. News discussion with guests invariably turn into an interrogation and if I was Jewish or American I would not bother to turn up at all.The BBC is a politically correct,left wing minority clique and I am surprised any of us are paying for a License to watch this drivel.The only thing I am sure about is that the BBC does not represent in any way, shape or form the views of the majority in this country and its about time it did!

philip, Ipswich,

I am amazed though not suprised at the contents of this report. I realise when I send an Email to the BBC complaining of the obvious lack of fairness in their reportage by proffesionally corrupt journalists, that It is a total waste of my time. Plus, their deliberate lack of including elements of the stories they do broadcast highlights their own sordid political agenda,which is so politely referred to as Liberalism. Some of these tax sponsored reporters should be sacked, no question. I intend to research what legal steps can be taken over this brainwashing. So much for democracy when this self deceiving group can attempt to influence those who still have faith in what the BBC once stood for, who also expect that what they are being told is factual. Its almost impossible not to personally question every news item that they broadcast to discern what parts of the story they choose to leave out.

Sam Mitchell, Castle Douglas, Scotland

I've just read the BBC's own coverage of the report on its news website.
Have a read of it yourself - they manage to imply that they've just got a bit of trouble with the weather map - and who could possibly complain about the Vicar of Dibley, for goodness sake.
Ironically their coverage is a classic example of BBC institutional bias. But then they wouldn't see that, would they.

BB, Cheltenham, uk

I suppose it would be too much to ask that the BBC's Royal Charter be renegitiated now it seems that the Corp were broadcasting programmes that clearly were intended to sway Tessa Jowell and her colleagues to heal the rift that had developed after Hutton ...

Yes, I thought so - yet again the licence payer is FORCED to fund the prejudices of those who we have been saying for YEARS were concerned more for their own manipulative notions (usually, though not always, rooted in Roman Catholicism) than with providing true public broadcast services.

Joe Jones, London, UK

I must say that I find the conclusions of liberal bias in this report mystifying. Most people understand that celebrities have greater leeway and that dramas are made-up, but it's bizarre that the BBC should be accused of real (as opposed to fictional) bias against the Americans when it has bent over backwards in its news and current affairs programming to placate the Bush/blair axis as far as its foreign policy is concerned.

I agree that the corporation is probably full of people who are prone to 'group think' - surely that's part of the recruitment policy - but whatever form that group think takes, I doubt whether anyone can call it 'liberal' in any plausible sense of the word. As Ricky Gervaise might say, "You're 'avin a laff!"

Mark Disney, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Having read Mr. Conner's view I wish to say not all Americans believe in the magic of the market when it comes to news. I would hate to see the BBC go the route of interupting coverages of government leaders being replaced with helicopter live shots of 'bad girl' celebs getting into a car for example.

Bravo for the courage to question oneself and the honesty to share what you have found. How eminently English, and something we in the states should try to emulate.

James Bardo, Orlando, FL, USA

"The report points to the danger of BBC programmes being undermined by the liberal culture of its staff, who need to challenge their own assumptions more. “There is a tendency to ‘group think’ with too many staff inhabiting a shared space and comfort zone,” says the report. "

Tell us something we don't already know - the BBC is becoming more libeal & self-serving. They have shown continued bias towards certain topics over a long time - they still cannot comment on South Africa without their bias or slant about 'The Apartheid government' & their reporting on Israel shows the same bias.

This is what is expected of a third rate state mouthpiece not the national media in a democratic UK.

What truly amazes me is that we actually have to pay to hear these overpaid prima donna's flaunt their liberalness!!

Dee, UK,

By this token, surely the BBC should be interviewing people who believe that honour killings are justifable, that paedophilia is acceptable, and that there is nothing wrong with race-related attacks. There are people in the UK who all believe the above, but would you want the BBC to be expected to give these people airtime in the name of "unbias"?

Every three seconds a child dies in Africa, primarily because of the unfair burden of debt placed on their country by the western world. If they weren't rich bankers or politicians, the people responsible for this would be called mass-murderers, and their actions classed as genocide.

Should the BBC be expected to follow a drama about domestic violence with a discussion about why it was acceptable? No. So then why should it be expected to do that in the case of the Live8 concert?

Olly, London, UK

Well entrenched "political correctness" has undermined any belief that the BBC is worth the saving. The sheer arrogance to the world outside its comfortable metropolitan world really is an insult to the world liberal. Liberal means looking for the truth not smoothing over the awkward so as not to embarras ministers at parties.

Nigel, Manchester, UK

As an American, I have never really understood the UK's tv's licensing scheme in support of the BBC. It would seem to me that the UK would be better setter served by a system of free enterpise television/radio stations, rather than one monolithic, government-suported system.
The BBC has, in the past, been the world's premier source for honest, unbiased news, but that day is long past.
IMHO, the people of the UK would be far better off without a BBC supported by mandatory fees, and one that would either have to perfom to the standards of a free market, or sink out of sight.
While it may not be readily apparent to those of you in the UK, the bias of the BBC is quite apparent to those of us here in America.
I am not saying that the American media is any better, it's not. But at least we can see its bias easily, and discount it for what it is.

Robert Conner, Tulsa, OK, USA

This is not saying something suprising, we viewers/listeners are not meek cattle to be spoonfed BBC Truths, we do notice when there is spin and agendas at work. As I support the Beeb in principle it makes me very sad to see the lack of true impartiality and the social engineering that the powers in the corporation seek to achieve by selective reporting. Many reasonable people feel that they no longer speak for the majority in the UK any more, but an elite London-centric, pro-Islamic, anti-US, self-despising media subculture that the rest of us are funding. Wake up Beeb, you're too good to lose. Give us all the service we need & stop behaving like a 'n'th rate political party.

I'msorryIHaveAClue, Soggy Yorkshire,

Tell us something we dont know or better still scrap the TV Licence

John, Salford, England

It required little analysis to arrive at that conclusion, the 'mix' of BBC staff is too narrow and self-perpetuating!

Michael, Bridgwater,, UK

So what's new?

andy, Godalming,

It should be called the BPC.

R James, Clifton,

Not only is the BBC culturally biased it is institutionally racist too. It distorts the reality of life at every opportunity. It is particularly hot on distorting the reality of crime within its programmes, dramas and even the news broadcasts. Any alien landing on the planet would, after watching the BBC, believe white people in Britain are right wing racists who are oppressing the poor minorities in our country.
The BBC are very keen to blow-up any racist crime so long as the perpetrator is white and the victim black, just look at the Anthony Walker coverage and the lack of coverage for Kriss Donald. BBC dramas are so tedious now as you know the villain will be White Anglo-Saxon between 25-55 probably from a middle class background. Clearly the male group least likely to commit crime. It is a pity the liberal lefties at the BBC have been allowed to brainwash a generation without any restraint. Let's hope we will now get some balance back, but I doubt it.

Adam, Stockholm,

I’m surprised that the report has been approved by a steering group that Alan Yentob, the creative director of the BBC was part of. I’ve always been of the view that Yentob was the main instigator of the BBCs biased content when he was one of their bosses. The report’s findings won’t come as much of a surprise to people – and it’s still going on. The BBC’s coverage of a number of topics amount to peddling government,minority and pressure group agendas and propaganda with regard to poverty, certain political matters (including sycophantic interviewing of certain politicians), climate change, immigration, race and religion. They are also biased against Israel and to some extent the USA. I fully expect a muslim female wearing the hijab to appear on a mainstream news or current affairs programme, even though it would be abhorent to most viewers, in order to promote another BBC bias. The question is, will this report change things. Don’t hold your breath

Lynda Plum, London, england

At last, some criticism about the BBC's bias that those in a position to do so at the BBC might actually listen to and act on. It doesn't go far enough to my mind. Did they deliberately choose the Live8 concert and concomitant anti poverty campaign as an example of bias? If so, it's hardly a stick to beat the BBC with, more of a feather duster as surely no-one could object to such a laudable cause.

They should have concentrated on the BBC's anti US, anti Christian and anti anything that smacks of a UK that doesn't fit in with their elitist, chattering class viewpoint.

We are currently living abroad and are exposed to BBC World with its continual drip drip of anti UK / US propaganda passed off as news. The other night a short intro on the anniversary of the Falklands war led into a lengthy item on Argentina's revitalised claim to 'Las Malvinas', the thrust of which, blatant in its clarity, being that they were in the right to do so. I wonder if the British taxpayers are aware?

Cass Watson, Malaysia,

The BBC will do anything to keep the licence fee gravy train running.

It will stop at nothing, including kissing politician butt, as long as it allowed to continue to keeps its nose in the trough. The inflated wages of its staff and so called celebrities are outrageous and its output is abysmal.

It is time the viewer had a choice.

Geoff, Swansea,