BBC denials of bias -- nothing but repeats

Stop me if you have heard this one before.The BBC is not biased, says the DG , because (all together):

"... the fact criticism came from all sides of the political divide shows to me that we were doing our job without fear or favour.”

This might be new:

Those sentiments have not been echoed by all BBC colleagues. Earlier this month, the BBC’s head of news and current affairs, Fran Unsworth said: “I don’t necessarily subscribe to the view that if we get complaints from both sides we are doing something right.”

Darker forces may be at work:

Huw Edwards, who anchored the BBC’s election night coverage, has also previously dismissed claims of bias at the corporation, and said any such accusations are designed to cause “chaos and confusion”....The News at Ten presenter said: “You realise yet again that the real purpose of many of the attacks is to undermine trust in institutions which have been sources of stability [?] over many decades.”

Meanwhile,J Harris opts for consolation in art instead of revenge fantasies or the pursuit of Hope (in a woman Labour leader, in Brexit chaos and civil unrest etc) :

the idea of a quiet interlude and the chance to think deep thoughts about the politics of the left does look like something of a joke. But the reasons run... into one of the most vexing questions of our time: whether our current means of communication and discourse allow us any space to reflect on anything at all....At which point, an unlikely segue, away from politics, into the creative arts. 

Not that unlikely,especially if you need another chance to flash your wad of popular cultural capital and do a bit of class distancing. We can learn lessons from 'the band-cum-project Talk Talk,' [me neither] producing 'stuff that was built on space and quiet.' Didn't John Cage get there first?

Music only reflects the way we live. [Plebeian] Thumbs that endlessly jab at smartphones attest to the fact that for millions – billions? – of us, stepping back from the endless fray is now unthinkable [confirms everything you thought about plebs] ...In the offline world, [of the Islington dinner party?] conversation and exchange can be inherently reflective. Other people’s [fellow new petite bourgeoisie] perspectives are empathetically soaked up; time is allowed for thought, and hesitation [really? not aggressive class distancing?]

Harris even thinks, in a small c moment, that smoking and drinking had the social advantage of allowing for quiet reflection. Reading a broadsheet over breakfast too, no doubt, like the GUadinar, say, with its calm thoughtful editorials, or the columns of the deeply reflective P Toynbee.

I am all for quiet reflection. I hope the GUardnia gets a pair of socks for Christmas -- and inserts them into its Remainer megaphone.