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The BBC is not good at what it calls "balance" - it "balances" climate scientists with far right nut jobs, especially Nigel Farage, and "balances" people who claim you ought to be nice to people irrespective of who they are and what they're like, (race, sexuality, gender, religion, legally protected characteristics in the equalities act), with far right nut jobs, especially Nigel Farage. They balance people saying that onshore wind power is the cheapest form of energy in the UK (it is) with far right nut jobs, especially Nigel Farage, and they balance people saying that immigrants to the UK boost public sector finances by an average of a few thousand pounds (they do) with far right nut jobs, especially Nigel Farage.
Yeah I can't deny that. Platforming bigots is not something an organization like the BBC should do. Reality has a left-leaning bias, and the BBC over-corrects.
It's not my first choice, clearly, but it's ok on some topics. Others I don't even bother to read what they have said.