July 19, 2007 10:26AM 

# Bias at the BBC 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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[The BBC has admitted](http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,2129849,00.html) that recent programs have included faked scenes and rigged competitions.

Who [knew](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;sessionid=4M4KYZ0WHU2CFQFIQMFSM5WAVCBQ0JVC?xml=/news/2005/04/24/nhow24.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/04/24/ixportaltop.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=14627) that [you](http://www.tomgpalmer.com/archives/021171.php) [couldn’t](http://www.melaniephillips.com/articles/archives/2005_05.html#001204) [trust](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=411846&in_page_id=1770) [the](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article1522471.ece) [BBC](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/14/nbeeb314.xml)?

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