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The Biases of the Beeb

How a left-wing view of history skips over inconvenient facts

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Ben Sixsmith
Nov 13, 2026
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The website of the BBC is a reliable guide into the modish perspectives of the cultural establishment. Visiting today, an article from January passed across my screen:

‘The most famous black person in America’: How the 1950s ‘Red Scare’ erased a US icon

Interesting! It turned out to be an article reflecting on the life of Paul Robeson — the African-Americ…

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