The BBC Question Time Jeremy Corbyn, Owen Smith Special Was Clearly Biased, We Just Can't Work Out Which Way

The conspiracy is bigger than you could ever imagine.
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Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith squared up on Thursday night for a special edition of BBC Question Time.

Before it even aired accusations of bias were flying, particularly from supporters of the current Labour leader.

#bbcqt returns with a Labour leadership special with @jeremycorbyn & @OwenSmith_MP. Join us: https://t.co/DVGgH55ffY pic.twitter.com/koDoyE3K77

— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) August 30, 2016

@bbcquestiontime @jeremycorbyn @OwenSmith_MP Is this another opportunity to knife #Corbyn by the #BBC?

— terryfletcher (@terry45336188) August 31, 2016

#BBCQT hasn't even started but that's not stopped Corbynistas from calling foul, accusing Question Time of being biased against Corbyn

— Edward Hardy (@EdwardTHardy) September 8, 2016

And how would the BBC achieve this? Stooges of course...

@bbcquestiontime BBC bias warning!!!! Oh and watch out for audience 'plants'. Otherwise enjoy.....

— Alan Hoppers (@hooglemeister) September 7, 2016

@bbcquestiontime @HootayMcBoob

Watch the BBC arranged stooges set to loudly ambush #Corbyn.

Remember @georgegalloway ??

— Phil (@bilks) September 6, 2016

But Corbyn’s supporters weren’t going to let that put them off.

BBC are biased AF. We know this. But let's watch & tweet in support 4Jez #bbcqt #LabourLeadership #JeremyForLabour👇🏾 https://t.co/TKSfE7jId3

— VanityByNature (@VanityByNature) September 8, 2016

Although some of them weren’t taking any risks and employing suitable defensive measures.

I don't know if I can watch it, if I do, it'll be with cushion close by to bury my face when Smith plants rehash old smears! #Biased #bbcqt

— Loobyloo (@joanna_caron) September 8, 2016

The conspiracy stretched far beyond just the leadership contenders with the entire Labour party branded victims.

Did I miss the #bbcqt special on the Conservative leadership election? Or is the #bbc simply biased towards the Labour Party?

— Skewering_Socialism (@Rupert_Travis) September 8, 2016

Anyway, once it was underway and both leaders were given an equal platform and opportunity to respond, any accusations of bias evaporated.

Or not.

#bbcqt WOW this is the most biased QT audience ever!

— Alexander Cavanagh (@alexandercav) September 8, 2016

Be as biased as you like, you won't silence this crowd, you won't silence the working class. #bbcqt

— Ryan Glenton (@RyanGlenton) September 8, 2016

Host David Dimbleby just couldn’t hide his political persuasions.

Get rid of biased Dimbers he can't even do the math! #bbcqt

— Revo Bat (@Revolving_Bat) September 8, 2016

Owen Smith was practically leaking bias from his pores as he stood behind the podium.

#bbcqt 'Owen's campaign is more balanced.' Unless it came to #Brexit you mean, of which he's unbelievably biased about.

— Edward Howard (@EdwardHoward11) September 8, 2016

To balance it out, towards the end of the show the audience suddenly turned against Smith as they rushed to grab selfies with Corbyn.

The shots at the closing of the #bbcqt showed how biased the audience was. Smith was poor, but @BBCNews surely this favoured Corbyn.

— cliff ettridge (@cliffettridge) September 8, 2016

Outside the studio the entirety of Oldham was in cahoots.

#bbcqt is live from some Northern hell-hole called Oldham. I'm assuming it's a Labour safe seat?

— Marcher Lord (@MarcherLord1) September 8, 2016

@soyoprincess @MarcherLord1 not just that but read and absolutely weep : https://t.co/6brS3NaKpM

— Chas Foxcroft (@chasfoxcroft) September 8, 2016

It was all getting very confusing.

I see from the tweets about #bbcQT that the programme is biased against both sides.

— Joel Delusional (@joeldelusional) September 8, 2016

Viewers even started turning on themselves.

#LabourHustings #bbcqt verdict?

I'm biased 😀😀

— Jo Phillips (@joglasg) September 8, 2016

Theresa May was biased and she wasn’t even there.

Biased Grammar May lies when she says she wants elitist selective schools for the good of all children. #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/iJJv8NbSid

— Ron Moore MP (@RonMooreMoreRon) September 8, 2016

In fact it turns out the only people who weren’t biased were Corbyn supporters themselves.

I cant not be biased, I bloody love everything #JeremyCorbyn stands for. #bbcqt he was and is my leader. #JeremyGotMyVote

— Susie Stewart (@susiepip) September 8, 2016

@LiamBLabour JEREMY IS BRILLIANT!!!!!

— Susie Stewart (@susiepip) September 8, 2016

But some weren’t afraid to admit where they stood.

I know I'm biased but Owen Smith is struggling more than I even expected here #bbcqt

— Laura (@lauraalice0) September 8, 2016

In the wider media landscape, other outlets were also implicated in the scandal.

Corbyn's team should just have declared the BBC biased, right-wing conspirators - like the Guardian/Mirror - & avoided this car crash #bbcqt

— Andy R (@AndyR_1978) September 8, 2016

@unojen_wood Make that 8. The whole of MSM biased against Corbyn, why not #BBCQT

— Teresa (@diamond_59) September 8, 2016

Biased media didn't show Corbyn campaigning to remain. He travelled further than any other politician. #bbcqt

— Chutney (@ChutneyNews) September 8, 2016

Journalists partaking in inaccurate and biased reporting. Please do your job properly! #bbcqt #LabourLeadership pic.twitter.com/H72GgpKIG2

— Benevolent Fool (@benevolentfool) September 9, 2016

And it was becoming increasing difficult to pick the winner.

The Telegraph's headline doesn't quite square with their reader poll... #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/rn6xan44yh

— Chris York (@ChrisDYork) September 9, 2016

After the show the unrelenting BBC ran this horrendously one-sided report.

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Did @BBCNews watch the same debate as the rest of us? Their report was really biased! #bbcqt

— Gina Jones (@GDyer) September 8, 2016

Wow. Amazingly biased #bbcnews report of ##bbcqt #LabourHustings, both against Corbyn, and Labour in general. Astonishing.

— Views From Nowhere (@ViewsFrmNowhere) September 8, 2016

Or maybe, we all just have differing political views, who knows?

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