BBC World Service was covering the US elections and gave a brief blurb to inform non-US listeners on the basic differences between republicans and democrats. They essentially said something like:
Democrats prefer a big government with a tax-and-spend culture while republicans favor minimal governance with running on a lean budget, less spending¹
That’s technically accurate enough but it seemed to reflect a right-wing bias that seems inconsistent with BBC World Service. I wouldn’t be listening to BBC if they were anything like Fox News (read: faux news). The BBC could have just as well phrased it this way:
“Democrats prefer a government that is financed well enough to ensure protection of human rights…”
It’s the same narrative but expressed with dignity. When they are speaking on behalf of a political party it’s an attack on their dignity and character to fixate on a side-effect rather than the goal and intent. A big tax-and-spend gov is not a goal of dems, it’s a means to achieve protection of human rights. It’s a means that has no effective alternative.
① Paraphrasing from what I heard over the air – it’s not an exact quote
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Does that leave us with only the Guardian?
Guardian isn’t great either imo, I’d say centre right, some discussion below
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-reason-that-many-people-think-The-Guardian-is-a-left-wing-newspaper-Did-it-always-have-this-reputation-or-has-it-changed-over-time