BBC's biased propaganda machine fully displayed.

The BBC report on the latest retail sales figures in Britain's High Streets may be viewed here. On the Radio Four Today programme there was an interview exploring the worrying nature of the decline in volume of sales and the implications of consecutive months of falls. That transcript is unavailable through the edited 'Listen Again' facility. The written report reflects these concerns as follows: On a like-for-like basis - which pulls out the impact of new store openings and closures - the survey found that sales in November were down 2.6%. Following a 0.1% decline in October, it was the first drop in overall sales for two months in a row since the survey was first released in January 2005. (Actually the broadcast report stated since 1995). The written report describes food sales as being up but in the Today programme interview revenues were indeed up but volume sales were reported as down! A few minutes later the BBC News Department Headline report merely stated that the worry over falling sales was exaggerated and that the November decline was a mere 0.4%. Is this honest impartial reporting or black propaganda? More BBC bias was clear in the later interview with David Cameron on the now terrifying levels pf Labour's borrowings!