As I was saying in that other thread, and as Keith has made abundantly clear, people don't mind being called left-wing but object vehemently to being called right-wing. As for media bias, all media are biased in that they select what news they think we want to read/ that will stop you changing channel/will sell papers, and will put it where they like in their programme/publication and will decide how many column inches/how much airtime each item gets. Or they may just leave it out altogether. Bad offenders, such as tabloid papers, will subtly or not so subtly mix up news with opinion (viz. "Red Ed" every time the Mail reported on him). Political cartoonists add an extra layer of non-news.

Now we have that out of the way, watch tonight's news on the Beeb. You may or may not agree with me that, compared to almost every other media outlet, it's a shining beacon when it comes to trying to get it right. If you want to be intelligent about the news you have to work at it. Look at as many sources as you can. Hone your antennae to spot sneaky titbits of comment in the mix. See whether both sides are being covered. Use your brain. It's far better than moaning about media bias. If we didn't have media bias we wouldn't have media at all. And, as the other thread demonstrates, it's no use expecting the BBC to start labelling Cameron right-wing, as we can't even agree among ourselves what it means. The poor old Beeb, therefore, is on a hiding to nothing.