BBC's subtle media bias..?

	posted by Adam on 10:46 AM January 19th, 2005
	Tirryb writes "The bbc reports here what at first glance looks like a balanced article on divorce, and how partners use family court as a means of revenge. The stories of one man and one woman are presented, with little else. It could be me being too sensitive, but look a little closer and it no longer seems quite so balanced. The woman's story appears first (of course). She eloquently puts her story, an unreasonable and combative husband who refuses to agree to anything and demands everything, a judge who 'hated her on site' and made unfair decisions. Poor thing. Then the mans story, and he almost immediately admits to voilence and abandonment. Just seems to present another picture of women as victims, and men as whinging trouble-makers..."

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No, he didn't claim he was violent (Score:2) by jenk on 02:12 PM January 19th, 2005 EST (#1) He said he was the victim of domestic violence. I do dislike how the ideal of 50/50 is everyother weekend and one day a week. That is not 50/50. However, the article was very evenhanded and maybe even a little biased to men, I think. He was not given the first word, but the last word, which is far more important. Her case was her fighting against what was fair, his was trying to keep what was fair. If anything, it made her seem selfish. I liked the comparison.

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