Boris Johnson says the BBC is biased – but previously admitted he rarely watches it

Boris 2012

“the prevailing view of Beeb newsrooms is, with honourable exceptions, statist, corporatist, defeatist, anti-business, Europhile and, above all, overwhelmingly biased to the Left.”

Boris 2010

“I consume vast quantities of news – but almost entirely without the assistance of the BBC.”

So what exactly has the BBC done to upset a man who admits he rarely watches their coverage? What has given him the impression that the BBC is “overwhelmingly biased to the Left”? Could it be this?

Boris Johnson doesn’t like the BBC, because Boris Johnson doesn’t like scrutiny.