BBC licks boots of Cato Institute evangelist Dan Mitchell

BBC News 24 has just treated us to an audience with a Mr Daniel J Mitchell, a "tax expert" at the Cato Institute. "The mission of the Cato Institute is to increase the understanding of public policies based on the principles of limited government, free markets, individual liberty, and peace (sic)".

"Good to talk to you", said the BBC man at the end.
No it was not good.

Here is a man whose chums have just pocketed $700,000,000,000 of US taxpayers' hard earned, complaining about Government intervention in the economy. Did the BBC press him on this? Does a bear sh*t in a gold plated water closet with hot and cold running water and an automatic lavender scented spray directed at its perineum after the act of defecation is successfully completed? No. And no, the BBC did not press Mitchell on his monstrous arrogance. The BBC just gave him 3 minutes to preach the failed gospel of the free market, limited government, liberty for the individuals who earn in a second more than some ordinary mortals earn in a year, and war without end for ever and ever, Amen.

The Cato Institute has a sceptical view on anthropogenic (man-made) global warming.
Need I say more?

I am getting seriously worried about the BBC. Not so much on account of keeping Jonathan Ross in the manner to which he is accustomed, but because of the complaisant way that it gives right wingers a platform. I caught a bit of BBC Radio a couple of weeks ago, dong a spot on the BNP. Was there incisive questioning, like "I thought we settled the matter of your political philosophy in 1946?". Not a bit of it. Just a three minute party political broadcast by the Civil Strife Party, free of charge, courtesy of the license payer.

I'm going to ask here for them to rebalance the piece with an interview with someone from the Green New Deal group.

You can too if you like. Copy amend, and paste this wot I wrote:

I object to the deferential interview on BBC News 24 about 9.15 pm with Daniel J Mitchell of the Cato Institute. Here is a man whose chums have just pocketed $700,000,000,000 of US taxpayers' hard earned money, complaining about Government intervention in the economy. The interviewer (sorry, I cannot find his name) did not press him on this.

Mitchell shows monstrous arrogance and ingratitude. The BBC just gave him 3 minutes to preach the failed gospel of the free market, impotent government, liberty for the individuals who earn in a second more than some ordinary mortals earn in a year, all of which do not lead to peace and security.

Worse, the Cato Institute has a sceptical view on anthropogenic global warming.

I am sure that having looked at the tapes, you will agree with me that the piece needs balancing by an interview with someone from the Green New Deal group.