BBC Radio 4 Today: Winter 2008 Survey A fourteen-week survey examining the prominence, contributor balance and editorial treatment of European Union affairs across BBC Radio 4’s Today programme during summer 2008.Document typeMonitoring SurveyPublishedDecember 2008Extent27 pages · PDFAuthorDavid Keighley and Andrew JubbRead the Full SurveyVIEW KEY FINDINGS ↓[ OVERVIEW ]The survey monitored fourteen weeks of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme during …
BBC Today Podcasts and the Loss of Editorial Context
Today Podcasts and Editorial Context A News-watch survey examining how BBC Radio 4’s Today programme selected and repackaged broadcast interviews for its podcast service, and what was lost when items were removed from their original editorial context.Document typeMonitoring SurveyPublished9 December 2005Extent29 pages · PDFAuthorAndrew JubbRead the Full SurveyVIEW KEY FINDINGS ↓[ OVERVIEW ]The BBC began podcasting Today’s principal 8.10am interview …
Five Years of BBC Coverage of the European Union
An Outbreak of Narcolepsy? Published by the Centre for Policy Studies, this paper draws together five years of Minotaur Media Tracking research into the prominence, framing and range of viewpoints in the BBC’s coverage of the European Union.Document typeResearch PaperPublishedMarch 2004Extent29 pages · PDFAuthorKathy Gyngell and David KeighleyRead the Full PAPERRead the METHODOLOGY→[ OVERVIEW ]This paper brought together evidence from …
Continuous Monitoring of BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, 2002–03
BBC Radio 4 Today: Continuous Monitoring, 2002–03 A continuous monitoring project examining BBC Radio 4’s Today programme across 2002 and 2003, with 47 weeks of output recorded and 45 weeks included in the published analysis.Document typeLongitudinal Monitoring ProjectPublished2002–03Extent6 reports · PDFAuthorMinotaur Media TrackingRead part oneVIEW ALL SIX REPORTS ↓[ OVERVIEW ]This project extended News-watch’s monitoring from individual election periods into …
Reporting the 1999 European Parliamentary Elections
The 1999 European Parliamentary Election Survey A detailed survey of more than 600 hours of television and radio coverage, examining how the 1999 European Parliamentary elections were reported and which political perspectives reached the audience.Document typeMonitoring SurveyPublishedJune 1999Extent42 pages · PDFAuthorMinotaur Media TrackingRead the Full SurveyRead the SUMMARY →[ OVERVIEW ]This survey examined how the 1999 European Parliamentary elections were …
News-watch Survey – Radio 4, Politically: Ten Years After Brexit
A detailed impartiality survey of BBC Radio 4’s ten-part series Politically: Ten Years After Brexit. News-watch examined contributor balance, disclosure and labelling, the treatment of competing arguments, and the presenter’s own role in framing the series.
Submission to the BBC Charter Review
News-watch’s submission examines how the BBC’s complaints and regulatory framework operated during the 2017–2025 Charter period. Supported by a separate research paper, it argues for an independent appellate body capable of considering editorial complaints outside the existing BBC First system.
Ofcom ‘harmed the public’ in its Covid/Steyn ruling against Mark Steyn
Pictured: Kathy Gyngell, left; Norman Fenton, second left; Mark Steyn, right. Kathy Gyngell, the founder and editor of the TCW (The Conservative Woman) website, has published a powerful blog by an expert risk assessment professor about Ofcom’s and the High Court’s ham-fisted – and arguably dictatorial – role in discrediting Mark Steyn, a courageous campaigning journalist/blogger in highlighting the massive …
News-watch Survey of BBC ECU Rulings
A new detailed survey conducted by News-watch of the BBC First complaints handling process shows that the procedure is unfit for purpose. It expands on the submission made by News-watch to the DCMS at the invitation of then Secretary of State Nadine Dorries in July 2022 in connection with the BBC Mid-term Review.