News-watch Referendum survey of Radio 1 Newsbeat finds strong BBC bias towards ‘Remain’
During the EU referendum, the BBC adopted special editorial guidelines which required strict even-handed treatment of the Leave and Remain…
Humphrys told Farage that Brexit is ‘literally unthinkable’
Back in August, in the backwash of the referendum result, News-watch issued a challenge (during an off-the-record lunch) to a…
The Brexit Collection – September 2016
News-watch monitored and analysed the 31 programmes and programme excerpts chosen by the BBC as part of The Brexit Collection…
Ten of 13 ‘independent’ Ofcom Content Board members have close BBC links
At the heart of the BBC’s new Charter – due to be formally adopted within the next fortnight – is…
BBC Radio 4 Brexit Collection: strong bias against leaving the EU
The Brexit Collection is a selection of 31 programmes and features, originally broadcast on Radio 4, and posted by the…
Pro-EU zealot quietly dropped from Ofcom content board
Hallelujah! Quietly, a significant positive development in the broadcasting establishment may have occurred. Might it be that the government is…
Complaints from both sides (again)
This is a guest post from Craig Byers of Is the BBC Biased? The BBC must be happy today.Yesterday came Boris…
BBC News Chief James Harding shows anti-Brexit bias
James Harding, the BBC’s Director of News, has fired a broadside against those poor, misguided souls who have dared to…
BBC Concedes Political Bias – But Only Against Corbynistas
This is a guest post from Craig Byers of Is the BBC Biased? Something highly unusual and rather disconcerting happened on Radio…
BBC Archers trial portrays Brexit supporters as prejudiced bigots
This is a guest post from Craig Byers of Is the BBC Biased? Though I’ve listened to Radio 4 every…