BBC Trust ‘Failed a Primary Duty’ BBC Trust | by David Keighley The Commons public accounts committee has questioned whether the BBC’s governance model is fit for purpose in a damning indictment of…
News-watch Survey – Winter 2013 News-Watch Reports | by Andrew This latest survey covers fourteen weeks between September 16 and December 21, 2013 and encompasses every word spoken about the…
Liddle: Patten ‘ordered to give EU coverage evidence’ European Scrutiny Committee | by David Keighley Former BBC R4 Today editor Rod Liddle has noted that speaker John Bercow has ordered BBC Chairman Lord Patten to give…
BBC Chairman ‘disgracefully’ stonewalls EU Scrutiny Committee BBC Trust, European Scrutiny Committee | by David Keighley BBC Chairman Lord Patten has refused to give evidence to the Commons European Scrutiny Committee about the BBC’s coverage of EU…
BBC ‘Pays double the rate for their taxis’ Licence Fee | by David Keighley BBC staff have slammed their bosses for paying double the going rate for taxi journeys made at the licence fee payers’…
A decision by BBC Trustees to reject a complaint about the BBC’s EU coverage was a ‘farce’ BBC Bias, BBC Trust, News-watch | by David Keighley A decision by BBC Trustees to reject a complaint about the BBC’s EU coverage was a ‘farce’, leading Eurosceptic MPs Kate…
EU ‘Come-out’ Donor Sykes gets Today Roasting BBC Bias, European Union, News-watch, Today Programme, Withdrawalists | by David Keighley Newswatch reports show that Today does not give EU ‘come-outers’ the chance to properly air their case. When they do…
Newswatch figures show fewer than one in 1,000 contributors to Today’s EU coverage were supporters of withdrawal from the Labour party or the British left. BBC Bias, Reports, Statistics and Surveys | by Andrew BBC Director General Lord Hall told the House of Commons select media committee in a hearing in October that the…
Newswatch surveys: Since 2005, Today has carried only six minutes a year of those who support EU withdrawal talking about the subject BBC Bias, News-watch, Withdrawalists | by Andrew Newswatch has been monitoring the Today programme for approximately 6 months of the year since 2005. It is the longest-ever,…
Latest Newswatch report: Today ignored UK Withdrawal from the EU, but gave multiple airings for those who want stronger EU ties. BBC Bias, News-watch, Reports, Statistics and Surveys, Today Programme | by Andrew The latest News-watch report shows that Today went out of its way to give those who were opposed to change…