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John Simpson lambasts BBC licence fee payers for their bias

John Simpson, the BBC’s veteran and rather pompous world affairs editor – who can forget his claims of liberating Kabul in 2001? – has been sounding off in Radio Times. The full article can be read here. His scatter-gun target?…

Still blustering over Sir Cliff: The BBC’s arrogance knows no bounds

BBC Bias | by Kathy Gyngell

This is a guest post by Kathy Gyngell, from The Conservative Woman We have chronicled the saga of the BBC’s gross and inept intrusion into Sir Cliff Richard’s privacy from day one on TCW. In July Mr Justice Mann vindicated…

News-watch Survey – Britain at the Crossroads – March 2018

News-Watch Reports | by Andrew

On March 29, 2018 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a day of programmes about Brexit designed to reflect the issues involved one year before the EU departure date. Eight separate programmes were involved: special editions of Today, The Long View (a…

BBC ‘hardline’ bias brackets Brexiteers with extremism

BBC Bias, Brexit | by David Keighley

Craig Byers, of Is the BBC Biased, has astutely nailed down that the BBC’s use of ‘hardline’ in the EU debate is deeply slanted. The adjective, he spotted, was reserved especially for those who the Corporation perceived are most opposed…

Time for a re-think on BBC1 Question Time?

BBC Bias, Question Time | by David Keighley

There have been 1,369 editions of BBC1’s Question Time since its launch under Sir Robin Day in September 1979, and it has an estimated weekly audience of 2.4m in its 10.40pm slot on Thursdays. David Dimbleby has announced he is…

Dead Ringers clangs out anti-Brexit bias

BBC Bias, EU Referendum | by Andrew

On 29 March 2018, the Radio 4 broadcast a day of programming under the title ‘Britain at the Crossroads‘ marking a year to Britain’s scheduled departure from the EU. The following is an extract from News-watch’s forthcoming report into the…

A figleaf swept away in the torrent of anti-Brexit bias

BBC Bias, Brexit | by David Keighley

In BBC Radio 4’s Feedback on Friday, host Roger Bolton introduced a classic edition of Corporation Complaints Stonewalling. The subject? Primarily coverage of Brexit. The message? As always, the BBC is getting it right. The full transcript is below. Element…

News-watch Survey of Radio 4’s ‘Brexit: A Guide for the Perplexed’ – February 2018

News-Watch Reports | by Andrew

News-watch monitored the five editions in Series 3 of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Brexit: A Guide for The Perplexed’, broadcast each lunchtime between Monday 19 and Friday 23 February, 2018. Each programme was a 12-minute pre-recorded package, presented by the BBC’s…

BBC assault on Brexit prospects continues

BBC Bias, Brexit | by David Keighley

The third series of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Brexit: A Guide for the Perplexed’ was broadcast on five consecutive days between 19 February and 23 February, 2018. Each programme was 12 minutes long and was presented by the BBC’s…

News-watch Survey – Winter 2017

News-Watch Reports | by Andrew

This survey focuses on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme during the period of the fifth round of Brexit negotiations, 4 October – 9 November 2017.

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