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BBC NEWS CHIEFS CLAIM THAT MONITORING FOR POLITICAL BIAS ‘IS VERY UNHELPFUL’

BBC Bias, European Scrutiny Committee, News-watch | by Craig Byers

This is a guest post from Craig Byers of Is the BBC Biased? One of the big BBC-related stories of the past week has been the appearance of Lord Hall, James Harding and David Jordan at parliament’s European Scrutiny Committee…

BBC apology over Quentin Letts’ climate change programme ‘is the stifling of free speech’

BBC Bias, BBC Complaints Process, Climate Change | by David Keighley

Once in a blue moon…? Hold the front page… because the BBC complaints department has actually apologised to someone. Not, of course, to the battalions of folk who have been saying for years that coverage of topics such as feminism,…

News-watch calls for scrapping of ‘biased’ BBC complaints system

BBC Bias, BBC Trust | by David Keighley

News-watch has told culture minister John Whittingdale’s review of the BBC that the current BBC complaints system is not fit for purpose. The 10,000 word submission argues that it should be replaced by scrutiny through a completely independent body. It…

BBC PLUMBS NEW DEPTHS OF CLIMATE ALARMISM IN EMMA THOMPSON ‘INTERVIEW’

BBC Bias, Newsnight | by David Keighley

An interview on Newsnight of the actress and Labour-supporter Emma Thompson has taken the BBC’s handling of climate alarmism to new depths of shoddy and biased journalism. Under the editorship of ex-Guardian man Ian Katz, this type of celebrity interview…

NEWS-WATCH SURVEY: MASSIVE BIAS BY OMISSION OF EU ISSUES IN BBC GENERAL ELECTION COVERAGE

2015 General Election, BBC Bias, UKIP | by David Keighley

Analysis by News-watch of the BBC’s EU-related general election coverage in selected flagship news programmes reveals massive bias by omission. There was a failure to explain in any depth the EU-related policies of the main parties, despite the fact that…

BBC Reform? Don’t Hold Your Breath

2015 General Election, BBC Bias, BBC Trust | by David Keighley

Is the government planning radical reform the BBC? Don’t hold your breath. Despite a bit of high-profile sabre-rattling, and intensifying speculation in the press based on ‘government leaks’ that this is on the cards, the answer is probably a huge…

Kathy Gyngell: How would the BBC cope if it didn’t have Hezza to fuel Tory Europe splits?

BBC Bias, Conservative Party, EU Referendum | by Kathy Gyngell

The BBC’s approach to EU coverage is pretty much on the lines of a word association game. EU – Conservative Party – split – europhiles – Michael Heseltine – Ken Clarke – reasonable – superior – prime time. Eurosceptics – extreme –…

Trade and Investment – Motion to Take Note

House of Lords Questions | by Andrew

Trade and Investment Motion to Take Note 3.06 pm Moved by Lord Maude of Horsham To move that this House takes note of Her Majesty’s Government’s support for trade and investment and the contribution such support makes to economic growth.…

News-watch Survey – Winter 2014

News-Watch Reports | by Andrew

News-watch monitored four BBC programmes for an eight-week period between Monday 27 October and Saturday 21 December 2014. The programmes were: The World at One and PM on BBC Radio 4, BBC1’s News at Ten, and BBC2’s Newsnight. This equated…

Lord Pearson on European Union Select Committees

House of Lords Questions | by Andrew

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: Noble Lords appear to be aware that in recent years I have regularly raised the balance, effectiveness and number of our European Union Select Committees before we agreed their appointment. For students of this important but…

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