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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…

Harding’s defence of BBC election coverage ‘does not stand up to scrutiny’

2015 General Election, BBC Bias | by David Keighley

In characteristic take-no-hostages style, BBC News chief James Harding has defended in the Corporation’s General Election coverage. His message – delivered in his trademark pugilistic style without a scrap of supportive evidence to BBC-loving chums at a media conference –…

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