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

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 –…

Lord Pearson’s Question on News-watch Website

House of Lords Questions | by Andrew

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: My Lords, I am most grateful. Have the Government examined the News-watch.co.uk website, which shows how the BBC has so far failed to allow fair debate between the two sides in the forthcoming EU referendum and…

BBC News chief defends General Election coverage against bias claims

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

James Harding, the director of BBC news, gave this speech in which he sought to defend the Corporation’s General Election coverage to the spring conference of the Voice of the Listener and Viewer on June 2. News-watch is preparing a…

Al Murray campaign in Thanet against Farage ‘backed by BBC’

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

Al Murray, the pub landlord, clearly wanted – to put it politely – to pour cold ale all over Nigel Farage’s South Thanet campaign when he decided back in January to stand against him. His boast was that the country…

Conservative BBC reform? Don’t hold your breath

2015 General Election, BBC Bias | by David Keighley

The BBC made it abundantly clear who they wanted to win this election. The interview by Mishal Husain of Nigel Farage which was highlighted here, is a typical manifestation of their subtle-as-a-brick approach. To protect the licence fee and their…

UK voting system means that anti-EU voters are denied representation

2015 General Election | by David Keighley

One of the early and most enthusiastic supporters of the Electoral Reform Society was the Rev Charles Dodgson, aka author Lewis Carroll. The ERS has been arguing for proportional representation since 1884, and for all that time they have been…

Latest News-watch survey Published: More BBC Pro-EU Bias

BBC Bias, News-watch, Reports, Statistics and Surveys | by Andrew

As the BBC’s coverage of the general election gathers pace, the latest News-watch survey shows that reporting of European Union affairs by the Corporation continues to be deeply inadequate and biased. In March, the House of Commons EU Scrutiny Committee…

Culture Secretary Javid’s late, late realisation about BBC bias – too little, too late?

BBC Bias, Conservative Party, Newsnight | by David Keighley

Photo by mrgarethm As we head into the final week of this phony, no-real-choice election, the culture secretary, has had a revelation about the BBC. It seems it came as a bolt from the blue. A remark on the Today…

Craig Byers: Why Cardiff University’s claims of BBC ‘right-wing’ ‘impartiality’ are not to be believed

2015 General Election, BBC Bias, News-watch | by Craig Byers

Photo by jem The work of Cardiff University’s Media department is continuing to provide comfort to BBC supporters in ‘refuting’ claims of a left-wing bias at the BBC and to be cited as ‘proof’ of a right-wing BBC bias by…

Newsnight immigration feature casts worried Brits as xenophobes

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

The BBC’s blizzard of election-related stories that spin immigration as a topic that doesn’t matter is impossible to track. Lift almost any stone and there’s another example. A Newsnight feature last Wednesday was billed by presenter Emily Maitlis as ‘a…

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