News-watch Launches EU Referendum Blog
This new service will track on a regular basis programme items that seem to be biased towards the pro-EU side. The observations are not the result of detailed analysis. Rather,…
BBC Environment programme flouts BBC impartiality rules
Costing the Earth; The Environment after Exit (BBC Radio 4 March 15 and 16) h/t Craig Byers of Is the BBC Biased? The programme, presented by Tom Heap, investigated the…
Analysis of Newsnight reveals strong imbalance against Brexit case
News-watch has completed preliminary research on 40 editions of Newsnight between January 13 and March 11 based on the full transcription and analysis of the relevant parts of each programme.…
Kate Hoey welcomes new BBC complaints website
A new website, BBC Complaints – www.bbccomplaints.com – has been launched by News-watch. Its purpose is to help hold the BBC to account: to ensure that, as is required by…
General Election Survey – Summer 2015
News-watch monitored four BBC programmes between March 30 and May 10, 2015. The programmes were: Today and The World at One on BBC Radio 4, BBC1’s News at Ten, and…
Charter Renewal Review Fails to Tackle BBC Bias
Former deputy governor of the Bank of England Sir David Clementi’s review of BBC governance as part of BBC Charter renewal looks impressive at first glance – but he has…
Bridgen putdown underlines rot at heart of BBC complaints process
As the crucial referendum vote looms, how DO you complain about the BBC? The reality is that the Corporation is its own judge and jury in dealing with complaints and…
BBC referendum coverage flunks early impartiality test
At the heart of David Cameron’s renegotiation claim is something deeply contentious and what many believe to be a bare-faced lie: that he has secured for Britain an unqualified opt-out…
Commons media select committee misses the elephant in the room
The Commons Culture, Media and Sport select committee has spent six months considering reform of the BBC in connection with the imminent renewal of its Royal Charter. Its report –…
Evan Davis: helping to spread the pro-EU message?
(This article was first published by Is the BBC biased?) If you were wondering where the BBC’s Evan Davis was on Saturday (and why wouldn’t you be?), well he was…