A frequent problem in the BBC’s coverage of EU issues, as John Humphrys has accepted, is a failure to present the full facts: bias by omission. If the BBC collectively…
Lord Pearson of Rannoch, initiated an hour’s debate in the House of Lords about biased BBC coverage of the EU. His main demand was that the BBC Charter is not…
Be afraid, be very afraid. James Harding, the director of BBC news and current affairs, has delivered a speech in which he has said the BBC’s ambition is to double…
Another European election and the BBC are in full cry again trying to find ways of showing that those who support withdrawal are racist. They have form, and it has…
The Dutch politician Geert Wilders and his Freedom political party (PVV) stir up strong sentiments. He is renowned for his stance that Islam in his country is responsible for major social divisions…
News-watch has written a paper for Civitas, the respected think-tank, that shows that the Prebble report into the BBC’s EU coverage ‘is not worth the paper it is written on’ and…
Jamie Angus was appointed editor of Radio 4’s flagship Today programme almost a year ago, in May 2013. Monitoring by Newswatch has shown that a highlight of his tenure to…
This section is dedicated to the unfolding saga of the BBC’s failed Digital Media Initiative, which the National Audit Office has said cost the licence-fee payer almost £100m as a…