BBC Trustees reject Newsnight EU bias complaint
The BBC Trustees have yet again flatly rejected claims that their EU coverage is biased. Conservative MP Philip Hollobone and Labour’s Kate Hoey filed a complaint about an edition of…
Is the BBC properly balanced and impartial in its reporting of complex issues such as the EU, immigration and climate change?
For more than 15 years, Newswatch has been investigating BBC output using a systematic process of transcription logging and detailed analysis. The answer, in certain key respects – especially with…
Hot off the Press: Latest Newswatch EU Survey Covering Summer 2013
Newswatch’s latest survey shows that the BBC continues to ignore the case for withdrawal. Only 513 words in 13 weeks of the Today programme were ‘come-outers’ talking about their views…
BBC ‘Enmeshed in Comic Relief’
A BBC Panorama investigation into Comic Relief has shown that the charity invests in tobacco, arms and alcohol, despite its ‘holier-than-thou’ ethical claims and telling the public that every penny…
Four out of ten ‘think BBC biased’, says survey
An ICM survey has found that 40% of those questioned thought the BBC was biased in its news coverage. The survey, commissioned by the Sunday Telegraph, also found that 70%…
News-watch Survey – Summer 2013
This survey investigates the Today programme’s coverage of EU news and current affairs over a twelve-week period between Monday 8 April and Saturday 29 June 2013. Newswatch monitored and analysed…
News-watch Survey – Winter 2012
This survey investigates the Today programme’s coverage of EU news and current affairs over a thirteen-week interval between Monday 17 September and Saturday 15 December 2012. Newswatch monitored and analysed…
News-watch Survey – Summer 2012
This survey investigates the Today programme’s coverage of EU news and current affairs over a twelve-week interval between Monday 9 April and Saturday 30 June 2012. Newswatch monitored and analysed…
News-watch Survey – Winter 2011
This survey investigates the Today programme’s coverage of EU news and current affairs for an eleven-week interval between Monday 3 October and Saturday 17 December 2011. Newswatch monitored and analysed…
Unpublished Research Paper – Summer 2011
Although News-watch carried out a monitoring project as usual in Summer 2011, a full report on the survey was not compiled. Instead, the statistics gathered were utilised in subsequent reports,…