Survey of the Today Programme’s Podcast Service, December 2005
A survey into the BBC’s Today programme podcast found that the new form of broadcasting raises serious issues of balance and impartiality.
Today Programme Survey – Winter 2005
On Monday 24 October 2005, Minotaur Media Tracking began a nine week investigation into the Today programme’s coverage of European Union news and current affairs. Minotaur sought to establish whether…
Analysis of BBC2’s ‘How Euro are You?’ October 2005
Analysis of the live BBC2 programme ‘How Euro are You’, transmitted on October 3, 2005, was produced by Talent TV – devisors of the ‘Test the Nation’ format – in…
Survey of EU Coverage during the period of the UK General Election in June 2005
On Monday 7 March 2005, Minotaur Media Tracking began a fifteen-week investigation into the BBC’s coverage of European Union news and current affairs. Minotaur sought to establish whether EU-related stories…
Paper for the Centre for Policy Studies – ‘BBC Bias?’ April 2005
Two case studies for the CPS, looking at constrasting treatments of the Labour and Conservative conferences, and on general election debates on the management of the economy.
Report for Migration Watch UK, December 2004
A survey into the BBC’s coverage of asylum and immigration issues during the period of September 1 – December 15, 2004, was based on the monitoring of seven programmes –…
Survey of the Today Programme, Winter 2004
On Monday 11 October 2004, Minotaur Media tracking began a ten-week investigation into the Today programme’s coverage of European Union news and current affairs. Minotaur sought to establish whether the…
European Election Survey – June 2004
This report assesses whether coverage of UKIP by the BBC Radio 4 programme Today – the corporation’s flagship news programme – in the build-up and immediate aftermath of the elections…
Paper for the Centre for Policy Studies – ‘Blair’s EU Turn’
On Tuesday 20 April 2004, Tony Blair formally announced his decision to hold a referendum on whether to accept the proposed EU Constitution. This announcement had been expected since Thursday…
Paper for the Centre for Policy Studies – ‘An Outbreak of Narcolepsy?’
A paper for the Centre for Policy Studies examining the limitations of the BBC’s EU coverage, arguging that reporting is insufficient to cover the development of the EU and Britain’s…