BBC BIAS DIGEST 9 DECEMBER 2020
BBC INSERT ‘FINGER-WAGGING PREJUDICE’ INTO VICAR OF DIBLEY: Allison Pearson (£ Telegraph 9/12), noting that the eponymous character played by actress Dawn French in BBC1’s comedy series The Vicar of…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 1 DECEMBER 2020
BBC ‘PRE-JUDGES DIANA INQUIRY’: Robert Mendick (£ Telegraph 1/12) reported that the BBC had been accused of pre-judging the outcome of its inquiry by retired judge Lord Dyson into the…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 22 NOVEMBER 2020
MPs DEMAND PM REINS IN BBC ‘WOKE’ BIAS: Glen Owen (Mail 21/11) said that Conservative MPs had written to prime minister Boris Johnson demanding that he launch a fightback against…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 18 NOVEMBER 2020
CUMMINGS DEPARTURE ‘STOPS CHANCE OF BBC REFORM’: Robin Aitken (£ Telegraph 16/11) argued that the removal of Dominic Cummings from the inner circle of Boris Johnson advisors was a ‘disaster…
BBC bias: An open letter to the new director-general
THE BBC’s bias on Brexit has been proven beyond doubt. That is the Telegraph‘s response to News-watch’s latest report on the BBC’s Brexit coverage this week. In the words of Robin Aitken, former…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 6 NOVEMBER 2020
BBC STAFF ‘CAN TAKE PART IN TRANS PRIDE EVENTS’: Jamie Johnson (£ Telegraph 6/11) reported that BBC director general Tim Davie had written to staff clarifying several points about the…
News-watch Survey – Summer 2020
News-watch monitored ten BBC news and current affairs programmes for eight days, from Monday 6 July 2020 to the launch of the government’s ‘The UK’s New Start: Let’s Get Going’…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 29 OCTOBER 2020
BBC STAFF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS “MUST MEET OUTPUT STANDARDS’: Charlotte Tobitt (UK Press Gazette 29/10) reported that the BBC’s new social media rules stated that staff should treat their personal…
BBC BIAS DIGEST OCTOBER 26, 2020
NEW ‘PRO-BREXIT’ ONLINE VIDEO SERVICE PLANNED: Christopher Williams (£ Telegraph 24/10) said that Ben Habib, a former Brexit party MEP and commercial property executive, was attempting to raise £4m of…