BBC BIAS DIGEST 5 OCTOBER 2020
SIR ROBBIE GIBB ‘FAVOURITE TO BECOME BBC CHAIRMAN’: Christopher Hope (£ Telegraph 5/10) claimed that former BBC news executive and Downing Street communications chief Sir Robbie Gibb had emerged as…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 4 OCTOBER 2020
MOORE ‘NOT APPLYING’ TO BECOME BBC CHAIRMAN: Ryan Fahey (Mail online 3/10) claimed that former Daily Telegraph editor Charles Moore, who had been thought to be the leading contender to…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 2 OCTOBER 2020
BBC ‘DOUBLES BORROWING LIMIT’: Rachel Russell (Express 2/10), in the context of director general Tim Davie’s appearance before the Commons Digital Media and Sport committee earlier in the week,…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 30 SEPTEMBER 2020
BBC ‘EMPLOYED ME BECAUSE OF THE COLOUR OF MY SKIN’: Ramsha Khan (£ Telegraph 30/9), in a personal opinion piece, explained that after undergoing work experience at the BBC in…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 29 SEPTEMBER 2020
BBC STAFF EXPRESSING POLITICAL VIEWS ‘FACE SACK’: Anita Singh (£ Telegraph 29/9) said that Tim Davie, the BBC director general, giving evidence to the Commons digital, culture, media and sport…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 28 SEPTEMBER 2020
BBC IMPARTIALITY ‘IS BEING CONSIDERED BY GOVERNMENT’: Alastair Stewart (£ Spectator 28/9), discussing press speculation that former Daily Telegraph editor Charles Moore and former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre were…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 27 SEPTEMBER 2020
DOWNING STREET “WOOS DACRE AND MOORE’ FOR TOP MEDIA POSTS: Glen Owen (Mail on Sunday 27/9) reported that prime minister Boris Johnson – in a bid to ‘shake up the…
BBC Bias Digest 26 September 2020
ANDREW NEIL ‘LEAVES BBC’: Steven Brown (Express 26/9) reported that former Sunday Times editor Andrew Neil, who had worked subsequently for almost 25 years as a presenter of BBC political…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 25 SEPTEMBER 2020
ANDREA JENKYNS: “BBC FOMENTS DIVISION”: The Morley and Outwood Conservative MP Andrea Jenkyns (£ Telegraph 24/9), in a comment item, argued that, because the BBC was breaching its Charter by…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
LINEKER ‘RACE-BAITS’ OVER SPORT QUIZ: Rebecca Davison (Mail online 17/9)said BBC football presenter Gary Lineker had caused a furore when he had tweeted that Alex Scott, a former England women’s…