BBC SPINS FRUIT FARMS MIGRANT LABOUR ’SHORTAGE’
This is a guest post from Craig Byers of Is the BBC Biased? A couple of mornings ago Today sent a reporter to a fruit farm in Godalming and brought…
BBC ‘leaders’ debate was programme car-crash
The so-called ‘leaders’ debate on BBC1 last night was a car crash of a programme that should never have been broadcast. ‘Balance’ was never going to be possible in a…
BBC ‘environment analyst’ Harrabin: don’t vote Conservative or Ukip
At what point do BBC ‘correspondents’ cross the line from offering a properly judged and impartial assessment into propaganda and overt electioneering? News-watch surveys provide abundant evidence that it is…
Today Programme – Article 50 Survey, May 2017
News-watch analysed all EU and Brexit-related coverage broadcast on the Today programme for one week between 29 March and 4 April 2017, coinciding with the delivery of the letter informing…
News-watch survey of BBC Article 50 survey shows deep anti-Brexit bias
The latest News-watch detailed analysis of BBC output, covering the UK’s Article 50 letter and its aftermath, shows heavy bias against the case for Brexit. The report, which included more…
BBC still resists Brexit – against the will of even Remain voters
YouGov’s latest poll on attitudes towards Brexit – as the New Statesman outlines here – demonstrates that 69 per cent of the public now support leaving the EU and only…
Today Programme – Post-Referendum Business News Survey, March 2017
News-watch analysed all Brexit coverage broadcast in the Today programme’s dedicated Business News slots for a 26 weeks between 23 June and 21 December 2016. The survey focused on 130…
This election is a battle between the Tories and the broadcasters
This is an election like no other for the BBC. They have a mission. Two weeks ago, as is laid out here, Today presenter Nick Robinson effectively declared war on…
Nick Booth: The BBC is a candidate for a bonfire of the insanities
This is a guest post from Nick Booth of The Conservative Woman Broadcasting trade papers are reporting that the BBC has brought in mandatory carbon footprint rules. All independent programme…
Nick Robinson wheels out usual BBC defences against EU coverage bias claims
BBC presenter and ex-political editor Nick Robinson has been sounding off aggressively against those who he complains are ‘moaning’ that the Corporation’s reporting of Brexit is biased. ‘Calm down dears’…