Newsnight uses poll to push ‘remain’
At the beginning of Newsnight on Friday night was a poll by Ipsos Mori about alleged post-vote attitudes to the EU referendum. Presenter James O’Brien said that 56% of leavers…
BBC CONTINUES PROJECT FEAR OVER EU SCIENCE
On yesterday’s Today programme, Sarah Montague spoke to BBC science editor Tom Feilden about what Brexit would mean to the scientific community. She said the scientific community was not exactly…
Craig Byers: Mardell anti-Brexit bias continues
This is a guest post from Craig Byers of Is the BBC Biased? Mark Mardell’s latest website article in the wake of the Brexit vote focuses on “society’s sharp divides”.…
The gloves are off in BBC’s fight against Brexit
Many – including the writers of a Daily Mail editorial and the Mail on Sunday’s columnist Peter Hitchens – claimed that the BBC had changed its spots during the EU…
Referendum Blog: June 27
BBC CONTINUES ‘PROJECT FEAR’: How is the BBC going to report Brexit? The early signs are not good. News-watch, via its sister BBC Complaints website, has been inundated with submissions…
“Jo Cox (a few days later)”
Guest post from Sue, of Is the BBC Biased? “Many of our young women don’t feel safe on the street.” Who said such a thing? Nigel Farage, projecting a post…
Referendum Blog: June 22
COX BIAS: The lead posting on News-watch about Nigel Farage demonstrates that since the murder of Jo Cox, much BBC coverage has emphasised that those who are opposed to the…
BBC attacks on Farage continue as campaign nears end
Last week in BBC Watch, it was noted that as referendum polling day fast approached, that in 17 years of monitoring the BBC’s coverage of the EU, one factor had…
Referendum Blog: June 20
HUMPHRYS PRO-IMMIGRATION BIAS: John Humphrys on Saturday presented a 27-minute Today feature on immigration. It was unusually long and amounted to a documentary inside the Today format. What was the…
Craig Byers: Mishal Husain distorts immigration debate
I’ve been a little bit surprised at how little has been written (so far) about Mishal Husain’s BBC Two documentary Britain & Europe: The Immigration Question. I’ve seen barely a comment…