BBC News chief defends General Election coverage against bias claims
James Harding, the director of BBC news, gave this speech in which he sought to defend the Corporation’s General Election coverage to the spring conference of the Voice of the…
Al Murray campaign in Thanet against Farage ‘backed by BBC’
Al Murray, the pub landlord, clearly wanted – to put it politely – to pour cold ale all over Nigel Farage’s South Thanet campaign when he decided back in January…
Conservative BBC reform? Don’t hold your breath
The BBC made it abundantly clear who they wanted to win this election. The interview by Mishal Husain of Nigel Farage which was highlighted here, is a typical manifestation of…
UK voting system means that anti-EU voters are denied representation
One of the early and most enthusiastic supporters of the Electoral Reform Society was the Rev Charles Dodgson, aka author Lewis Carroll. The ERS has been arguing for proportional representation…
Latest News-watch survey Published: More BBC Pro-EU Bias
As the BBC’s coverage of the general election gathers pace, the latest News-watch survey shows that reporting of European Union affairs by the Corporation continues to be deeply inadequate and…
Culture Secretary Javid’s late, late realisation about BBC bias – too little, too late?
Photo by mrgarethm As we head into the final week of this phony, no-real-choice election, the culture secretary, has had a revelation about the BBC. It seems it came as…
Craig Byers: Why Cardiff University’s claims of BBC ‘right-wing’ ‘impartiality’ are not to be believed
Photo by jem The work of Cardiff University’s Media department is continuing to provide comfort to BBC supporters in ‘refuting’ claims of a left-wing bias at the BBC and to…
Newsnight immigration feature casts worried Brits as xenophobes
The BBC’s blizzard of election-related stories that spin immigration as a topic that doesn’t matter is impossible to track. Lift almost any stone and there’s another example. A Newsnight feature…
Davis interview of Farage: descends into ‘painting by numbers’ farce
How many ways can the BBC find to insult those who support stronger controls on immigration? And to what extent is this an integrated, pre-planned strategy to rig the election?…
News-watch House of Commons evidence on BBC bias
Appearance of News-watch before the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee. Parliament TV recording of the session. Transcript of the Session. Photo by wwarby