In the last couple of weeks, the BBC has come under fire for its coverage, as many accused it of breaching its impartiality rules. At the end of May, BBC bosses were forced to reprimand Emily Maitlis over a monologue, in which she attacked the Government’s handling of Dominic Cummings’ trip to Durham during the peak of lockdown. Corporation bosses said the Newsnight presenter had breached impartiality rules with her opening remarks and distanced themselves from her words. In a column for the New Statesman last week, former BBC executive Roger Mosey attempted to address the issue of bias at BBC News. He argued that despite the BBC trying hard to be a broadcaster for the whole of the UK, it is currently struggling to do that “because it is a rather liberal organisation”. He explained: “It recruits many of its staff from metropolitan areas; and they are typically graduates with a worldview which is different from a car worker in Sunderland or a hill farmer in Brecon. “This means the BBC has been ill-equipped to cope with the forces of Brexit or the rise of Boris Johnson. The BBC reached a new low with their coverage of the London protests and repeatedly and continuously describing the Protectors of our culture as “Far Right Extremists”. The Corporation needs reformed from Top to Bottom and the TV License has to be Scrapped. Are you listening Boris?
BBC Bias Part 2
