There have been two interesting columns in the New Statesman, (one in the magazine, one online) on BBC bias and other issues about BBC News by Roger Mosey and Mark Damazer, both distinguished former BBC News executives. These are the best pieces I have read about the state of BBC News for some time. I don’t totally agree with either but they are interesting and well argued and deserve a response. Damazer is right to argue that “The BBC does have an impartiality problem with Twitter.” The range of opinions is too narrow, and “sometimes their own tweets deploy language they would not, or should not, use on air. The BBC needs to have a conversation, or even a constructive row, with its top news talent to stop the excesses.” More important, he concludes, there is a problem about the “quality” on BBC News, especially in international coverage.
BBC Bias Part 9
