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BBC Bias Part 4

On Bias at BBC News, the main argument is that whatever you think of Boris Johnson or Dominic Cummings, we are entitled to unbiased news coverage from BBC TV and radio news. We are not getting it. When Emily Maitlis gave her controversial introduction on Newsnight, Social Media was ablaze, and there was an extraordinarily… Continue reading BBC Bias Part 4

BBC Bias Part 3

Jonathan Dimbleby admitted some of the BBC’s audiences are politically biased in 2015, but blamed Government cost-cutting for leaving the corporation “cash strapped” and unable to afford help with vetting, unearthed reports reveal. “It is hard to think of any BBC presenter who could be accused of a pro-Johnson bias. The traffic is all speeding… Continue reading BBC Bias Part 3

BBC Bias Part 2

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… Continue reading BBC Bias Part 2

BBC Bias Part 1

Sorry, but it won’t wash. The most grievous example of “bias” that McDonald could come up with was a BBC reporter who on election night referred to the “election victory that Boris Johnson so deserves” rather than, as she meant to say, the election victory he so desires. Against that, we had six weeks of… Continue reading BBC Bias Part 1