by Saskia Rowley | Jun 12, 2023 | Communication Rights
According to a recent report (The Guardian, 19 May 2023), the BBC has commissioned a study on whether a broad range of viewpoints on migration are being reflected in all aspects of its immigration coverage. Samir Shah, who contributed to the UK government’s...
by Saskia Rowley | Sep 23, 2019 | Communication Rights
On 19 September, Veteran BBC journalist John Humphreys hosted his last “Today” radio programme after 32 years. Known for his aggressive interviewing on a morning news programme that for decades has often set the tone and issues for the day’s news in Britain, he used...
by Saskia Rowley | Jun 10, 2019 | Communication Rights
Every ten years or so the BBC comes in for criticism for being too partial or too impartial. Most recently The Observer newspaper ran an article titled “Is BBC news broken? And if so, how do we fix it?” (26 May 2019). Recalling earlier politically motivated attacks –...
