The row over the BBC Chairman’s relationship with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has opened fresh questions about the level of political influence and independence at the broadcaster.
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The official historian of the BBC mounts a passionate defence of Britain’s public broadcaster.
Meet the mavericks who helped create the BBC – and refused to toe the line.
BBC director-general, Tim Davie, has released a new plan to beef up fact checking in the public broadcaster’s news programmes.
What people find funny about politics depends largely on who is in power.
Facing a hostile government and a financial squeeze, the new boss of the UK’s public broadcaster has his work cut out for him.
The Canary has been accused of spreading “fake news” about the BBC’s political editor. We asked two media experts to examine the issue.
The public broadcaster regularly favours right-wingers over representatives from the left.
BBC editorial decisions cast Labour voters as onlookers in the referendum campaign.
The public broadcaster’s guidelines set out the need for impartiality, but some of its presenters appear not to have seen them.
From both left and right come accusations that the BBC is biased. The truth is that the Beeb has links to all sides of politics – as you would expect.
We keep hearing from the newspapers that the BBC has a pro-Labour bias. But take a look at their record.
As voting day looms for the Scottish referendum to determine independence, accusations of media bias by the BBC in favour of the union are coming thick and fast. Within the space of a few days, Alex Salmond…
Whoever takes over from Lord Patten as the new head of the BBC Trust has a tough job ahead – there’s the Scottish referendum and the general election, both potential minefields for a public broadcaster…
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Professor of Communication, Cardiff University
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Emeritus Professor of Journalism, Cardiff University
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Professor of Journalism, University of Sussex
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Professor of Decision Research, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Broadcast Journalism, Nottingham Trent University
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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