It is not just the paranoid nerds
who think something is not quite right at the BBC when it comes to things
relating to the EU. It has emerged that one of the BBC’s flagship news
programmes has shown a “strong” bias towards Britain staying in the European
Union (EU).
Work done by News-watch, a media
monitoring group, suggested that from the 13th of January to the 11th of March
2016, Newsnight had 25 guests who appeared on the programme who were in favour
of Britain staying in the EU, compared to only 14 who advocated the UK leaving
the EU.
In a slightly surreal note given this is supposed to be a democratic process, News-watch
noted that: “The former President of the EU
Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the former Swedish Prime
Minister, Carl Bildt, have had the clear opportunity in main interviews to
explain why leaving the EU would not be in the UK’s interest".
There has been no balancing opinion from
similarly weighty figures” who support Britain leaving the EU.
Makes you think.
Oh, and another little aside, did you notice in the credits on
the Obama four part series on BBC? The
final credit show that one of the funders of the programme was, the EU. Well, there you go. I’m sure the president will repay what was a very soft analysis of his presidency with a
barnstorming performance on why the UK should stay in the EU.
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