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October 29, 2021

BBC: why enhancing the public broadcaster’s fact-checking would strengthen its impartiality

Stephen Cushion, Cardiff University

BBC director-general, Tim Davie, has released a new plan to beef up fact checking in the public broadcaster’s news programmes.

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January 17, 2018

BBC still dominates when it comes to news online – why it matters

Kirby Swales, National Centre for Social Research

Even as the news market transforms, BBC News is still the dominant force. Why?

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July 24, 2017

BBC is not biased but its idea of the ‘centre’ is now tilting to the right when the UK is tilting to the left

Ivor Gaber, University of Sussex

The public broadcaster regularly favours right-wingers over representatives from the left.

Top contributors

Ivor Gaber
Professor of Journalism, University of Sussex
Stephen Cushion
Chair Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
Kirby Swales
Director of Survey Research Centre, National Centre for Social Research