Tag: bias
BBC Scotland under fire after ‘Top Ten’ referendum broadcast provokes outrage
By a Newsnet reporter BBC Scotland Chiefs have come under fire after a programme broadcast on BBC2 as part of a series on...
Guilty of bias by omission
By Paul T Kavanagh The recent paper from the University of the West of Scotland on bias in the Scottish broadcast media has...
Protest group announce an end to BBC Bias demos
By G.A.Ponsonby A protest group campaigning against what it insists is political bias at BBC Scotland has announced that it is to discontinue with...
NUJ Scotland steps into Davidson BBC bias row as calls for...
By a Newsnet reporter The Scottish branch of the National Union of Journalists has stepped into the row over claims of bias at BBC...
Why Magnus Gardham was correct to highlight BBC Scotland’s failure to...
By Martin Kelly Last week, following the Ian Davidson debacle on Newsnight Scotland where the Labour MP accused Isabel Fraser of having an anti-Unionist...
BBC Bias row escalates as Labour MP makes new ‘conspiracy’ allegation
By a Newsnet reporter A Scottish Labour MP at the centre of a row over claims of BBC bias, has today made fresh...
Johann Lamont under pressure to act as condemnation of Ian Davidson’s...
By G.A.Ponsonby Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont is coming under increasing pressure to speak out as condemnation grows over the conduct of a Labour...
Trust clips wings of BBC Scotland over referendum language bias
By G.A.Ponsonby BBC Scotland reporters who use pejorative terms to describe independence face being carpeted after the corporation was forced to introduce guidelines on...
BBC Scotland denies closing down online comments as questions mount over...
By G.A.Ponsonby BBC Scotland has denied it has closed down comments on its online blogs and has insisted that its main Political Editor, Brian...
BBC Demo – Group calls for balance in broadcaster’s Scottish news...
By a Newsnet reporter Organisers behind a planned protest to be held outside the BBC’s Glasgow Headquarters at Pacific Quay this weekend are calling for...