The UK’s new Culture Secretary has accused the BBC of being biased, but failed to provide a single example of where the broadcaster has broken its commitment to impartiality. Appearing before…
of being biased, but failed to provide a single example of where the broadcaster has broken its commitment to impartiality.was questioned in detail for the first time on the media brief she inherited in February.
Asked by Conservative lawmaker Simon Jupp if the BBC is biased, she said: “The BBC is, on occasion, biased.” Pressed for an example, she said: “I’m not going to give any specific examples of bias.”'Mr Loverman': Lennie James To Lead BBC Adaptation Of 'Girl, Woman, Other' Scribe Bernardine Evaristo's Seventh Novel
She added: “It is really important that the BBC takes its responsibility, in terms of editorial standards and impartiality, very seriously. We should ensure that the BBC, as a public service broadcaster … which is meant to be there to provide impartial news to the public, fulfills that duty. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always get that right.”
Labour MP Clive Efford appeared incredulous that Frazer was unable to point to a specific example of partial output. “I didn’t say which way it had been bias,” she responded. “I don’t think this is a forum for me to go into particular details … if I think BBC has been biased and I want to raise it with them, I’ll speak to the Director General about it.”, who compared the government’s immigration rhetoric to 1930s Germany.
Frazer restated that the government intends to review the BBC’s license fee funding model over the coming months, but said she was not a supporter of the “defund the BBC” campaign. “I’m definitely in favor of a vibrant BBC, how that is funded is something we need to look into very carefully.”
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