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BBC News forms a major department of the corporation, and receives many complaints of bias. The Tufton Street-based Centre for Policy Studies (a free market orientated think tank) stated, "Since at least the mid-1980s, the Corporation has often been criticised for a perceived bias against those on the centre-right of politics". [8]
Russell Brand co-hosted Comic Relief months after an employee re-filed a decade-old complaint about his behaviour to the BBC.. The comedian, 49, was booked for the presenting role in March 2017 ...
It is a report on the BBC's Middle East coverage written in 2004, [71] and was commissioned by former BBC Director of News, Richard Sambrook, following persistent complaints from the public and the Israeli government of allegations of anti-Israel bias. [72] [73]
The review was carried out by Peter Johnston, BBC director of editorial complaints and reviews, and focused on Brand’s behaviour on BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2 between 2006 and 2008.
The BBC has released a statement responding to complaints that the outlet’s coverage of Kate Middleton amid her battle with cancer was “excessive and insensitive.”
Brand and Ross were criticised by a number of MPs, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and the BBC received a record number of complaints. The BBC suspended Ross while it and Ofcom launched investigations. Both Brand and Radio 2 controller Lesley Douglas resigned from the BBC. On 30 October, the BBC suspended Ross without pay for twelve weeks.
More than 8,000 complaints have been made about the BBC’s coverage of the Gaza war since Hamas attacked Israel in October, it has been revealed. ... “When news looked at it in retrospect, they ...
The BBC has apologised to staff members who felt unable to raise concerns about Russell Brand's behaviour while he worked at the corporation. The apology came as the BBC published the findings of ...