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BBC News is seen by some viewers to represent a “white, middle class and London-centric point of view,” a scathing report by Britain’s broadcast regulator Ofcom has warned.
The criticism comes amid a refusal by BBC bosses to televise the Morning Star as part of its daily newspaper review, in a sign of the broadcaster’s bias against working-class and pro-Corbyn voices.
Sharon White, the head of Ofcom, has told the BBC director general Tony Hall that his news channels need to “better represent the whole of the UK” as viewers “questioned the relevance of BBC News to their lives” over its “middle class” focus.
Claims that digital media has rendered press power obsolete are a dangerous myth, argues DES FREEDMAN
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
A chance find when clearing out our old office led us to renew a friendship across 5,000 miles and almost nine decades of history, explains ROGER McKENZIE
The fallout from the Kneecap and Bob Vylan performances at Glastonbury raises questions about the suitability of senior BBC management for their roles, says STEPHEN ARNELL