Beeb Bias Craig
Quantifying bias at the B.B.C.
Sunday, 6 September 2009
SANTA GETS A GIFT
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* Paddy O'Connell on Broadcasting House featured a discussion between Labour's former health secretary Frank 'Santa's Evil...
HAS ANDY COME BACK A CHANGED MAN?
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Andrew Marr was back this morning. His holiday seems to have done him good. Has he come back a better and less-biased interviewer? We can h...
SNIGGERING AT NIGEL FARAGE?
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* Nigel Farage got longer to speak on Friday's Today - over five minutes in fact. Interviewed by Sarah Montague , he was only interrup...
Saturday, 5 September 2009
BLINK AND YOU'LL MISS HIM!
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** Kirsty Wark 's interview with Nigel Farage , following Crick's report, lasted all of 1 minute 34 seconds. Astonishing! With so mu...
CRICK AND GROUNDHOG DAY
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* It's groundhog day again. Michael Crick's latest report on Newsnight ( his last one being about Boris and the Tories) was about......
BEEB'S MOST BIASED - The Awards Ceremony
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* Beeb Bias Craig would like to congratulate James Naughtie on winning the prestigious 'Beeb's Most Biased' Award for August 2...
AUGUST'S I.C.s - JIM NAUGHTIE
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* No prizes for guessing who was the worst offender - by some way - in August! Yes, the coveted award for the title of 'Beeb's Most ...
AUGUST'S I.C.s - GAVIN ESLER
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* Gavin Esler has been fairly quiet too. Here he comes: 20/8 Kenny MacAskill, SNP - 1.6 13/8 Ann Keen, Labour - 1.3 14/8 Andrew Lansley, C...
AUGUST'S I.C.s - JOHN HUMPHRYS
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& John Humphrys has been another of the BBC's absentee interviewers for most of August, so not much to go on here either. Still.... ...
AUGUST'S I.C.s - SARAH MONTAGUE
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* The much-loved Today presenter Sarah Montague was off for most of August. Here's all that she got up to: 4/8 Ivan Lewis, Labour - 1 ...
AUGUST'S I.C.s - RITULA SHAH
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* Ritula Shah of The World Tonight didn't do too many domestic interviews in August, but here's what she did. 29/8 Gerald Howarth, ...
AUGUST'S I.C.s - KIRSTY WARK
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* Kirsty Wark had quite a busy August. Her figures for the month are agreeably unexpected. 25/8 Tessa Jowell, Labour - 1.7 17/8 Vince Cable...
AUGUST'S I.C.s - MARTHA KEARNEY
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* Martha Kearney, the work-house of The World at One , conducted a decent number of interviews in August. Here are her I.C.s: 13/8 Daniel Ka...
AUGUST'S I.C.s - JUSTIN WEBB
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* The BBC's legendary ex-North America editor, Justin Webb (last seen simpering in front of Barack Obama), joined Today at the end of A...
AUGUST'S I.C. - ROBIN LUSTIG
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* Here's one I'm sure you've been waiting for with baited breath: Robin (zzzzzzz) Lustig. 12/8 Ieuan Wyn Jones, Plaid Cymru - 0...
AUGUST'S I.C.s - ODDS AND SODS
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* This post will round up all the miscellaneous interviewers - the stand-ins, the rare butterflies, the reporters - who got a bite of the in...
AUGUST'S I.C.s - EVAN DAVIS
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Unlike in July, Evan Davis spent most of August in the company of Labour or Lib Dem politicians: 20/8 Alistair Darling, Labour - 1 20/8 Dav...
AUGUST'S I.C.s - SHAUN LEY(ED-BACK)
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* I've presented quite a lot of evidence on this blog that Shaun Ley is biased towards the Left, but August's I.C. list reveals that...
Friday, 4 September 2009
AUGUST'S I.C.s - MARR'S STAND-INS
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With Andrew Marr off our screens during August, he had three stand-ins: Huw Edwards , Stephanie Flanders and Sophie Raworth . How did they ...
CRICKWATCH CONTINUES, HOLIDAY OR NO HOLIDAY
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* Last night's Newsnight led with the resignation of Labour PPS Eric Joyce over the government's policy on the war in Afghanistan ...
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