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Extra!</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki:What_is_going_on_in_the_world%3F" title="RationalWiki:What is going on in the world?">WIGO World</a></li></ul> <div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Media" title="Template:Media">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Media" title="Template talk:Media">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Media&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The <b>British Broadcasting Corporation</b> (<b>BBC</b>) is the world's largest broadcasting corporation by both audience numbers and employees. Founded in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it was nationalised in 1927 and turned into the <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">public</a>-owned, yet independent, corporation which exists today. Producing television and <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio</a> programmes for its dozens of television channels and radio stations, it also sells books, CDs and DVDs related to the programmes. The BBC Website and the BBC iPlayer<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> represent two of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>'s biggest <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">online</a> services, providing <a href="/wiki/News" title="News">news</a> and stories and catch-up TV respectively. The BBC is often referred to as "The Beeb" or "Auntie." </p><p>It has no commercial breaks; instead, UK residents have to pay a license fee to access its channels. There are only <a href="/wiki/Advertisement" class="mw-redirect" title="Advertisement">advertisements</a> for merchandise related to the show just broadcast, and, on television, they only appear at the beginning and end of programmes, never in the middle. Contrast this to television 'cross the pond, where it was decided that every kids' programme should be interrupted <i>twice</i> in a half hour in addition to between shows, and is it any wonder people have attention spans lasting shorter than... ooo, shiny! </p><p>The BBC's charter states that it must be <a href="/wiki/Political" class="mw-redirect" title="Political">politically</a> neutral in its broadcasting; it maintains this neutrality by offending <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> and <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party" title="Labour Party">Labour</a> governments alike (that's a <i>good</i> thing). Over the years, the BBC has been accused of being <a href="/wiki/Anti-war" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-war">anti-war</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jingoism" title="Jingoism">pro-war</a>, <a href="/wiki/Left-wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Left-wing">left-wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Right-wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Right-wing">right-wing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Socialist" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist">socialist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal">liberal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[note 1]</a></sup> and when all else fails, simply wasteful. Previously, it was extremely Anglocentric,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[note 2]</a></sup> although that record has improved. </p><p>As with other British television stations, its coverage of the British <a href="/wiki/Monarchy" title="Monarchy">royal family</a> tends towards the fawning commentary side of <a href="/wiki/Journalism" title="Journalism">journalism</a>, although the odd investigative story may turn up once in a long while. This was somewhat expected, as it was established by a royal charter. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Funding"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Funding</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Science"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Science</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#BBC_Four"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">BBC Four</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Wonders"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Wonders</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Homeopathy"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Homeopathy</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Religion"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Religion</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Thought_for_the_Day_and_Pause_for_Thought"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext"><i>Thought for the Day</i> and <i>Pause for Thought</i></span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Desert_Island_Discs"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext"><i>Desert Island Discs</i></span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Trans_issues"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Trans issues</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Bias_allegations"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Bias allegations</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Right-wing_thinktanks"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Right-wing thinktanks</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Royal_family"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Royal family</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Brexit"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">Brexit</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Unionism"><span class="tocnumber">5.4</span> <span class="toctext">Unionism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Johnson_administration"><span class="tocnumber">5.5</span> <span class="toctext">Johnson administration</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Presenters_and_programmes"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Presenters and programmes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Funding">Funding</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Funding">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/wiki/File:BBC_Broadcasting_House.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/BBC_Broadcasting_House.jpg/300px-BBC_Broadcasting_House.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="454" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/BBC_Broadcasting_House.jpg/450px-BBC_Broadcasting_House.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/BBC_Broadcasting_House.jpg/600px-BBC_Broadcasting_House.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1371" data-file-height="2076" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:BBC_Broadcasting_House.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>BBC Broadcasting House. Any resemblance to Breugel's <i><a href="/wiki/Tower_of_Babel" title="Tower of Babel">Tower of Babel</a></i> is purely coincidental.</div></div></div> <p>The majority of the BBC's funding comes from the television licence fee. In order to legally watch or record live television programmes (by television or <a href="/wiki/Computer" title="Computer">computer</a>), including channels other than the BBC, a household is required to own a television licence. As of 2010, that's £145.50 (around $250 <a href="/wiki/USD" class="mw-redirect" title="USD">USD</a> or 180 <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a>). Black and white televisions can be licensed for the reduced rate of £49. People over the age of 75 receive a free licence. The second largest source of income is through BBC Worldwide, a profit-based company which sells the BBC's content to overseas audiences. </p><p>While surveys have shown that the majority of the public are in favour of the continuation of the television licence, it is not without its controversy. Some <a href="/wiki/Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative">conservatives</a> are against a publicly-funded broadcasting service, and all of the private news providers try to gang up and accuse the BBC of... well, anything they can think of. <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" title="Rupert Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a>, for example, hates the BBC because he can't get his tentacles around it. There has also been serious criticism in recent years of the way that people are harassed concerning the licence. Broadcaster Noel Edmonds said he would begin boycotting the licence fee in September 2008:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[2]</a></sup> </p> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span><i>I worked for the BBC for 30 years. When I was there it promoted the licence fee by saying how wonderful it was. But now Auntie's put boxing gloves on. I am not going to have the BBC or any other organisation threatening me. I’ve cancelled my TV licence and they haven't found me.</i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[3]</a></sup></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Many people in remote parts of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> haven't paid their licence fees in years, since it is so expensive to retrieve them. In <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, there have historically been several boycotts due to Welsh <a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">language</a> issues. Needless to say, Scots, Welsh and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Irish</a>, not to mention the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man" title="Isle of Man">Manx</a>, have all had issues with it. </p><p>The BBC also has substantial viewing figures in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, where <a href="/wiki/English" title="English">English</a> is widely spoken. Of course, neither the Dutch, nor the Irish in the Republic <i>bother</i> to pay licence fees to the BBC, and that's the problem right there. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Science">Science</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Science">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The BBC is usually consistently good with its <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">science</a> news and programming. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="BBC_Four">BBC Four</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: BBC Four">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Pretty much all factual programmes on the BBC have now been relegated to BBC Four. The channel also provides extremely "intellectual, esoteric content," and has been parodied frequently, such as on <i>Family Guy</i> where they watch a show called "Condensation."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[4]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Wonders">Wonders</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wonders">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Since early 2010, the BBC brought science back to its main channel with <i>Wonders of the Solar System</i>, followed by <i>Wonders of the Universe</i> (2011) and <i>Wonders of Life</i> (2012). These were presented by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Cox" title="Brian Cox">Brian Cox</a> but were criticised for being too "dumbed down." <i>Wonders of the Universe</i> had its soundtrack remixed to sound less intrusive, something that Cox disagreed with, claiming that <i>Wonders...</i> was supposed to be like <a href="/wiki/Films" class="mw-redirect" title="Films">cinema</a> and not a lecture. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Homeopathy">Homeopathy</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Homeopathy">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Their neutrality requirements would <a href="/wiki/Balance_fallacy" title="Balance fallacy">appear</a> to prevent them from speaking directly against <a href="/wiki/Homeopathy" title="Homeopathy">homeopathy</a>, though as Brian Cox pointed out in his (televised) Royal Television Society Lecture in 2010, this is not actually the case. In 2002 <i>Horizon</i> put it under a <a href="/wiki/Sceptical" class="mw-redirect" title="Sceptical">sceptical</a> test featuring <a href="/wiki/James_Randi" title="James Randi">James Randi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[5]</a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> search for "BBC homeopathy" will also show that their news reporting style can often put down 'homeopathic practitioners' and is generally anti-homeopathy. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Religion">Religion</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Religion">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The BBC is ostensibly neutral about <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">religion</a>, but in practice is careful not to be overly critical. </p><p>Its Sunday programming, though, usually has a strongly religious flavour. On TV there is a (usually interesting) panel programme with officials of various faiths (and frequently people of no religious faith) discussing <a href="/wiki/Ethics" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethics">ethics</a> in the morning. In the evening there is the hideously dull <i>Songs of Praise</i>, which has been running for so long that some <a href="/wiki/Historian" class="mw-redirect" title="Historian">historians</a> believe it may predate <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> itself. On Radio 4, the early-morning programme <i>Sunday</i> discusses religious issues and is followed shortly after by <i>The Sunday Service</i>, a usually live broadcast from a church somewhere in the UK. <i>Something Understood</i> which focusses on religious, <a href="/wiki/Spiritual" title="Spiritual">spiritual</a> and ethical issues<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[note 3]</a></sup> is broadcast twice on Sunday; very early in the morning and late at night. Focussing on classical <a href="/wiki/Music" title="Music">music</a>, Radio 3 will have several broadcast of sacred music; while on Radio 2, the early morning <i>The Sunday Hour</i> features "uplifting spiritual music" and is followed by <i>Good Morning Sunday</i>, described as "the weekly Radio 2 faith show." The yoof-oriented Radio 1 has no discernible religious content, unless playing godawful music counts. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Thought_for_the_Day_and_Pause_for_Thought"><i>Thought for the Day</i> and <i>Pause for Thought</i></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Thought for the Day and Pause for Thought">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div role="note" class="hatnote">See the main article on this topic: <a href="/wiki/Thought_for_the_Day" title="Thought for the Day">Thought for the Day</a></div> <p>These are <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a>-slots included in, respectively, Radio 4's flagship current affairs programme <i>Today</i>, and the Breakfast Show on Radio 2. Both are heavy on platitudes and tend to feature quite desperate attempts to piggyback religion onto current events with no discernible religious element. <i>Thought for the Day</i> in particular has attracted a lot of controversy from religious groups, non-religious groups, and various people who aren't that bothered either way about religion and just think the time could be better spent. Oddly, <i>Pause for Thought</i> hasn't attracted anything like as much controversy, despite being included in what is ostensibly a music programme, and having a larger audience to boot. Both slots use a rotation of speakers from various different religions: obviously Christians feature heavily, but <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> also turn up frequently. (Actually, if you listen to <i>Pause for Thought</i>, the sentiments aired are usually so vague and woolly, it's hard to guess which religion, if any, the speaker is from. We're not talking hardcore <a href="/wiki/Fundamentalism" title="Fundamentalism">fundamentalism</a> here.) </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Desert_Island_Discs"><i>Desert Island Discs</i></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Desert Island Discs">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p><i>Desert Island Discs</i> is a radio programme aired regularly on Radio 4. The show was conceived and originally hosted by Roy Plomley on 29 January, 1942 and is one of the longest running programmes on radio. </p><p>The premise of the show is that a guest is castaway on a desert island and must choose just eight recordings that they would like to listen to during their isolation. The choice of records is interspersed with a review of the castaway's life, the choice of music supposedly telling us something more of their character. At the end of the programme the guest is asked to choose one special recording that they would save should a freak wave happen to wash the collection away. In addition the castaway is asked to select a luxury item (supposedly something of no practical use for survival or escape) and a book. To preempt many people choosing either the <i>Complete Works of <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare" class="mw-redirect" title="Shakespeare">Shakespeare</a></i> or the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>, and therefore give the programme more interest — these two volumes are presumed to be already present, although the <a href="/wiki/Qu%27ran" class="mw-redirect" title="Qu'ran">Qu'ran</a> or other <a href="/wiki/Holy_book" title="Holy book">holy book</a> may be substituted by those of a non-Christian faith. </p><p>However, some non-religious guests have caused controversy by not wishing to take the Bible. </p> <ul><li>Lawyer Michael Mansfield said, "I would like to take another bible: <i>Leith's <a href="/wiki/Vegetarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Vegetarian">Vegetarian</a> Bible</i>," but the presenter, Kirsty Young, insisted that he had no choice, he had to have a Bible (and "not one in quotes") or another religious book. He compromised on a <a href="/wiki/Philosophical" class="mw-redirect" title="Philosophical">philosophical</a> tract: <i>The Rights of Man</i> by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Paine" title="Thomas Paine">Thomas Paine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[6]</a></sup></li> <li>The comedian David Walliams refused to take the Bible, saying "I don’t want the Bible, I don’t like the Bible."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[7]</a></sup></li> <li>Fellow <i>Little Britain</i> co-star, Jewish-born Matt Lucas, had refused both the <a href="/wiki/Torah" title="Torah">Torah</a> and the Bible.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[8]</a></sup></li> <li>David McVicar, the opera director, requested to "leave the Bible behind, I'm not interested in that," but when he discovered that he could substitute it with another religious text chose the <a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[9]</a></sup></li> <li>Tariq Ali, the one-time <a href="/wiki/Radical" title="Radical">radical</a>, simply declined a religious text.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[10]</a></sup></li> <li>Joe Simpson, the mountaineer and writer, having established his unbelieving credentials earlier in the programme, was "obviously" not offered the Bible but opted to take the Sutras of Gautama Buddha for interest rather than any religious reason.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[11]</a></sup></li> <li>Anna Ford, the broadcaster and journalist, said, "Would it be very rude of me not to take the Bible?"<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[12]</a></sup></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Trans_issues">Trans issues</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Trans issues">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The BBC has drawn fire from social media for sharing occasional articles that give virulent transphobes (including the <a href="/wiki/LGB_Alliance" title="LGB Alliance">LGB Alliance</a>) undue weight or not providing trans people fair balance.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[14]</a></sup> One notorious article was titled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22We%27re_being_pressured_into_sex_by_some_trans_women%22" class="extiw" title="wp:"We're being pressured into sex by some trans women"" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia:">"We're being pressured into sex by some trans women"</span></a><sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[15]</a></sup> which singled out trans people for "pressuring" lesbians to sex and featured Angela C. Wild from the transphobic organization "Get The L Out".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[note 4]</a></sup> The worst component was a contribution from Lily Cade, a notorious figure in the sex worker industry that has multiple abuse allegations. Soon after the article was published, Cade wrote a blog post<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[note 5]</a></sup> calling for specific trans people to be lynched. After robust criticism on the article, the BBC withdrew Lily Cade's contribution,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[16]</a></sup> though maintained its dedication to neutrality and "hearing all sides". Soon after, Mindgeek scrubbed Cade from their sites, showing that even pornographers who (allegedly) host porn made from <i>sex traffickers</i><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[17]</a></sup> think Lily Cade was out of line. </p> <center><div class="thumb embedvideo autoResize" style="width: 648px;"><div class="embedvideo autoResize" style=""><div class="embedvideowrap" style="width: 640px;"><iframe title="Play video" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/b4buJMMiwcg?" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div></div></div></center> <p>Due to this, there are allegations that the BBC is transphobic, especially given that the United Kingdom has a big transphobia problem in media<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[18]</a></sup> (see e.g. <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian#Transphobia" title="The Guardian">the Guardian's UK edition</a>, <a href="/wiki/News_UK" title="News UK">News UK</a>, <a href="/wiki/GB_News" title="GB News">GB News</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Torygraph" class="mw-redirect" title="Torygraph">Torygraph</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a>, et cetera). The BBC, however, does have plenty of stories featuring trans people and their viewpoints and life experiences,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[19]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[20]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[21]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[22]</a></sup> and had refuted myths about trans people before,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">[23]</a></sup> so it's more accurate to say they're so committed to neutrality they bend their backs for platforming bigots. The BBC does not provide this same sort of "<a href="/wiki/False_balance" class="mw-redirect" title="False balance">balance</a>" between racists and anti-racists, or homophobes and anti-homophobes; the BBC explicitly rejects the comparison between these and platforming both transphobes and anti-transphobes, actually stating that this is because there is "controversy about what constitutes a transphobic view".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">[24]</a></sup> There is, of course, never any controversy about what constitutes a racist or homophobic view anymore.<sup>[<i>citation NOT needed</i>]</sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Bias_allegations">Bias allegations</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Bias allegations">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The BBC is regularly attacked from both left and right for bias. Often this is dismissed on the basis that if both sides hate them, they must be doing something right. However this section lists some areas of concern. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Right-wing_thinktanks">Right-wing thinktanks</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Right-wing thinktanks">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The BBC has a long history of platforming right-wing thinktanks like the <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Economic_Affairs" title="Institute of Economic Affairs">Institute of Economic Affairs</a>, and portraying them as impartial commentators rather than lobbying groups funded by oil and tobacco companies pushing for what are often extreme policies with little public support. There have been repeated complaints from journalists such as <a href="/wiki/George_Monbiot" title="George Monbiot">George Monbiot</a> and Carole Cadwalladr, but the BBC remains relaxed about explaining who the crazy right-wingers on its news programs are.<sup id="cite_ref-monbiot20220805_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-monbiot20220805-30">[25]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Royal_family">Royal family</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Royal family">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3><p> The BBC appears staunchly devoted to the <a href="/wiki/British_Royal_Family" class="mw-redirect" title="British Royal Family">British Royal Family</a>. In 1977, the then director general Michael Swann said that "an enormous amount of the BBC’s work was in fact social cement of one sort or another. Royal occasions, religious services, sports coverage, and police series, all reinforced the sense of belonging to our country, being involved in its celebrations, and accepting what it stands for."<sup id="cite_ref-wright2022_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wright2022-31">[26]</a></sup> The organisation Republic, which campaigns for the abolition of the monarchy, said of the BBC's coverage of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a>'s 2022 jubilee:</p><blockquote><p>The jubilee is not a national celebration, it is a carefully staged event to promote the monarchy and the royal brand. The BBC should be stepping back and reporting on what's happening, and why, and they should be reflecting on public opinion, not trying to influence it. Only 11% of the population are 'very interested' in the jubilee according to YouGov, and only 14% are planning to do anything to mark the event. 54% are not interested. Yet if you watch the BBC you'd be forgiven for thinking the whole country is celebrating. The BBC has said as much time and again in their reporting. The BBC website has more than 200 stories about the jubilee, and only one mentions republican opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[27]</a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>This approach has cropped up many times since, in events such as Queen Elizabeth II's death in 2022, when the BBC acted less as an impartial commentator on the Royal Family than as a mourner. The BBC's incredibly extensive and over-the-top coverage of the 2021 death of royal consort Prince Philip, which saw them cancelling programs across all channels and replacing them with rolling news, broke records for the most complained about event in the organisation's history, with 110,994 viewers contacting the BBC.<sup id="cite_ref-wright2022_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wright2022-31">[26]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">[28]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Brexit">Brexit</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Brexit">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p><a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a> was problematic for the BBC: before the referendum, the BBC was seen as part of a pro-European liberal establishment, while after Brexit it was criticised by supporters of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> for being insufficiently critical of the government. One example was the BBC program Question Time, which was criticised as anti-Brexit in a series of studies by right-wing groups such as the <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Economic_Affairs" title="Institute of Economic Affairs">Institute of Economic Affairs</a>; however a University of Strathclyde study found that once you consider the BBC's responsibility to give equal space to major political parties (with most of them supporting either the EU or close post-Brexit relationship with the EU), and the fact that many featured people had changed their minds on Brexit (apparently without informing the IEA), there wasn't an anti-Brexit bias on the show.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[29]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[30]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Unionism">Unionism</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Unionism">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The BBC has been criticised for taking a partisan position in support of the Union and against <a href="/wiki/Scottish_independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish independence">Scottish independence</a>, although independence supporters have sometimes taken a viciously anti-BBC position out of all proportion for imagined slights. In 2015, as part of the BBC's annual review, the Audience Council Scotland criticised an "Anglified perspective" to BBC coverage, using English-based reporters and commentators with little knoweldge of Scotland, and a failure to represent grass roots activity and wider community views.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36">[31]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[32]</a></sup> There has also been a lot of far less temperate criticism from the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> and other independence campaigners, particularly around the 2014 independence referendum where campaigners gathered outside BBC offices and Scottish first minister Alex Salmond and his then-deputy Nicola Sturgeon argued over whether to protest about the BBC.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">[33]</a></sup> Independence supporters have also abused and harassed BBC journalists.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">[34]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Johnson_administration">Johnson administration</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Johnson administration">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div role="note" class="hatnote">For more information, see: <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a></div> <p>During the premiership of <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>, the Tory government exercised significant sway over the BBC. Emails and texts that were leaked in 2023, along with insider testimony, indicated that the government had orchestrated headlines for the BBC on a "very regular basis". The BBC also refrained from using the term "lockdown" to describe the Johnson government's response to COVID-19 — after the government pressured the BBC on the issue.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">[35]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[36]</a></sup> This actually differentiated the BBC from even right-wing tabloids, such as the <a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a>, at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42">[37]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Presenters_and_programmes">Presenters and programmes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Presenters and programmes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Attenborough" title="David Attenborough">David Attenborough</a></li> <li>The late <a href="/wiki/David_Bellamy" title="David Bellamy">David Bellamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Cox" title="Brian Cox">Brian Cox</a></li> <li>The late <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Moore" title="Patrick Moore">Patrick Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Brooker" title="Charlie Brooker">Charlie Brooker</a></li> <li>The late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Savile" class="extiw" title="wp:Jimmy Savile" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Jimmy Savile">Jimmy Savile</span></a>,<sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> who had a <a href="/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse" title="Child sexual abuse">dark history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a>, like his mother <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> used to do before him, gives us a ten-minute speech on <a href="/wiki/Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> Day. A good opportunity to go and make a cup of tea.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear" title="Top Gear">Top Gear</a></i> is the only BBC programme we have an article on. How embarrassing. I mean, not even <i><a href="/wiki/Fun:Dalek" title="Fun:Dalek">Doctor Who</a>?</i></li> <li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_and_White_Minstrel_Show" class="extiw" title="wp:The Black and White Minstrel Show" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: The Black and White Minstrel Show">The Black and White Minstrel Show</span></a><sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></i> ran for 20 years up until 1978, making Britain probably the last country in the world to have a show based on <a href="/wiki/Blackface" title="Blackface">blackface</a> on primetime TV.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proms" class="extiw" title="wp:The Proms" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: The Proms">The Proms</span></a><sup><img alt="Wikipedia" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> are put on and broadcast by the BBC.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>, the other British notable public broadcaster</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RT%C3%89" title="RTÉ">RTÉ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>'s version.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBC" title="CBC">CBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>'s version.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Public_Radio" title="National Public Radio">National Public Radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">Public Broadcasting Service</a>, the public radio and television stations in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_Today" class="mw-redirect" title="Russia Today">Russia Today</a>, not-exactly-public <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>-based television.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SpEak_You%27re_bRanes" title="SpEak You're bRanes">spEak You're bRanes</a>, chronicling the dumbest public contributions to the BBC's <i>Have Your Say</i> message boards.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk">The official BBC website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3q2iZuU5WM&feature=player_embedded">Be proud of it</a> (on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>)</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">This extends to being <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://twitter.com/matt/status/507914314809085952">pro-Israel and pro-Palestine at the same time.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">The tune "Lillibullero," for example, sometimes used as an interstitial station identifier, had anti-Irish connotations. See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> article on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillibullero" class="extiw" title="wp:Lillibullero" rel="nofollow">Lillibullero</a>..</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">That's what they say, but it's mainly religious and spiritual.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">As in, out of "<b>L</b>GBT". They don't like the "GBT" part since they also seem to promote <a href="/wiki/Bisexual_erasure" class="mw-redirect" title="Bisexual erasure">bisexual erasure</a>, and don't seem too fond of gay men.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">It reads less like "random blog post" and more like "something you write before telling your friend not to come to school the next day".</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/">BBC iPlayer - Homepage</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7613938.stm">Edmonds begins TV licence boycott</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2961792/Noel-Edmonds-may-lose-title-after-licence-fee-boycott.html">"Noel Edmonds may lose title after licence fee boycott"</a>, Jessica Salter, <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Telegraph" title="Daily Telegraph">Daily Telegraph</a></i>, 15 September 2008</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://familyguy.wikia.com/wiki/Condensation">Condensation-ation-ation...</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/homeopathy.shtml">"Homeopathy: The Test" - programme summary</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/86e6162b#b00vc504">Desert Island Discs - Michael Mansfield</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/231d31a9#b00hmpbz">Desert Island Discs - David Williams</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/84e40ef8#p0093ttf">Desert Island Discs - Matt Lucas</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/a6484fb4#b00dqctb">Desert Island Discs - David McVicar</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/9b7e3933#b0094zpg">Desert Island Discs - Tariq Ali</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/19366bff#p00936g4">Desert Island Discs - Joe Simpson</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/6b9f6a72#b01dh7cb">Desert Island Discs - Anna Ford</a>, BBC</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Donohoe, K. (February 24, 2021). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gcn.ie/bbc-defend-decision-holding-trans-healthcare-debate-no-trans-representation/">BBC defend decision on holding trans healthcare debate with no trans representation</a>". <i>GCN</i>. Accessed November 21, 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Patrick Kelleher (March 18, 2021). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/18/bbc-news-conversion-therapy-ban-lgb-alliance-backlash-olly-alexander/">BBC condemned for platforming LGB Alliance in conversion therapy story</a>". <i>PinkNews</i>. Accessed August 3, 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lowbridge, C. (October 26, 2021). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57853385">We're being pressured into sex by some trans women</a>". <i>BBC</i>. Accessed November 21, 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Nolan, E. (November 4, 2021). "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newsweek.com/bbc-acknowledges-inappropriate-behaviour-lily-cade-1646025">BBC Removes Lily Cade Contribution After Transphobic Remarks Spark Outrage</a>". <i>Newsweek.</i> Accessed November 21, 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/12/40-jane-does-sue-pornhub-for-hosting-girlsdoporn-videos-seeking-2m-each/">40 GirlsDoPorn victims sue Pornhub for hosting “sex trafficking” videos, Ars Technica, December 2020</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Tara John (October 9, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/09/uk/uk-trans-rights-gender-critical-media-intl-gbr-cmd/index.html">"Anti-trans rhetoric is rife in the British media. Little is being done to extinguish the flames"</a>. <i>CNN</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b09xjx34">"The Trans Revolution"</a> (April 3, 2018). <i>BBC Sounds</i>. Accessed November 21, 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0559vr5/leo-becoming-a-trans-man">Leo: Becoming a Trans Man</a>". (June 19, 2017). <i>BBC iPlayer</i>. Accessed November 21, 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05qkzt2">Transgender Kids: Documentary.</a> (November 12, 2017). Accessed November 21, 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Baggs, M. (November 20, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-54992071">Trans Day of Remembrance: 'When one of us is hurt, we all feel it'</a>. <i>BBC</i>. Accessed November 21, 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-28">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">(August 13, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42221629">"How many transgender inmates are there?"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-29">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jim Waterson (June 1, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/jun/01/bbc-article-trans-women-did-not-meet-accuracy-standards">"BBC says article on trans women did not meet accuracy standards"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-monbiot20220805-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-monbiot20220805_30-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/05/rightwing-thinktanks-government-bbc-news-programmes">Rightwing thinktanks run this government. But first, they had to capture the BBC</a>, George Monbiot, <i>The Guardian</i>, 5 October 2022</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wright2022-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wright2022_31-0">26.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-wright2022_31-1">26.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/mourning-sickness">Mourning sickness</a>, Mic Wright, Broken Bottle Boy, 10 September 2022</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-32">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.republic.org.uk/bbc_slammed_for_royal_bias">BBC slammed for royal bias</a>, Republic press release, 2022</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-33">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/apr/12/bbcs-prince-philip-coverage-breaks-uk-tv-complaints-record">BBC’s Prince Philip coverage breaks UK TV complaints record</a>, The Guardian, 12 April 2021</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-34">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ukandeu.ac.uk/was-bbc-question-time-balanced-or-biased-on-brexit/">Was BBC Question Time Balanced or Biased on Brexit?</a>, Heinz Brandenburg and Brian Boyle, University of Strathclyde, <i>UK in a Changing Europe</i>, 27 May 2021</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-35">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/27/brexit-bias-bbc-faces-a-difficult-balancing-act-in-polarised-nation">Brexit bias? BBC faces a difficult balancing act in polarised nation</a>, Roy Greenslade, <i>The Guardian, 27 Oct 2019</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-36">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/14/bbc-scottish-coverage-independence-row-referendum">BBC urged to review Scottish coverage in wake of independence row</a>, <i>The Guardian</i>, 14 June 2015</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-37">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17629158.bbc-lacked-in-depth-knowledge-scottish-independence-referendum/">BBC lacked 'in-depth knowledge during Scottish independence referendum'</a>, <i>The Herald</i> (Glasgow), 9 May 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-38">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/scottish-independence/scottish-independence-alex-salmond-and-nicola-sturgeon-split-on-yes-supporters-bbc-bias-protest-9734258.html">Scottish independence: Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon split on Yes supporters' 'BBC bias' protest</a>, The Independent, 16 September 2014</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-39">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inews.co.uk/news/scotland/scottish-independence-nicola-sturgeon-condemns-protesters-bbc-reporter-1800294">Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon condemns protesters who called BBC reporter ‘traitor’</a>, i News, 17 August 2022</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-40">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Rowena Mason and Jessica Elgot (March 14, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/14/bbc-editors-asked-journalists-to-avoid-using-lockdown-at-start-of-pandemic">"BBC came under No 10 pressure to avoid using 'lockdown' in early pandemic, leak shows"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-41">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Adam Bienkov (March 15, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bylinetimes.com/2023/03/15/leaked-whatsapps-destroy-the-bbcs-impartiality-myth/">"Leaked Whatsapps Destroy the BBC’s Impartiality Myth"</a>. <i>Byline Times</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-42">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Charlotte Klein (March 15, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/bbc-media-lineker">"Leaked Messages Intensify the BBC's Political Impartiality Crisis"</a>. <i>Vanity 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