BBC bosses have been challenged on data showing Question Time panels are “massively unbalanced” in favour of right-wing voices ...
BBC director-general Tim Davie and David Jordan, the broadcaster’s director of editorial policy, were quizzed on the issue by MPs on“For the last full year that figures are available, apparently there were 28 panellists from non-dom or foreign-owned, overseas billionaire, media outlets, 28 of those – and only six from centrist or centre left. I'm counting from Private Eye to the Daily Mirror, Novara and Vice media.Responding, Jordan said he was “totally unaware of that data”.
The BBC editorial policy chief added that he would be “very, very happy to have a look at and see whether there's any inherent bias in what they're doing”. Huq then challenged the two BBC executives on further figures showing a similar tendency towards platforming the right-wing. Responding, Jordan claimed: “You're talking about the numbers of appearances by Nigel Farage over a very, very long period of time.
“It’s pretty difficult to reconcile these with the idea that the BBC’s flagship political debate programme retains any semblance of balance.” Jordan responded: “Well, certainly if you've got data which I haven't seen or which the Question Time team haven’t seen I would certainly be happy to take it to the Question Time team to ask them to talk about and if necessary, even drop you a line and explain where they're coming from.”We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories.
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