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BBC reporting biased towards EU Referendum In campaign

Submitted on Saturday 14th May 2016

Rejected on Tuesday 17th May 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

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BBC reporting biased towards EU Referendum In campaign

Petition Details

Currently I'm an undecided voter with regards to the EU Referendum campaign so have an open mind towards both sides of the argument.

Is it me or does it seem that the BBC's reporting is biased towards the "In" campaign.

Additional Information

Whenever there is a speech for the "In" side it is covered in detail and invariably is headline news. Or when there is an opinion from big business or the IMF for example it is big news.

For example there was a speech by both Mr Cameron and Mr Johnson yet the BBC website mentions both but the main image on the page is of Mr Cameron's speech.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36289037

The section "EU referendum campaign live" only mentions a comment from the World Bank.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The BBC's content is independent of the Government and Parliament. If you want to make a complaint about BBC reporting, you can find out about the BBC complaints system here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/our_work/complaints_and_appeals/

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