While the corporation’s news was deemed ‘reliable’,less than half of those polled believed the BBC to be ‘impartial and unbiased’More people consider the BBC an accurate and reliable source of TV news than any other channel in the UK, but the corporation it not rated as highly for impartiality as its Channel 4 counterpart, and according to research by Ofcom. Slightly more than six in 10 (62%) people who watched BBC News rated it highly for being “accurate and reliable” and 58% gave it a gracious rating for being “reliable” in polling conducted for Ofcom’s annual news consumption report. However,just under half (48%) rated the BBC highly for being “impartial and unbiased”. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com