BBC coverage of EU Referendum
Yesterday Jean-Claude Juncker gave his annual State of the Union address in the European parliament. In his speech he had some significant things to say about Britain's in/out referendum.
I expected the BBC to cover this speech in some detail but when I watched their 10pm flagship news report the speech hardly got a mention.
Of course if they had have shown some footage of this speech they would have had to balance it with some footage of Nigel Farage ripping JCJ a fresh one.
Now that the government is being forced into purdah is the BBC going to be leading the Remain campaign?
I expected the BBC to cover this speech in some detail but when I watched their 10pm flagship news report the speech hardly got a mention.
Of course if they had have shown some footage of this speech they would have had to balance it with some footage of Nigel Farage ripping JCJ a fresh one.
Now that the government is being forced into purdah is the BBC going to be leading the Remain campaign?
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Why am I not surprised?
That would be off topic and against the forum rules.
This was the EU State of Union speech at a time when the EU is being ripped apart. It should have been the headline story.
How many people watch news24? The 10 o'clock news is not just a bulletin it is their flagship news show watched by millions.
News24 hasn't existed for years.
The BBC News Channel did cut away from the 1 O'Clock News, CNN did a special show and dropped the usual News Stream show.
And then people like you would have accused them of having a republican agenda....
It is the BBC's job to report the news impartially.
Not reporting an event as significant as Juncker's State of the Union speech and the reaction to it is effectively burying it.
Should we all start a thread when we don't agree with the main story on the news? Going to be ALOT of threads if that was the case. The speech was covered so really if you feel that strongly about it then take it up with the BBC
I can understand why a pro-EU poster would not want the BBC's editorial bias discussed. Pretty pointless complaining to the BBC when they police themselves.
No they didn't report it. They mentioned it without reporting the detail or any reaction.
You sound like a person whose one ambition in life is to appear on Newswatch.
Or is there some other reason for the complaint?
The BBC's editorial policy needs to be scrutinised in the run up to the referendum.
Juncker's is not an EU official he is the President of the EU and his speech yesterday was a major EU event and it should have been properly reported on the BBC's main news. I suspect it wasn't because Farage's reply was blistering and Juncker looked decidedly sheepish listening to it.
Farage is certainly loud and pushy (and presumably says what anti-EU people want to hear) but I tend to filter him out so maybe I'd have half-listened to the dull speech and then turned over at the sound of Farage's annoying twaddle.
Actually Juncker is the president of the EU Commission and as such is the top EU official but he does behave like he is the president of the entire EU as opposed to an unelected bureaucrat.
Bummer for them.
Back the stay campaign and they back the government position. Government is Tory. BBC exists to get Tories out of office. Shit. Let's start that one again. No, still doesn't square.
What to do? What to do?