The BBC’s left-wing bias was on display again after yet another Reform mouthpiece appeared on Question Time.
The BBC has been at the centre of a storm this week after a leaked memo on impartiality by Michael Prescott, a former external adviser to the BBC’s editorial standards committee, sparked the resignation of director general Tim Davie and CEO of news Deborah Furness.
The 19-page memo ruled the broadcaster gave the impression that he told supporters he would march with them to the US Capitol to “fight like hell” through the way they spliced together two parts of his infamous January 6 speech.
The controversy sparked the usual pile-on from the right wing media on the BBC, with usual lines of ‘left-wing bias’ being parroted by the likes of the Telegraph, Daily Mail and GB News.
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In response, many on the left have simply pointed to the amount of air-time the BBC give to Reform UK, a party with five MPs in the House of Commons.
The most glaring case study for this is Question Time. This week, yet another Reform representative appeared on the political programme, making him the fifth Reform voice to appear on Question Time in nine weeks.
The previous Reform cheerleaders to appear on the show since it returned from a summer break in September are:
- Deputy leader Richard Tice, on September 25
- Unelected representative and head of UK Doge Zia Yusuf, on October 9
- Political prodigy and recent Reform recruit Nadine Dorries, on October 23
- GB News presenter and honorary president of Reform’s student wing Matt Goodwin, on October 30
Meanwhile, the Green Party – who only have one MP less than Reform – have only had one representative on the programme in the same time period.
It’s such obvious left-wing bias!