Media Standards Trust

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BBC News Coverage of the European Union - Independent Panel Report

Source: BBC, BBC

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A report examining criticisms of the BBC's EU coverage - that it is too Europhile, is seen too much through the Westminster prism, and fails to increase public understanding of EU. Submissions taken from a wide range of groups. Concludes that while there is no deliberate bias there is cultural and unintentional bias. Recommends the BBC's coverage be improved through longer term strategy towards EU coverage and be made more demonstrably impartial

Keywords: BBC, EU, impartiality, accuracy, accessibility

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