{"id":66588,"date":"2023-01-31T09:25:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T09:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=66588"},"modified":"2023-01-31T10:02:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T10:02:43","slug":"is-the-bbcs-reporting-on-economics-impartial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/01\/31\/is-the-bbcs-reporting-on-economics-impartial\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the BBC’s reporting on economics impartial?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BBC commissioned a report<\/a> from Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot that was submitted to the BBC in November and has now been published. It had this title:<\/p>\n

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Although I am not a big fan of Andrew Dilnot's objectivity, Michael Blastland seems to have a good record on this issue, and the report is well worth reading. I think it is a genuine attempt to address the faults in the reporting of the issues noted in its title.<\/p>\n

I will attach at the end of this post the summary pages from the report because they are worth looking at. What I wish to highlight instead are some of the issues raised in it which might get overlooked.<\/p>\n

The overall finding was that there was weakness in reporting, but the resulting biases were to left and right, although I have to say that I do not think that the report supports that claim: most of the weaknesses noted appear to me to suggest under-reporting of the concerns of those who might be on the left.<\/p>\n

The reasons for this, if the report is read carefully are:<\/p>\n