Forum Brief: BBC political coverage
Policy Consultation 7 February 2002
Labour Party chairman Charles Clarke and Conservative Party chairman David Davis have united to urge the BBC not to cut back on heavyweight political coverage.
Labour and Tories unite over BBC coverage
Press Review 7 February 2002
Forum Brief: BBC
Policy Consultation 4 February 2002
The BBC has a public duty to provide serious political coverage, Tessa Jowell has argued.
Forum Brief: BBC Scotland's political coverage
Policy Consultation 4 February 2002
The Scottish National Party's Westminster spokesman on culture, media and sport, Pete Wishart, has tabled a House of Commons motion calling on the BBC to produce a main evening news
Andrew Marr - Political Editor of the BBC
Interview 3 February 2002
Question: Recent BBC research reveals how viewers regard the news from Westminster as belonging to 'them' rather than 'us', and are switching off. Is this cause for concern?
News chiefs warn politicians on 'sound bite culture'
News Article 3 February 2002
Representatives of the BBC, ITV and Sky News have told ePolitix they fear sound bite culture is helping to turn the public away from television coverage of political news.
BBC targets ethnic minorities
Press Review 25 January 2002
BBC risks losing licence fee, warn MPs
Press Review 23 January 2002
Forum Brief: BBC executive
Policy Consultation 22 January 2002
A BBC executive has been accused of using a Commons security pass - intended to give political journalists unfettered access to politicians - to talk to politicians during the passage
BBC adds to Consignia's woes
Press Review 14 December 2001
Lord Ryder to be vice chairman of BBC
Press Review 12 December 2001
Forum Brief: TV coverage of the Middle East
Policy Consultation 11 December 2001
Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has accused British broadcasters of giving legitimacy to anti-Israel terrorist organisations such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
IDS attacks broadcasters' Middle East bias
Press Review 11 December 2001
Tory peer set to be BBC vice-chair
Press Review 11 December 2001
Former Tory chief whip joins BBC board
News Article 11 December 2001
The former Conservative chief whip, Lord Ryder, has been named as the vice-chairman of the BBC.
