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Ofcom dismisses every complaint of bias against Jeremy Corbyn about UK broadcasters
Summary:
Ofcom received many reports regarding the coverage of Jeremy Corbyn’s as he became Labour leader. His supporters have claimed that the BBC and Channel 4 are bias against him and are meant to remain unbias.
Ms Kuenssberg was accused against being bias against Corbyn after questioning him with a standard technique employed by journalists - 35,000 people signed a petition to have her sacked. The campaigning website 38 Degrees eventually removed the petition due to misogynist comments.
Corbyn himself claimed the BBC was bias during a Vice news documentary saying “There is not one story on any election anywhere in the UK that the BBC will not spin into a problem for me." and “It is obsessive beyond belief. They are obsessed with trying to damage the leadership of the Labour party.”
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My opinion:
It seems to be the fact that the internet now-a-days allows for the sharing of opinions that aren't completely correct and attract individuals who have similar views, even if they are incorrect. Ofcom is a very trustworthy institute who know what they are doing and do so outside of the governments control, surely if there was a true problem they would have picked up on it and taken action especially after the sheer number of complainant.
As we often say in media, the internet is an echo chamber, reflecting the views we want to see. As for the BBC they are independent and would review the complaints too, after all if the issue was valid it would lead to a lot of angry people as many of them pay their licence fee and aren't asking for a bias service.
Ofcom received many reports regarding the coverage of Jeremy Corbyn’s as he became Labour leader. His supporters have claimed that the BBC and Channel 4 are bias against him and are meant to remain unbias.
Ms Kuenssberg was accused against being bias against Corbyn after questioning him with a standard technique employed by journalists - 35,000 people signed a petition to have her sacked. The campaigning website 38 Degrees eventually removed the petition due to misogynist comments.
Corbyn himself claimed the BBC was bias during a Vice news documentary saying “There is not one story on any election anywhere in the UK that the BBC will not spin into a problem for me." and “It is obsessive beyond belief. They are obsessed with trying to damage the leadership of the Labour party.”
Statistics:
- "The regulator received a total of 139 complaints about broadcasters' coverage since the Labour leader took office in 2015"
- "dismissed a further 67 complaints over the past year which were deemed “out of remit” because they were against the BBC"
My opinion:
It seems to be the fact that the internet now-a-days allows for the sharing of opinions that aren't completely correct and attract individuals who have similar views, even if they are incorrect. Ofcom is a very trustworthy institute who know what they are doing and do so outside of the governments control, surely if there was a true problem they would have picked up on it and taken action especially after the sheer number of complainant.
As we often say in media, the internet is an echo chamber, reflecting the views we want to see. As for the BBC they are independent and would review the complaints too, after all if the issue was valid it would lead to a lot of angry people as many of them pay their licence fee and aren't asking for a bias service.
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