Campaign for Fair Political Media Coverage
Byline Times (a citizen-funded newspaper) reports that the Lib Dems have launched a Balance the BBC campaign, due to providing months of ‘wall-to-wall’ coverage of Nigel Farage and Reform UK, fanning the flames of dangerous populism.
Compassionate solutions to the ‘boats crisis’ already exist, if only politicians would listen to the experts.
Yet the BBC especially seems to be more interested in what President Trump is saying on social media, than reporting on genuine solutions and interviewing politicians of all colours on a fair basis.
They have to do this by law during General Elections. But outside these times, they can choose themselves.
As our national broadcaster, the BBC should offer balanced news coverage. Lib Dems report that despite only having 5 of 250 MPs in opposition, Nigel Farage accounts for 60% of the BBC website’s mention of opposition leaders (over Kemi Badenoch, Ed Davey and the Greens).
Ofcom has been under increasing pressure to investigate GB News, when a presenter let an interview with President Trump’s claim that climate change was not human-induced, go unchallenged.
His press secretary (who blamed ‘the radical left’ for the shooting of a seemingly innocent young white Christian mother in January 2025 by immigrant officers), regularly promotes the channel.
Are the Claims Accurate of Media Bias?
Enhancing Impartiality conducted a detailed study. It’s really important, because this ends up with who governs us and makes our laws. And if the media is not being neutral, there is a serious issue, it could be then kind of called propaganda, rather than news.
Different independent newspapers and channels are legally free to air their views, but for license-payers, the BBC must remain neutral.
It tracked reference to both parties and their leaders on both BBC and News at Ten nightly bulletins for six months in 2025. It found that Reform UK had 19.8% of the media features, compared to just 6.2% for Lib Dems (Reform has five MPs, Lib Dems have 72).
This is serious, because it means the message on climate science is not just not getting out, but is being denied by Reform UK MPs, and not challenged by those they are being interviewed by.
There is nearly 100 percent agreement among scientists. Human-caused climate change is happening so rapidly, that species don’t have time to adapt.
With their semi-permeable skin, unprotected eggs and reliance on external temperatures to regulate their own, frogs are among the first species to die off, when ecosystems tip out of balance, and they’re dying off in droves. Rainforest Alliance
It absolutely beggars belief that we can have the final debate between two candidates for Prime Minister, and not have a single question in climate in a full hour and a half. Byline Times
