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===Liberal bias===

===Liberal bias===

Details of the BBC's alleged bias were further tabled in an official report<ref>'''Revoir, Paul''', ''[http://web-capture.net/picture.php?pic_index=1&presentation_method=inline BBC accused of institutional Left-wing bias]'' Daily Mail June 18, 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/17/nbbc217.xml BBC report finds bias within corporation], Gary Cleland,''Telegraph'', June 18, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://newsbusters.org/node/13530 BBC Report: Network's Bias Due to 'The Inherent Liberal Culture of its Staff'], Noel Sheppard, [[NewsBusters]], June 17, 2007</ref> - in preparation since 2005 - which found that the BBC:

Details of the BBC's alleged bias were further tabled in an official report<ref>'''Revoir, Paul''', ''[http://web-capture.net/picture.php?pic_index=1&presentation_method=inline BBC accused of institutional Left-wing bias]'' Daily Mail June 18, 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/17/nbbc217.xml BBC report finds bias within corporation], Gary Cleland,''Telegraph'', June 18, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://newsbusters.org/node/13530 BBC Report: Network's Bias Due to 'The Inherent Liberal Culture of its Staff'], Noel Sheppard, [[NewsBusters]], June 17, 2007</ref> – in preparation since 2005 – which found that the BBC:

*has an "institutional Left-wing bias"

*has an "institutional Left-wing bias"

*has "a tendency to 'group think' with too many staff inhabiting a shared space and comfort zone."

*has "a tendency to 'group think' with too many staff inhabiting a shared space and comfort zone."

A survey of BBC employees with profiles on the [[Facebook]] site showed that 11 times more of them class themselves as "[[liberal]]" than "[[conservative]]".<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2007/10/27/facebook-provides-fascinating-glimpse-society-media-demographics Facebook Provides Fascinating Glimpse Into Society, Media Demographics], Matthew Sheffield, [[NewsBusters]], October 27, 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=490047&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490 Facebook reveals the BBC as a liberal hotbed], Jane Merrick and Kirsty Walker, [[Daily Mail]], October 27, 2007</ref> Its programme ''Question Time'' has been accused of a liberal bias by hand picking its audience. However, David Dimbleby (the host of ''Question Time'') was a member of the [[Bullingdon Club]],<ref>Hannah Furness. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/10083081/I-was-proud-to-wear-uniform-of-Bullingdon-Club-admits-David-Dimbleby.html "I was proud to wear uniform of Bullingdon Club, admits David Dimbleby"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. (May 27, 2013).</ref> alongside many senior members of the [[Conservative Party]], ''e.g.'' [[Boris Johnson]],<ref>Elizabeth Day. [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/16/boris-johnson-interview-bullingdon-cannabis "Boris Johnson: 'Do you want me to be photographed in my Bullingdon Club uniform? With a spliff? Now you're talking'"] ''[[The Observer]]''. (October 19, 2014).</ref> [[George Osborne]]<ref>Elizabeth Day. [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/oct/01/george-osborne-bullingdon-club-chancellor "George Osborne and the Bullingdon club: what the chancellor saw"] ''[[The Observer]]''. (October 1, 2011).</ref> (Chancellor of the Exchequer) and [[David Cameron]] himself.<ref>Nick Mutch, Jack Myers, Adam Lusher, Jonathan Owen. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-photographic-history-of-bullingdon-club-tracked-down-including-new-picture-of-10224679.html "General Election 2015: Photographic history of Bullingdon Club tracked down - including new picture of David Cameron in his finery"] ''[[The Independent]]''. (May 5, 2015)</ref>

A survey of BBC employees with profiles on the [[Facebook]] site showed that 11 times more of them class themselves as "[[liberal]]" than "[[conservative]]".<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2007/10/27/facebook-provides-fascinating-glimpse-society-media-demographics Facebook Provides Fascinating Glimpse Into Society, Media Demographics], Matthew Sheffield, [[NewsBusters]], October 27, 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=490047&in_page_id=1770&ito=1490 Facebook reveals the BBC as a liberal hotbed], Jane Merrick and Kirsty Walker, [[Daily Mail]], October 27, 2007</ref> Its programme ''Question Time'' has been accused of a liberal bias by hand picking its audience. However, David Dimbleby (the host of ''Question Time'') was a member of the [[Bullingdon Club]],<ref>Hannah Furness. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/10083081/I-was-proud-to-wear-uniform-of-Bullingdon-Club-admits-David-Dimbleby.html "I was proud to wear uniform of Bullingdon Club, admits David Dimbleby"], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. (May 27, 2013).</ref> alongside many senior members of the [[Conservative Party]], ''e.g.'' [[Boris Johnson]],<ref>Elizabeth Day. [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/16/boris-johnson-interview-bullingdon-cannabis "Boris Johnson: 'Do you want me to be photographed in my Bullingdon Club uniform? With a spliff? Now you're talking'"] ''[[The Observer]]''. (October 19, 2014).</ref> [[George Osborne]]<ref>Elizabeth Day. [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/oct/01/george-osborne-bullingdon-club-chancellor "George Osborne and the Bullingdon club: what the chancellor saw"] ''[[The Observer]]''. (October 1, 2011).</ref> (Chancellor of the Exchequer) and [[David Cameron]] himself.<ref>Nick Mutch, Jack Myers, Adam Lusher, Jonathan Owen. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-photographic-history-of-bullingdon-club-tracked-down-including-new-picture-of-10224679.html "General Election 2015: Photographic history of Bullingdon Club tracked down - including new picture of David Cameron in his finery"] ''[[The Independent]]''. (May 5, 2015)</ref>

===Regional bias===

===Regional bias===