The creed of “impartiality” and “objectivity” that has infected the liberal class teaches, ultimately, the importance of not offending the status quo. The “professionalism” demanded in the classroom, in newsprint, in the arts or in political discourse is code for moral disengagement.
—Chris Hedges, Death of the Liberal Class (2010)
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#BBC you are on the wrong side of history…when this shameful period is reviewed, history students will be stunned at the bias of this supposedly impartial institution.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/20/bbc-gaza-medics-documentary-impartiality-coverage
The Guardian · BBC drops Gaza medics documentary over impartiality concerns
You won’t read/ see/ hear about *any* of this in the #Vichy #UK media, including the #Zionist-aligned #BBC!
“BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals: So much for impartiality”
by Harriet Williamson in Novara Media
“Comprehensive new research finds the BBC coverage of #Israel’s #genocidal #war on #Gaza is systematically #biased against #Palestinians & #fails to reach standards of #impartiality”
https://novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/bbc-systematically-biased-against-palestinians-in-gaza-coverage/
Novara Media · BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study RevealsAn analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades of occupation and violence against Palestinians. Harriet Williamson reports.
How is censoring those like Gary Lineker impartial? Allowing no #BBC employees to voice their views is not impartial, if the government controls the message. Worse, that message has given more time to projecting the anti-rights tropes of ethnic supremacists like Zionists, MAGA and Reform etc. financed by fascist narcissists exchanged for pushing their agenda of ecocide so they can steal the people’s taxes, is not impartial either. No wonder they have no interest in any ethical debate recognising the democratic rights of diverse interests! #Impartiality #BiasBBC #ElitesDebating #ecocide #BoughtPoliticians #AntiSemitism #GaryLineker https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/11/future_of_impartiality.html
www.bbc.co.ukBBC - The Editors: Future of impartialityThere was something of the Tristram Shandy about it.
What’s the point of the BBC? Answers on a postcard …
“How the BBC’s Flawed Impartiality Scuppered a Podcast About a Heating System”
by Patrick Howse in the Byline Times
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“Former BBC producer and reporter Patrick Howse explores the latest worrying sign of the BBC’s flawed interpretation of ‘impartiality’”
Byline Times · How the BBC’s Flawed Impartiality Scuppered a Podcast About a Heating SystemFormer BBC producer and reporter Patrick Howse explores the latest worrying sign of the BBC's flawed interpretation of 'impartiality'
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"There are several overlapping groups of people who, probably for different reasons, are more likely to prefer news that shares their point of view:
(a) the ideological and politically engaged;
(b) young people, especially those who rely mainly on social media for news;
(c) women; and
(d) less socioeconomically advantaged groups."
"In markets dominated by fewer brands — often publicly funded ones such as the BBC — respondents in that market also tend to express higher levels of preference for impartiality." In Britain, where respondents use an average of four news brands, the lowest number across the 40 countries studied, 62% of respondents say they prefer news displaying no point of view.
Camila Mont'Alverne et al, 2025: https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/23816
ijoc.orgWho Wants Impartial News? Investigating Determinants of Preferences for Impartiality in 40 Countries | Mont'Alverne | International Journal of CommunicationWho Wants Impartial News? Investigating Determinants of Preferences for Impartiality in 40 Countries
A group of researchers asked 80,000 people across 40 countries about their news consumption habits and preferences. Joshua Benton unpacks the results for Nieman Lab.
What does it mean for news to be impartial?
"The impartiality requirement means that news must be presented in such a way that one side of an issue is
not unduly favoured over another, and that the program does not show prejudice or bias against a particular side. To that end, an indicator of an impartial news program is that it
provides sufficient information for viewers to make up their own mind about the issues presented" (ACMA investigation, 2022).
#Media #News #Journalism #Journalist #Impartiality
https://www.acma.gov.au/publications/2022-05/report/bi-611-investigation-report-prime-may-2022
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The president has broad power under Article II of the Constitution to choose the leaders of #FederalAgencies or fire them at will. But #Congress carved out exceptions intended to preserve the #independence & #impartiality of certain #independent agency leaders.
#SCOTUS has upheld for-cause removal rules for agencies w/multiple leaders but recently ruled that such restrictions don’t apply to certain agencies w/a single director.
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“That guidance, which is not legally binding, is significant in an administration that has vowed to upend the #DOJ & the #FBI, which #Trump & his allies have accused of mistreating him.
“…#Legal experts say the guidance could erode guardrails that have traditionally given the #Justice Department a degree of #independence from the White House that does not exist for other executive branch agencies.”
#Trump White House says it
can talk to #Justice Dept on #criminal cases
“...explicitly saying the president & vice president & their top lawyers can discuss ongoing criminal & civil cases with the attorney general & her deputies, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.”
#law #impartiality #authoritarianism #democracy #TrumpCoup #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/09/trump-justice-department-guidance-memo/
The Washington Post · Trump White House says it can talk to Justice Dept. on criminal cases
#Democrats flip #SocialMedia *#censorship* complaints on #Musk, #GOP
#ElonMusk’s #X is facing #impartiality questions after he endorsed #Trump & the *platform* restricted pro-#Harris account.
#Republicans have spent the better part of a decade accusing #SocialMedia companies of “censoring” *#conservative* viewpoints & skewing their platforms to benefit Democrats.
#VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/13/democrats-flip-social-media-censorship-complaints-musk-gop/
Washington Post · Analysis | Democrats flip social media ‘censorship’ complaints on Musk, GOPThe Washington Post’s essential guide to tech policy news.
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The #CodeOfConduct for the #federal #judiciary lays out #rules designed to preserve judges’ #impartiality & #independence, which it calls “indispensable to #justice in our society.” The #code specifically prohibits both #political activity & participation in #fundraising. Judges are advised, for instance, not to “associate themselves” w/any group “publicly identified w/ controversial #legal, #social, or political positions.”