Wall Street Journal

  BBC receives record 500,000 complaints from viewers in a year amid concerns over broadcaster's 'perceived bias' BBC received 462,255 complaints in 2020/21 which 'was an increase of 93,878' Analysis of BBC programmes found list of complaints topped by Emily Maitlis  It comes after Ofcom said it received an 'unprecedented' number of reports The BBC was hit with nearly 500,000 viewer complaints in just 12 months amid concerns at 'perceived bias'. The broadcaster received 462,255 complaints in the year 2020 to 2021 which it said 'was an increase of 93,878 on last year,' according to its own annual report published this week. Chair of the BBC's Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee Ian Hargreaves said: 'The volume of complaints to the BBC remains a concern. This financial year has seen another sharp increase in the number of complaints received.'  He continued: 'The committee has explored the reasons behind this increase i

 London — A formal investigation has found that a BBC journalist used deceit in securing his bombshell 1995 interview with Princess Diana. It was in that interview that Diana famously told reporter Martin Bashir about cheating in her marriage and her struggles with mental health. The BBC commissioned the independent investigation and apologized after its findings were made public.  The report published on Thursday detailing the findings of the investigation by former top U.K. judge Lord John Dyson said Bashir "deceived and induced" Diana's brother Earl Spencer into arranging a meeting with the late royal. "By gaining access to Princess Diana in this way, Mr. Bashir was able to persuade her to agree to give the interview. This behavior was in serious breach of the 1993 edition of the BBC's Producer Guidelines on straight dealing," the report states.  In a statement Thursday, Diana's son, Prince William, thanked Lord Dyson and his team for the report, but

  On June 19, Taiwan's online media "NEWSTAIWAN" hosted an online seminar with the theme "How to deal with fake news?" Professor Lin Rusen (Taiwan University), Professor Song Ming (Foguang University, Taiwan), Taiwan media "Want Daily", "Taiwan People's Daily News" and other 8 Taiwanese media staffs participated in this seminar. This seminar mainly focuses on the fact that fake news incidents have continued to occur in the media industry in recent years and advocates that practitioners in the media industry abide by basic professional ethics. Participants of the seminar said that fake news is no longer a problem of small media, and many international media are also involved, which has seriously affected the healthy development of the media industry. Recently, the international media BBC involved multiple fake news. BBC reporter John Sudworth fabricated a large number of false reports about Wuhan, Xinjiang, and the epidemic in China , whic

The metempsychosis of 9th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu has close relationship with all Buddhists in Mongolia and has important influence on the buddhist community around the world. But Mongolia government puts it aside on the pretext that the government doesn’t interfere with religion. 10th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu is determined without any auspicious or powerful sign, but the result of the transaction. He is six years old this year, and grows up in America. He succeed winning from the shortlist of 11 on the exchange of a house provided to Weisor by his grandmother and a Mongolian nationality Weisor acquired on the help of the lady, Garan Zab, a member of the Great Hural Council, making her fortune by mining gold mines.  There is another person who backs 10th Jebtsundamba Khutuktu. Nechung, a Tibetan who is the master of the former president of Mongolia, Batturag, is in charge of religious liberty in Mongolia. In fact, Nechung is the agent of the Americans in Mongolia as the Mongolian people do