The academic studies show that the BBC is most likely to take its' news agenda from the right-wing print media, and then to give disproportionate space and coverage to the Conservative Party and business interests, over the Labour Party and trade union or environmentalist concerns. Within that there is often an attempt to show neutrality - and without advertisers or sponsors influence to distort the coverage further they often achieve that - but where 'big name' presenters or reporters favour one side over the other in the main party political debates they have usually favoured the Conservatives. The BBC is really the broadcaster of the political and social establishment - conservative with a small 'c' most of the time, but bending to the big 'C' at times.
BBC comedy is liberal/left most of the time - into the second generation of a corrective to Bernard Manning and Tarby.
Public perception of the BBC is probably influenced a bit by the consistent campaign by the right wing media to keep it onside - even if the print media is becoming less influential, those headlines still count. But the public perception of the BBC as an organisation as slightly left leaning is very marginal:
https://www.bmgresearch.co.uk/is-the...ity-in-the-uk/
Originally Posted by jon1959
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