BBC: Political Impartiality
(asked on 21st February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has made representations to the US Administration related to allegations made by Sebastian Gorka on bias and the impartiality of the BBC on Newsnight on 16 February 2017.
This question was answered on 1st March 2017
The BBC, by virtue of its Royal Charter is operationally and editorially independent. It has a duty to deliver duly impartial and accurate news under both its Charter and the Broadcasting Code. The Government has not made any representations to the US Administration on this matter.