“Evan Davis and Alan Rusbridger got their handbags out at a media luvvie lunch. Davis touched a nerve by arguing that the newspaper industry needs three dailies to go out of business to survive, provoking a much more sensible alternative suggestion from the Guardian editor…”
Guy Fawkes’ blog, (2014). “Rusbridger: We Need the BBC to Go Out of Business.” [online] Available at: http://order-order.com/2014/06/06/rusbridger-we-need-the-bbc-to-go-out-of-business/ [Accessed 18 Jul. 2014].
“Corporation’s editors have a ‘safety-first’ attitude and are obsessed with newspapers’ agendas, says economics editor…”
Brown, M. and Deans, J. (2014). “Robert Peston: BBC follows the Daily Mail’s lead too much.” [online] the Guardian. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/06/bbc-obsessed-agenda-daily-mail-robert-peston-charles-wheeler [Accessed 18 Jul. 2014].
“A PETITION attacking the BBC for being biased against the Green Party in its election coverage has attracted more than 45,000 signatures….”
Culley, Jeremy (2014). “Green Party blasts BBC for ‘media blackout’ in election coverage.”, Bolton News. 5 June 2014. Available at: http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/politics/11258717.Green_Party_blasts_BBC_for__media_blackout__in_election_coverage/ [Accessed 17 Jul. 2014].
With UKIP doing well defensiveness about “Due Impartiality” at the BBC
Guy Fawkes’ blog, (2014). Another BBC Producer Publicly Attacks UKIP “Lunatics”. [online] Available at: http://order-order.com/2014/05/22/more-bbc-producers-attacking-ukip-lunatics/ [Accessed 18 Jul. 2014].
Argument for why the media (and the political class hate Nigel) and why support for UKIP has something positive about it
O’Neill, Brendan (2014). “Nigel Farage and the fury of the elites” spiked. [online] Available at: http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/nigel-farage-and-the-fury-of-the-elites/ [Accessed 18 Jul. 2014].
Thecommentator.com, (2014). “EXCLUSIVE: BBC bias exposed as newspaper purchases reveals continued Guardian bias – The Commentator.” 7 May 2013. [online] Available at: http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3458/exclusive_bbc_bias_exposed_as_newspaper_purchases_reveals_continued_guardian_bias [Accessed 18 Jul. 2014].
Jones, O. (2014). “It’s the BBC’s rightwing bias that is the threat to democracy and journalism.” Guardian: Comment is Free. 17 March 2014. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/17/bbc-leftwing-bias-non-existent-myth [Accessed 17 July 2014].
Hitchens, Peter (2014). “Does Owen Jones really think the BBC leans to the Right?” Mail Online: Hitchens Blog [online] Available at: http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2014/03/does-owen-jones-really-think-the-bbc-leans-to-the-right-.html [Accessed 18 Jul. 2014].