Thursday, August 01, 2013

BBC receives nearly 2,000 complaints for wall-to-wall royal birth coverage...

The BBC has come in for a barrage of criticism from viewers for its wall-to-wall coverage of the royal birth, with nearly 2,000 registering official complaints so far.

One listener accused the Today programme on Radio Four of covering the birth of Prince George Alexander Louis as if it was a “down-market tabloid”.

They also speculated that the extensive coverage – which has been accused of bias in favour of the Royal Family – “embarrassed the two professional presenters who happened to be in the chair on that day”.

So far the corporation has received 1,853 complaints from viewers, after 247 official complaints were made on the day the Duchess of Cambridge went in labour alone.

 T.J. Alexander told Radio Four’s Feedback programme: “I’m sure I’m not the only person baffled by the BBC’s completely disproportionate coverage of the royal birth. Full story...

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