BBC Self-Monitoring of Political Bias

The request was refused by British Broadcasting Corporation.

Mr Jonathan Clobham

Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,

This is a Freedom of Information request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information:

1) Since the year 2019 (starting 01/01/2019), what projects and/or internal investigations has the BBC conducted in order to monitor potential political bias in their broadcasted/published content?

2) How and when were these projects/investigations conducted?

3) What were the findings and outcomes of these projects/investigations?

Yours faithfully,

Mr Jonathan Clobham

FOI Enquiries, British Broadcasting Corporation

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Dear Jonathan Clobham,

 

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, as detailed in your email below. Your request was
received on 26 June 2021.  We will deal with your request as promptly as
possible, and at the latest within 20 working days. If you have any
queries about your request, please contact us at the address below.

 

The reference number for your request is RFI20211072.

 

Kind regards,

 

Information Rights

 

BBC Freedom of Information

BC2 A4, Broadcast Centre

201 Wood Lane

London W12 7TP

 

[1]www.bbc.co.uk/foi

Email: [2][email address]

 

 

 

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Mr Jonathan Clobham

Dear British Broadcasting Corporation,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of British Broadcasting Corporation's handling of my FOI request 'BBC Self-Monitoring of Political Bias'.

The BBC is long overdue past that the deadline by which they are legally required to give an answer to the FOI request.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/b...

Yours faithfully,

Mr Jonathan Clobham

FOI Enquiries, British Broadcasting Corporation

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Dear Mr Jonathan Clobham,

Thank you for your email.

The response to your request was sent to you on 13 July 2021 before the 20 working day deadline had passed. Please find the response to your request attached for reference.

Kind regards,

BBC Freedom of Information
BC2 A4, Broadcast Centre
201 Wood Lane
London W12 7TP

www.bbc.co.uk/foi
Email: [email address]

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Mr Jonathan Clobham

Dear BBC Freedom of Information,

You wrote: "The response to your request was sent to you on 13 July 2021 before the 20 working day deadline had passed" - this is incorrect. Please note that a record of our correspondence may be found here: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/b...

As can be seen, no full response was given on 13th July 2021. You have now provided a response, however it was long overdue.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Jonathan Clobham