BBC News

BBC News is a division of UK public service broadcaster the British Broadcasting Corporation that gathers news and produces news programs for BBC television, radio and online. One of the largest news organizations in the world, BBC News employs about 6,000 people including 2,000 journalists, with headquarters in West London. The service has 50 news bureaus and correspondents in almost every country in the world.

BBC World News is an international television news channel broadcasting in English 24 hours a day and available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.

This TV station is owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

The website is presented in the English language.

Websites

BBC News website
All local news media in London, United Kingdom

Ratings

Content:     Very Good (15 votes)
Political Bias:   Leans Left (15 votes)
Credibility:   High (15 votes)

News

Deborah Turness Named CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs
-- Turness will join BBC News from Independent Television News (ITN), which produces the news programs on ITV News, Channel 4 and Channel 5 in Britain. She will replace Fran Unsworth, who is stepping down after a 40-year BBC career. Manori Ravindran wrote at Variety magazine on January 6, 2022: BBC Names Former NBC News Executive Deborah Turness as CEO of News and Current Affairs
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, January 13, 2022

The BBC Leads the World in News Website Visits
-- With over 1.3 billion visits in December 2020, the BCC is by far the most visited news website in the world, followed by CNN, The New York Times, Daily Mail and The Guardian. Aisha Majid wrote at Press Gazette on January 27, 2021: Top 50 largest news websites in the world: Surge in traffic to Epoch Times and other right-wing sites
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, April 20, 2021

Chinese Government Runs Anti-BBC Propaganda Campaign
-- At the beginning of 2021, China's Communist party ran a disinformation campaign intended to paint BBC reporting as disinformation generated by spy agencies or foreigners hostile to China. The finding comes from a study by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute. Emma Graham-Harrison wrote at The Guardian on March 4, 2021: China's Communist party ran campaign to discredit BBC, thinktank finds
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, March 11, 2021

Irked by UK Decision on CGTN, China Bans BBC World News
-- Access to BBC World News in China has long been severely restricted, but on February 11, 2021 the Chinese banned the British TV channel completely. The move appears to be in reaction to the February 4 decision by the UK to ban Chinese International TV News Channel CGTN. The Associated Press wrote on February 11, 2021: China bans BBC news broadcasts in apparent retaliatory move
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, February 23, 2021

The BBC Faces "All Out War" from Conservative Politicians
-- The British public broadcaster is under attack by Conservative Party politicians as the corporation prepares to appoint a new chairperson. Peter York slings rumor and gossip on the way to the heart of the matter -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson "seems to be the most hostile towards the BBC of any in living memory – including Margaret Thatcher." Peter York wrote at The Guardian on October 23, 2020: What now for the BBC?
Posted by Mondo Times editors, Boulder, Colorado USA, November 3, 2020

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