Broadcaster inundated with feedback suggesting it favoured Jeremy Corbyn’s party
More Conservative supporters complained en masse about the BBC’s news coverage during the general
election than
Labour supporters, according to a Guardian analysis, suggesting Tories are more likely to take the time to write a stern letter of complaint.
While many on the left of politics, including prominent members of the shadow cabinet, claimed the BBC’s political coverage was pro-Tory, the broadcaster’s complaints log suggests the corporation was inundated with feedback from members of the public who felt its coverage was skewed in favour of Jeremy Corbyn’s party.