Centre estimate · not a score

BBC News

🇬🇧UK · public broadcaster · public-service · bbc.com

Spectrum	Left Centre-left Centre Centre-right Right State / loyalist An estimate, not a score.
Founded	1922-11-14 no source on file — the date is not confirmed by us
Headquarters	Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA, United Kingdom no source on file
Funding	Funded principally by the UK television licence fee, an amount set by Parliament and paid by UK households/organisations using live TV or iPlayer; the BBC World Service also receives UK government grant-in-aid via the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office since 2010. Editorial independence is set out in the BBC's Royal Charter (10th Charter, effective 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2027).
Reach	The international edition of BBC News Online (bbc.com) is described as receiving approximately 1.2 billion monthly website visits worldwide; BBC News Online launched 4 November 1997 and is published in 32 languages.
Identity	Wikipedia

Bias we have measured in their reporting

Dating and attribution

'It was not until Tuesday' is a judgement about delay, not a date. No other report we hold comments on how long the German finding took. — in 1 article

How hard the claim is stated

Headline says the UN voted to adopt and replace; the last sentence of the report says the vote is non-binding — in 1 article

How hard the claim is stated

The qualification arrives in the last sentence and is immediately overridden by an effect the report gives no source for. — in 1 article

Which figure is used

States the replacement as done — the Assembly voted to replace the map — where the resolution urges states to use a different projection. — in 1 article

From 473 articles we hold, with the quote behind every tag.

Claims we checked that rest on their reporting: 2 misleading1 disputed2 unverified1 true
A verdict is on the sentence we checked, not on the outlet. An outlet that files a lot is checked a lot.

Ownership

Holder	Type	Stake	Control	Instrument	Since	Source
British Broadcasting Corporation	company	not disclosed	yes	charter	—	link
British Broadcasting Corporation	company	not disclosed	yes	equity	—	link
UK licence fee payers / HM Government (via Parliament-set television licence and, for the World Service, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office grant-in-aid), under the 2017 Royal Charter	state body	not disclosed	—	state funding	—	link

Percentages appear only where a source states them. "Not disclosed" means nobody published a number, not that we did not look.

Editorial control

Jonathan Munro

Interim CEO, BBC News & Current Affairs

Named interim CEO of BBC News & Current Affairs following Deborah Turness's November 2025 resignation; previously BBC News Global Director and Deputy CEO (from July 2024).

Matt Brittin

Director-General and Editor-in-Chief, BBC

Director-General (18th) and editor-in-chief of the BBC since 18 May 2026, succeeding Tim Davie; previously president of Business & Operations, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Google.

Samir Shah

Chair of the BBC Board

Chair of the BBC Board since 4 March 2024, for a four-year term; previously a non-executive BBC Board member (2007-2010) and chief executive of production company Juniper TV.

Journalists

Thomas Mukhwana

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Paul Kirby

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Clive Myrie

Chief News Presenter, BBC News · news presenting · flagship bulletins · breaking news / on-location reporting

Chief News Presenter for BBC News since 2022; presents BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten and has reported on location including the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Frank Gardner

Security Correspondent, BBC News · security · terrorism

BBC Security Correspondent; has specialised in coverage related to the war on terror since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Katya Adler

Europe Editor, BBC News · europe · eu politics

Europe editor of BBC News since 2014.

Laura Kuenssberg

Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg · UK politics

Hosts BBC One's Sunday political discussion programme Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg since September 2022; was BBC Political Editor from July 2015 to April 2022.

Lyse Doucet

Chief International Correspondent, BBC News · international affairs · foreign correspondent

BBC's Chief International Correspondent, its most senior correspondent and lead reporter on world events; presents on BBC World Service radio and BBC World News television.

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Oliver Whitfield-Miocic

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Craig Buchan

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