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Petition · past parliament

Public Enquiry about BBC bias coverage of BREXIT

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

The BBCs coverage of BREXIT leans heavily on the side of remain when the greater part of voters (over 17 million) opted for leave.
News panels are widely in favour of remain and are selected with more remain guests than leave. The coverage of the one million strong London ‘Leave means leave’ protest was shocking in contrast with the remain demonstration one week earlier. The parliament website petition to revoke article 50 was given wide coverage on their news yet the on line petition to leave with no deal was not mentioned.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Public inquiry into the bias in the BBC

Timeline

4 Apr 2019 Petition opened for signatures
11 Apr 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Apr 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.