Over 50,000 Sign Petition Saying BBC Is Biased against Jeremy Corbyn
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – More than 50,000 have signed a petition criticizing bias in the media, especially the BBC, against Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn whose election as the leader of the opposition on Saturday was described as a political earthquake in UK establishment.
Jeremy Corbyn has been the subject of a lot of media attention since being elected as Labour leader.
Some could say that it was due to the fact he refused to sing the national anthem, shook things up at PMQs by crowdsourcing questions to ask the Prime Minister, and that his aide allegedly landed a cameraman in hospital.
Others have come to the conclusion that the media is biased against him, especially the BBC, and have set up a petition asking for the BBC to be more balanced, The Daily Telegraph reported.
The change.org petition was set up by Amanda Drury from Lincoln, and it says in the description:
"Every time Jeremy Corbyn is mentioned in a news report on the BBC he is referred to as 'the left wing Labour Party leader'. In the interest of fairness and un-biased reporting, David Cameron should also be referred to in terms of his place on the political spectrum - 'the right-wing Prime Minister'.
"Please sign the petition so that this small but significant change can be made, thank you."
The petition has garnered over 57,000 supporters, many of whom think that the BBC is biased against Jeremy Corbyn.
Peter Lynam from London wrote on the petition: "Corbyn is labelled 'left wing' time and again by conservative and liberal news TV and radio commentators, whereas Cameron and Osborne lead a militantly right-wing government but escape the labelling Corbyn gets.
"So, Cameron should be labelled right wing for the same reason Corbyn keeps being labelled."
John Niven from Glasgow wrote: "I'm sick of the BBC's obvious bias. I used to hold the BBC in high regard - over the past 10 years it's gone downhill fast."
