Republic, the largest republican group in Britain, has accused the BBC of continuing its historic bias towards monarchy. It says that this has been shown in the state media giant’s coverage of the movie “The Queen”.
According Republic spokesperson Graham Smith “there seems to be an in-built cultural bias within the BBC toward presenting the Queen as a lovely old lady whose position is unquestioned. Its reporting on the movie has served to remind us of the BBC’s institutional bias. It appears they see their role as being an unquestioning cheerleader for the Queen. They go out of their way to interview those who heap praise upon her, but stubbornly refuse to give prominent air time to those who oppose her position.”