# 177 - WAR - BBC - show bias in London Mayrol election coverage.

Below exract is taken from searchwatch.wordpress.com :-


Current polls for the London Mayoral elections are quite revealing. The major parties – Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems are naturally standing candidates – as well as The Green Party, UKIP, BNP and a number of independents and small parties.
Firstly, bear in mind that by current polling figures, UKIP is expected to poll around 3% of the vote - around exactly that of the Greens.
So you’d expect that the BBC would be giving coverage to these parties more or less equally, right? I did some snuffling around using Google and found the following facts.

• Green Party candidate Jenny Jones received 280 mentions on the BBC website between 1st January and 30th April.
• Independent candidate Siobhan Benita received 106 mentions on the BBC website in the same timespan
• BNP candidate Carlos Cortigila received 63 mentions on the BBC website in the same timespan.
• UKIP candidate Lawrence Webb received just 58 mentions on the BBC website in the same timespan

However it is entirely in keeping with the BBC's Guardian view point that they would give more coverage to the 'socialist' Green Party over the 'rightwing' UKIP.