BBC bias
When it comes to reporting on issues of sex and gender, the BBC is neither accurate nor impartial.
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Institutional bias at the BBC
If the BBC is to win back public trust, it must stop telling us that men are women. The...
25th November 2025
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Briefing note on BBC bias to the Culture, Media and Sport committee
Sex Matters sent this briefing to members of the government’s Culture, Media and Sport committee when they questioned BBC...
25th November 2025
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When will the BBC face up to the truth?
Last week a leaked dossier revealed the BBC’s biased reporting on the topic of sex and gender alongside concerns...
11th November 2025
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Letter to the BBC board
We wrote to director-general Tim Davie, chair of the board Samir Shah and other board members to flag that...
11th November 2025
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Does sex matter at the BBC?
The national broadcaster’s mission is to provide “impartial, high-quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain”....
25th July 2024
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Why does the BBC keep getting sex and gender wrong?
In November 2023, BBC Woman’s Hour interviewed Steph Richards – a man who has publicly documented his harassment of...
23rd March 2024
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“Be nice!” says the BBC’s director-general
The director-general of the BBC, Tim Davie, appeared at the parliamentary select committee for culture, media and sport this...
22nd March 2024
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Bias at the BBC
What’s the issue? The BBC’s director of complaints has ruled that the presenter Justin Webb broke the BBC’s rules...
1st March 2024
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Letter to Tim Davie, director-general of the BBC
Sex Matters’ chair, Naomi Cunningham, wrote to suggest a process of strategic engagement for the BBC with experts and...
29th November 2023
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How Auntie excludes – why can the BBC interview Andrew Tate but not gender-critical feminists?
Cath Walton for The Critic
Walton asks why gender-critical feminists, and Sex Matters’ Helen Joyce in particular, are effectively blacklisted... -
‘Transitioning Teens’ and an irresponsible BBC
Suicide is a personal tragedy that leaves deep, life-long wounds upon families and friends. Journalists and public figures have...