A crowdfunding group is only a few thousands pounds away from reaching the total needed to mount a judicial review into BBC bias.
The "Help Us Stop BBC Bias" group, is headed by former BBC producer and executive David Keighley, who has been diligently monitoring the political balance of the Corporation's output for the past 20 years.
He has come to the conclusion that the BBC's own methods of monitoring impartiality - via the limited use of viewer surveys - are seriously flawed. Anyone who finds them self screaming at the loaded panel on Question Time every week would undoubtedly agree.
"The idea that a small group of viewers in a survey thinks the BBC is impartial is different to it actually being impartial," he said.
According to the BBC: "The first [survey] is an ongoing monthly nationally representative survey by Kantar Media for the BBC that allows us to gauge public opinion on a regular basis.
"The second is a nationally representative face-to-face survey conducted by Ipsos MORI, designed to understand the range of scores the public gives to news providers in terms of trust and impartiality."
Complaints about BBC bias - just like those about TV Licensing malpractice - are probed by the BBC itself, with the possibility of escalation to the broadcasting regulator Ofcom.
Mr Keighley said: "This is a publicly-funded organisation and we need an organisation outside the industry - so not Ofcom."
The BBC has attracted widespread condemnation with its recent decision to tighten the eligibility criteria for the "free" over-75 TV licence. From 1st June 2020 only those over-75s in receipt of pension credit will be eligible for the TV licence fee concession. Around 3.7 million households currently benefiting from the over-75 TV licence will lose out when the new rules come into force.
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