Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition To stop the BBC describing itself as a trusted news source, it is not.

The coverage of the Scottish Referendum, The EU Referendum, The British Election, The Conservative Election Party scandal and many others have been biased and unbalanced. They cannot continue calling themselves trusted.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The BBC is an independent body governed by a Royal Charter. Under the terms of that Charter, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and there is no provision for the government to intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations.

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