This article reconsiders the concepts of balance and impartiality in journalism, in the context of a quantitative content analysis of sourcing patterns in BBC news programming on radio, television and online in 20.
Wahl-Jorgensen, Karin Berry, Mike Garcia-Blanco, Iñaki Bennett, Lucy Cable, Jonathan Rethinking balance and impartiality in journalism? How the BBC attempted and failed to change the paradigm In this paper, the BBC's stance on English language use is investigated by analysing its language guidelines provided in the 2003 BBC ' News Styleguide.' Before the analysis is tackled, a brief discussion of the use of language and style guides in the media is given to illustrate its complexities and effects on news providers. Language Guardian BBC? Investigating the BBC's Language Advice in Its 2003 ' News Styleguide'ĮRIC Educational Resources Information Center