Pluralism or partisanship? Calibrating punditry on BBC2’s Politics Live.

Morrison, James

Abstract

What should pluralistic punditry look like in a multi-party parliamentary democracy? How should a state-owned broadcaster's flagship political show populate its panels before elections to guarantee balance between Left, Right and Centre, eliminate perceptions of bias, and maintain that most disputed measure of fairness: impartiality?

Citation

MORRISON, J. 2019. Pluralism or partisanship? Calibrating punditry on BBC2’s Politics Live. In Jackson, D., Thorsen, E., Lilleker, D. and Weidhase, N. (eds.) UK election analysis 2019: media, voters and the campaign: early reflections from leading academics. Bournemouth: Centre for Comparative Politics and Media Research [online], chapter 7, section 65, page 98. Available from: http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/33165/

• Online Publication Date: Dec 31, 2019
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jan 20, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 7, 2020
• Publisher: Bournemouth University. Centre for Comparative Politics and Media Research
• Pages: 98
• Book Title: UK election analysis 2019: media, voters and the campaign: early reflections from leading academics
• Chapter Number: Chapter 7, Section 65
• ISBN: 9781910042243
• Keywords: Political debates; Political campaigns; Media panels; Television panels; Election campaigns; United Kingdom
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• Publisher URL: http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/33165/