Vilification of UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in broadcast media ‘fuelled election defeat’ – shadow minister
Andy McDonald says democratic processes under threat as BBC joins in bias
A leading shadow minister has blamed broadcasters such as the BBC for allowing Jeremy Corbyn to be “demonised and vilified” during the election campaign, as the party struggled to come to terms with the scale of its defeat.
Andy McDonald, the shadow transport secretary, who was one of the most interviewed Labour frontbenchers in the media during the campaign, said the unfairness of the BBC and other broadcasters should make people “worry about our democratic processes”.