With over 380 reference points, this report by INSIGHT UK is a deep-dive analysis of BBC’s reporting. The analysis is based on text mining and observations into some of the narratives of the BBC coverage of Hindus, Indians and India.
The document intends to supplement the findings from INSIGHT UK’s recent national media survey.
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INSIGHT UK aimed to further substantiate its survey data by directly researching topics that affected the BHI community, and how or if the BBC reported on these areas, with a focus on their English language coverage on BBC India and BBC World sections.
The BBC was chosen as it was highlighted in the survey as the least reliable outlet by respondents, with claims of bias. It also received the highest number of complaints.
Various topics were researched and analysed for balanced views from the BBC, and if they were not found, other media houses were looked at to see how they reported on the same issue.
The main findings point to grave and serious omissions from reports on a wide range of topics from the BBC, specifically with regards to Indian and Hindu news reports.
INSIGHT UK’s research made various observations around BBC narratives, and found balance was lacking.
Research on BBC articles found various conjectures about Hindus, often with denial, obfuscation or moral equivalence to discredit any narrative that Hindus are victims. Denial of atrocities on Hindus could be leading to more Hinduphobia as the survey results suggest, or making young Hindus develop self-hate if they are only perceived by the media as villains, or perpetrators and never victims.
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