Media

Investigation

59 BBC journalists, 18,000 posts: what their own words say about which way they lean

Critics call BBC reporters a left-leaning clique. We took bylines from the BBC News homepage and section pages, found their X and Bluesky accounts, read every post and coded each against a rubric fixed in advance. Most reveal nothing. Of the 16 who do, 12 lean left, four are mixed, none lean right.

Analysis

'A privilege, not a right': what the court papers in the White House press ban actually say

A federal judge ordered the White House to give CNN, MS NOW and Politico their passes back early on Thursday. We read the complaint, the government's defence, the letter that tried to justify the ban and the ruling itself, and attached all four below.