The biggest journalistic failing of the BBC - who are like the rest of the UK TV media legally required to not editorialise the news - is that they go overboard, and will present two sides to every damn issue. This means they regularly air the views of absolute nut-jobs whose input on stories is batshit-insane, but are included just to try and be fair and balanced.
"This means they regularly air the views of absolute nut-jobs whose input on stories is batshit-insane, but are included just to try and be fair and balanced."
To be fair, that does cover both the Government and the Opposition these days.
When one of the sides is British, the BBC presents one side, or presents the other side in a completely jaundiced way that omits relevant but inconvenient facts.
I feel this has been covered a lot across the BBC and NYTimes