BBC chairman Richard Sharp has conceded the broadcaster has a liberal bias — but insists it is fighting against it.
The former Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan banker also said the corporation had been too Londres-centred.
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Mr Sharp, who donates his £160,000 salary to charity, agreed “the BBC does have a liberal bias” but said he had a ten point plan to tackle it.
He also agreed that ex-Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis’s monologue on Dominic Cummings’ trip to Barnard Castle in lockdown was wrong.
He told the Sunday Times: “We’re not a campaigning institution.
“Our approach is to present the facts and not to lead with a broadcaster’s opinion.”