Complaining to the BBC about the Andrew Marr Show's blatant bias

Back on 3 May I made a complaint to the BBC about the Andrew Marr Show's bias:

'... Andrew Marr's interview with Gordon Brown broke down between subjects thus:
Hung parliaments, campaign, the Queen - 12m 18s (48.5%)
Immigration - 5m 21s (21%)
Bankers - 3m 11s (12.5%)
Ash cloud - 2m 40s (10.5%)
Afghanistan - 1m 56s (7.5%)
Cuts, deficit - 0 m 0s (0%)

Andrew Marr's interview with Nick Clegg broke down between subjects thus:
Hung parliaments, Clegg personally - 11m 7s (49.7%)
Immigration - 7m 32s (33.7%)
Trident - 3m 42s (16.6%)
Cuts, deficit - 0m os (0%)

Andrew Marr's interview with David Cameron broke down between subjects thus:
Cuts, deficit - 15m 26s (67%)
Priorities - 3m 20s (14.5%)
Hung parliament, campaign - 3 m 0s (13%)
Living Wage - 1m 18s (5.5%)


So Andrew Marr spent 2/3 of the whole interview discussing with David Cameron a subject that he chose not to raise with Nick Clegg and Gordon Brown at all. If the subject of 'cuts' was so important as to warrant 2/3 of the interview with David Cameron, why was it not important enough to raise with Gordon Brown or Nick Clegg? Does Andrew Marr believe that only the Conservatives will make cuts or is that just the perception he would like to leave viewers with?


Andrew Marr's position as one of the BBC's lead interviewer is compromised by such blatant bias; what action will the BBC Trust take against him now that you have proof of his anti-Conservative bias?


The percentages are sourced from http://beebbiascraig.blogspot.com/2010/05/more-on-marr.html - If you disagree with the figures, do please correct them.''

Today I received a response, but not much of one:

'Thanks for your further e-mail regarding 'The Andrew Marr Show'.

We're still looking in to your complaint about the above programme, however I hope you understand that the General Election period has resulted in significant audience correspondence and we are currently dealing with a number of complaints.

We would be grateful if you would not reply to this e-mail - in the meantime, we would like to thank you for again for contacting us with your concerns and appreciate your patience in awaiting a response

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

Kind Regards

Andrew Hannah'

So that's almost a month not to answer my original complaint and this response is basically a 'stop bothering us, we'll get back to you in our own time' email.

The BBC happy to take our money, not willing to answer for their misdemeanours.