BBC Presenter Felt 'Haunted' by Claims Broadcaster Boosted Farage
16 Apr 2021 A BBC presenter said she felt “haunted” by complaints that the broadcaster was “building up” UKIP and its then-leader Nigel Farage in the early 2010s. Samira Ahmed, who presents the viewers’ feedback programme NewsWatch on the BBC’s news channel, had made the remarks on her non-BBC podcast How I Found My Voice while interviewing Private Eye editor Ian Hislop. While discussing with Hislop how appearances on their platforms had boosted the careers of various political figures, Ahmed stated that in the early 2010s, NewsWatch had received complaints from viewers about...
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