EU-funded BBC documentary on Obama sparks allegations of anti-Brexit bias (theguardian:Barack Obama’s intervention in the EU referendum debate is a “piece of outrageous and exorbitant hypocrisy”, Boris Johnson has claimed..)

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RT.com Published time: 21 Mar, 2016 18:35

The BBC has produced an uncritical documentary series on Barak Obama’s presidential legacy using cash from the European Commission (EC) as the lame duck president ramps up his anti-Brexit lobbying ahead of a UK visit next month.

Obama’s visit the UK to bolster Prime Minister David Cameron’s campaign for Britain to remain in the European Union (EU) has angered Euroskeptics and the wider British public, pushing more than 26,000 people to back a petition calling for the trip to be scrapped.

The petition, which will remain online until August 3, has attracted 100,000 signatures to date.

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The BBC co-produced the four-part documentary series “Inside Obama’s White House” with ARTE France. An array of other Western media outlets, including SBS-TV Australia and RDI/Radio Canada, also collaborated in the production process.

The BBC previously attempted to shroud its EU funding in secrecy because the state broadcaster is compelled to remain politically neutral, as laid out in its Charter.

Critics suggest this aversion to transparency occurred because the BBC is funded by British taxpayers through a television license fee.

The BBC Trust, which sets the strategic direction for the BBC, declined to confirm or deny the precise origin of the documentary series’ funding sources. The body is responsible for ensuring the BBC’s services meet audience expectations. However, in the credits of the opening episode, the European Commission-funded organization Creative Europe Media is listed as a funder...

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