BBC Breakfast: Naga Munchetty shares breaking news BBC Breakfast fans issued the same complaint as the broadcaster zoned in on impartiality. Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty fronted Saturday's instalment (July 20) of the BBC programme, handing over to Newswatch host Samira Ahmed who shared viewers' opinions on recent coverage of events by BBC News. This included alleged impartiality by the BBC during coverage of the General Election .
One viewer claimed the Six O'clock News proved "beyond doubt" that the BBC were supporting Labour during the election. Another fan suggested the BBC were leaning towards Rishi Sunak , claiming the bias towards the Conservatives came across "quite strongly". Meanwhile others complained about the air time received by Nigel Farage , with several believing the Reform leader had more coverage than the other campaigners.
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BBC News presenter confirms show is coming 'off-air' in announcement [LATEST] BBC Breakfast (Image: BBC) CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness was welcomed onto the show to discuss the claims, insisting to Ahmed that she was "incredibly proud" of the BBC 's output during the election. Responding to claims about Mr Farage's air time, she said: "We were very careful and thoughtful about this, equal numbers of people contacted the BBC to say there was too much and too little. "We make very careful determinations and we look at a cross section of data to look at those decisions.
" Shutting down concerns from viewers, the BBC boss ad.