'Disgraceful!' BBC TV Election debate audience accused of bias as viewers demand Ofcom intervene
Angry social media users shared their outrage online and demanded Ofcom take action
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The audience at the BBC's television election debate has been slammed as "biased" after an anti-Brexit attack received a huge round of applause.
Angry social media users shared their outrage online and demanded Ofcom take action.
During the debate, Stephen Flynn from the SNP claimed Brexit has increased food prices and proved "an unmitigated disaster for the economy".
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The audience - which was selected by independent pollsters Savanta - responded by erupting into applause.
The audience at the latest television election debate has been slammed as "bias" after an anti-brexit attack received a huge round of applauseBBCSocial media users slammed the audience as "anything other than balanced".
One person wrote: "Just as I predicted. The usual BBC lefty bias audience. Disgraceful!"
"Another totally biased @BBCNews audience," a second added.
GB News presenter, Nick Dixon wrote: "‘Brexit bad’ gets a massive round of applause. Clearly a carefully balanced audience selected from whoever was in the BBC canteen."
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A number of social media users also called on Ofcom to intervene.
One user said: "This has been a dreadful #bbcdebate The host was awful. Debating rather than moderating.
"The audience was anything other than balanced. The clapping showed the bias of that audience very, very clearly. If this was @gbnews then @ofcom would have already opened an investigation."
Another added: "@Ofcom this audience is NOT representative. The @BBCNews has a biased audience. This is clear with them clapping for 'the ones BBC support'."
Other users hit back against the "bias" as they argued that "independent pollsters" selected audience members.
A number of social media users also called on Ofcom to intervene
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One person wrote: "Audience chosen by Savanta a polling company stop crying about bias because not everyone agrees with you."
Another agreed: "Audience selected by independent pollsters Savation to reflect the electorate. Their main clients are The Daily Mail and ITV.
"What you’re seeing isn’t BBC bias, it’s your own irrelevance. The general public is kinder than you realise and don’t agree with you."
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris told GB News: "A bad politician will always blame the audience.
"I heard your question to Lisa, 'What did they clap for?' and I don't think you can read anything into that because had you gone back to 2016 during any of the debates about leaving the European Union if you had gone by audience reaction alone, we would have stayed in the European Union with a massive majority."
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