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    5. Ag resource tools and media coverage: a study of newspaper coverage of cotton in Texas

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Doerfert, David L. (author), Akers, Cindy (author), Oskam, Judy (author), Davis, Chad (author), and Vinyard, Ashlee (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2008-10
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 169 Document Number: C28437
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Extension
    Journal Title Details:
    46(5) : 5COM2

    7. Biased or balanced? Assessing BBC news and current affairs performance in covering the badger cull in England

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Stanyer, James (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    unknown
    Published:
    United States: Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D11986
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Rural Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    Volume 80
    Notes:
    9 pages, This article represents the first systematic examination of BBC coverage of one of the most controversial rural issues in a generation, namely the culling of badgers (a protected species) to stop the spread of bovine TB in England. While the BBC has certain regulatory responsibilities set out in its guidelines to provide duly impartial coverage it has been regularly criticised for being biased. Little is known about the BBC's performance other than what is suggested by critics, previous research having focused on press coverage. Based on an original content analysis of news, current affairs and factual output this article assesses the BBC's coverage. It shows that while competing voices and perspectives were balanced its coverage was not that distinct from its commercial rivals, with both framing the issue as a conflict over badgers rather than about the spread of a disease affecting livestock and livelihoods, and both focusing on a narrow set of voices involved in the conflict.