People like us analysis: Balance

 

As the BBC states they are Impartial and honest this means they have to have a balanced debate in the programme they show. A balanced debate means they have to balance both sides of a story or debate without being biased to one side and show both sides equally. An example of a balanced debate from the BBC is a programme that i analysed called 'People like us' this programme follows the lives of several different people wanting to make their lives better whilst trying to cope with their daily problems and struggles. The BBC is impartial so the programme showed balance debates that dealt with the good with the bad situations the people had. One of the key people we followed during this episode was a single mum who had lived with her parents whilst still trying to look after her child, The BBC showed a balanced debate by showing the bad side first which was the mother drinking whilst still caring for the child then further on the episode we see her caring for the child by looking after he and taking care of her. The BBC uses balanced representations in the programmes they air due to the BBC have to be impartial which means they have to show both sides of any story and not be biased towards one which means they have to show a balanced debate.