BBC fails to sort fact from opinion
This week's Private Eye cast an especially watchful glance over the BBC's complaints department.
In an episode of Broadcasting House on 13th July journalist Jon Snow seemed to suggest that fewer than 50% of Oxbridge pupils were from state schools (listen 19:35 in).
One listener complained to the BBC this wasn't right - the latest figures show 57% of Oxford students are from state schools or colleges; 63% for Cambridge.
The BBC apparently didn't appreciate that Jon Snow had even made a factual statement:
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