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Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, has accused the BBC of providing only "cursory" news coverage of the march by an estimated 50,000 people in Manchester against austerity cuts to the NHS.
The Labour MP, who spoke at the rally on Sunday, said he had asked the BBC Trust to review the extent and quality of the corporation's coverage of the demonstration, which coincided with the opening day of the Conservative party conference in the city.
"By any reckoning, this was a major national protest and it seems to me that the BBC's coverage did not reflect this," said Burnham in a letter to the trust.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/sep/30/bbc-nhs-cuts-criticised-andy-burnham
Have to agree - you would hardly know it had happened from watching the BBC
The Labour MP, who spoke at the rally on Sunday, said he had asked the BBC Trust to review the extent and quality of the corporation's coverage of the demonstration, which coincided with the opening day of the Conservative party conference in the city.
"By any reckoning, this was a major national protest and it seems to me that the BBC's coverage did not reflect this," said Burnham in a letter to the trust.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/sep/30/bbc-nhs-cuts-criticised-andy-burnham
Have to agree - you would hardly know it had happened from watching the BBC