Mae dadansoddiad diweddar o ddarllediadau newyddion y BBC ar ddechrau 2025 yn awgrymu gwahaniaeth sylweddol yn y ffordd y mae’r darlledwr cyhoeddus yn adrodd ar wahanol bleidiau gwleidyddol, gyda Reform UK yn cael ei drin yn llawer llymach o gymharu â phleidiau eraill.
Edrychodd yr astudiaeth ar erthyglau’r BBC a gyhoeddwyd rhwng Ionawr 1 a Mawrth 18, 2025 (dyddiad dadansoddi), gan ganolbwyntio ar sylw negyddol i ASau a chynghorwyr sy’n gysylltiedig â phleidiau gwleidyddol. Mae’r data’n datgelu gwahaniaethau trawiadol yn y modd y mae cynrychiolwyr Reform UK yn cael eu portreadu o gymharu â’r rhai o bleidiau eraill.
Yn ôl y dadansoddiad, wrth ohebu’n negyddol ar wleidyddion Reform UK, nododd y BBC gysylltiad y blaid yn y pennawd 67% o’r amser. Mewn cyferbyniad, wrth roi sylw negyddol i wleidyddion o bleidiau eraill, dim ond 20% o’r amser y soniwyd am gysylltiadau plaid mewn penawdau.
Allan o chwe erthygl yn cynnwys cynrychiolwyr Reform UK mewn cyd-destunau negyddol, roedd pedair yn enwi’r blaid yn benodol yn y pennawd. Er enghraifft, ‘Mae Lidl yn gwadu bod cynghorydd Diwygio wedi agor siop yn swyddogol’ a ‘Nid yw’r Cynghorydd y tu ôl i ganeuon ‘sarhaus’, meddai Reform’. Cyhoeddodd y BBC 35 o erthyglau negyddol am wleidyddion y tu allan i Ddiwygio’r DU yn ystod y cyfnod hwn, a chrybwyllwyd cysylltiadau plaid mewn saith pennawd yn unig – gwrthgyferbyniad llwyr i’r ffordd y cafodd cynrychiolwyr Reform UK eu trin.
Mae’n ymddangos bod y BBC a ariennir gan drethdalwyr yn cymhwyso safonau newyddiadurol gwahanol yn seiliedig ar ymlyniad gwleidyddol – yn llychwino’n fwriadol ar Reform UK tra’n cysgodi pleidiau sefydledig rhag craffu tebyg. Mae’r arfer hwn yn gwrth-ddweud rhwymedigaethau siarter y darlledwr ar gyfer didueddrwydd.
Gyda chyrhaeddiad a dylanwad enfawr y BBC, gallai sylw sgiw o’r fath effeithio’n sylweddol ar ganfyddiad y cyhoedd o blaid sy’n cael ei hystyried yn blaid fwyaf poblogaidd Prydain ar hyn o bryd, gan godi pryderon difrifol am ymyrraeth gan y cyfryngau mewn canlyniadau etholiadol a bygwth sylfaen trafodaeth ddemocrataidd deg.
date | headline | link | refrom uk? | party mention in the headline |
18/03/2025 | Councillor made racist slave comment – ombudsman | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c39v2r8m3jwo | no | no |
17/03/2025 | Councillor censured after ‘threatening’ behaviour | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrx20l2zyzo | no | no |
14/03/2025 | Labour councillor convicted of exposure resigns | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78exj07w09o | no | yes |
14/03/2025 | Councillor cleared of rape says he will step down | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyn191jyp1o | no | no |
14/03/2025 | Councillor denies contacting rape victim’s father | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx28jv2j0q5o | no | no |
13/03/2025 | Councillor who pushed woman convicted of assault | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c981jen071yo | no | no |
12/03/2025 | Councillor raped woman after brother’s funeral, jury told | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwdkv1dxeyo | no | no |
12/03/2025 | Councillor’s role ‘untenable’ after Nazi salute | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36wzj6j03go | no | no |
11/03/2025 | Councillor suspended after ‘antisemitism’ complaint | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg1k7d1g8go | no | no |
06/03/2025 | Ex-councillor cleared of sending illegal messages | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjy2rg0k02o | no | no |
28/02/2025 | No apology from councillor in Facebook comment row | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gdd9led9go | no | no |
27/02/2025 | Labour councillor disrespected ward colleague | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20ddr8x646o | no | yes |
26/02/2025 | Investigation into ‘Nazi comment’ councillor closed | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crrd5ggvlz8o | no | no |
21/02/2025 | Councillor who owes £4k in council tax resigns | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0eg1v7rd31o | no | no |
19/02/2025 | PCC asks for information over councillor sex claim | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgz2lg5v7eo | no | no |
18/02/2025 | Councillor found to owe £4k in unpaid council tax | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crewdj1p4q9o | no | no |
15/02/2025 | Tory councillor referred to police over sex claim | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz9e87n3e9vo | no | yes |
13/02/2025 | Lidl denies Reform councillor officially opened shop | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr46v1lr006o | yes | yes |
12/02/2025 | Claim councillor called women ‘Nazis’ at vigil | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgkj5j3631do | no | no |
11/02/2025 | Councillor not behind ‘offensive’ songs, Reform says | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdryv1rjeeko | yes | yes |
06/02/2025 | Suspended councillor expelled by Tory group | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0lzn631w5zo | no | yes |
29/01/2025 | Councillor sorry character reference caused rape survivor ‘further hurt’ | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj65n1p92p9o | no | no |
27/01/2025 | Councillor suspended over soldier court reference | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jnqz3pzwlo | no | no |
25/01/2025 | Sinn Féin councillor’s suspension lifted | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg040xyn4ro | no | yes |
23/01/2025 | Councillor ‘regrets’ reference for soldier later jailed for rape | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g38v3md26o | no | no |
27/01/2025 | Councillor ‘broke code of conduct’ in planning vote | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d55057k98o | no | no |
17/01/2025 | Councillor suspended by party pending investigation | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy77549zg4o | no | no |
11/03/2025 | Police investigate MP Rupert Lowe over alleged threats | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gm5dr95jqo | yes | no |
10/03/2025 | Mike Amesbury to stand down as MP over assault conviction | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62z9ell358o | no | no |
09/03/2025 | Lawyer probing Reform UK row contradicts MP Lowe | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7430zw4zqyo | yes | yes |
08/03/2025 | Locals react to MP Rupert Lowe’s suspension | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgw4zmd9mpo | yes | no |
07/03/2025 | Reform UK refers MP Rupert Lowe to police | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ge5jl62nro | yes | yes |
28/02/2025 | MP fined after opening car door on police officer | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y44173172o | no | no |
28/02/2025 | Convicted MP Mike Amesbury: What happens now? | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8llwkp6z6o | no | no |
27/02/2025 | MP Mike Amesbury’s jail term suspended on appeal | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8yy0116y8o | no | no |
24/02/2025 | Parliament to prison: Charting MP’s fall from grace | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y6p8lg9x2o | no | no |
25/02/2025 | Jaild MP Mike Amesbury urged to quit Commons | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3d8x3v2re8o | no | no |
24/02/2025 | MP Mike Amesbury jailed for 10 weeks for punching constituent in street | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx2rnp29p7xt | no | no |
11/02/2025 | MP defends free racecourse tickets before speech | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crlk6njjp68o | no | no |
10/02/2025 | Oliver Ryan suspended as Labour MP over WhatsApp messages | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5xdvnn16o | no | yes |
09/02/2025 | Second Labour MP apologises over WhatsApp comments | https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lv1gqgmdzo | no | yes |