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| BBC makes 'elementary errors ' on devolution, says AM | BBC makes 'elementary errors ' on devolution, says AM |
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| A Labour AM has accused BBC programmes of "elementary errors" on devolution 15 years after it took place. | A Labour AM has accused BBC programmes of "elementary errors" on devolution 15 years after it took place. |
| Leighton Andrews was questioning BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten at an assembly inquiry into the Welsh media. | Leighton Andrews was questioning BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten at an assembly inquiry into the Welsh media. |
| Lord Patten said the BBC had made "good progress" in coverage of devolved matters on its UK-wide services but there was still a "distance to go". | Lord Patten said the BBC had made "good progress" in coverage of devolved matters on its UK-wide services but there was still a "distance to go". |
| It follows criticism of BBC network news and Question Time by the assembly presiding officer on Tuesday. | It follows criticism of BBC network news and Question Time by the assembly presiding officer on Tuesday. |
| At an event in Cardiff Bay marking BBC Cymru Wales' 50th anniversary, Dame Rosemary Butler said news programmes "continuously" referred to the Environment Agency during the recent floods, when Wales' environment body is Natural Resources Wales. | |
| She said a recent edition of Question Time on BBC One had only one panellist from Wales and only discussed one issue that was "primarily Welsh". | She said a recent edition of Question Time on BBC One had only one panellist from Wales and only discussed one issue that was "primarily Welsh". |
| Dame Rosemary also said the Welsh government and assembly were not represented on the programme and there "appeared to be widespread confusion" among panellists of the difference between the assembly and the Welsh government. | Dame Rosemary also said the Welsh government and assembly were not represented on the programme and there "appeared to be widespread confusion" among panellists of the difference between the assembly and the Welsh government. |
| On Wednesday, Elan Clos Stephens, the BBC trustee for Wales, told the inquiry by the assembly's communities committee that coverage of devolved matters had "improved" since a report by the political scientist Anthony King in 2008 drew attention to a perceived failure to explain the way that devolution impacted on how news stories affected audiences in different parts of the UK. |