Former Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan explained international researchers have looked to the BBC to understand the ramifications of Brexit but the British broadcaster "could not bring themselves to admit that anything was going right". He hit out at specific news outlets for their "tendentious reporting" of Brexit. Speaking to The News Forum, Mr Hannan said: "Beginning with the facts, in 2016 to 2019 the UK outperformed the eurozone. (Express.)
"You can take any measure you like not just the basic growth but unemployment, manufacturing output, the stock exchange, the bounce-back of the currency exports.
"We were doing very well but that point is really worth underlining particularly to friends overseas because I found that a lot of the foreign media understandably taking their cue from the Financial Times, the BBC, and the Economist which tend to be the most read UK media overseas.
"It could not bring themselves to admit that anything was going right and as a number of remain-leading economists have said this led to their profession making some huge mistakes.
"This is because of tendentious reporting and results-driven surveys."
On impartiality, a BBC spokeswoman has previously said: "Impartiality is the cornerstone of the BBC and polling routinely shows we are by far the most trusted provider of news in the UK.
"The licence fee continues to ensure the BBC is an independent, universal broadcaster, committed to serving all audiences and is the agreed method of funding until at least 2027."
It comes just a month after Jacob Rees-Mogg said it would be "problematic" for the BBC to appoint a journalist from a "left-wing" outlet to a role as a news editor.
Ex-Huffington Post UK editor Jess Brammar is reportedly under consideration for a role to oversee the corporation's news channels.
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