Defund the BBC tweeted an article accusing the broadcaster of failing to represent a variety of opinion. The campaign group, which has amassed nearly 100,000 Twitter followers since it was launched last June, called on people to cancel their TV licences.
Defund the BBC said: “You pay. They preach.
“The only way for us all to force the BBC to change is to switch to on-demand and #DefundTheBBC by legally cancelling our TV licences.
“With the added bonus being, once you’ve done that you won’t care what they do.”
Many Twitter users replied claiming they have already cancelled their TV licences.
One said: “Thankfully, I cancelled that TV tax last year. Best thing I ever did!!”
Another wrote: “I’ve cancelled no more BBC propaganda for me!”
A third commented: “I cancelled mine weeks ago, best thing I have ever done, the @BBCchannels have been removed from my TV, Very simple just un tune them from your TV job done.”
One more added: “They can broadcast all the left tripe they want once they cancel the fee.
READ MORE: Leading Brexiteer savages BBC over lack of political diversity
Appearing before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Thursday, Mr Sharp told MPs: “Clearly some of the problems (the BBC) has had recently are really quite terrible and reflect a culture that needs to be rebuilt so everyone that works at the BBC and cherishes the BBC feels proud to work there.
“Then in my view that would produce a better output inevitably.”
Brexiteer Mr Sharp said there were “some occasions when the Brexit representation was unbalanced”.
He added: “So if you ask me if I think Question Time seemed to have more Remainers than Brexiteers, the answer is yes, but the breadth of the coverage I thought was incredibly balanced, in a highly toxic environment that was extremely polarised.”
On the licence fee, Mr Sharp described it as “the least worst” method of funding the BBC.
He said: “The question is, ‘Is the BBC value for money?’ Yes it is. How do we raise that money? That is certainly an issue.
“I happen to be satisfied looking at it in a relatively superficial way that the current process is fit for purpose.”
Mr Sharp also stressed the importance of serving the BBC’s regional audience, telling MPs: “If the BBC doesn’t mean anything to somebody in Sunderland then it is failing.”
He takes over from Sir David Clementi as the BBC’s chairman at a time when the broadcaster is facing controversy over issues including free TV licences for the over-75s as well as major competition from streaming services such as Netflix.
The BBC sparked a backlash last year when it scrapped free TV licences for most over-75s.
