In light of that Centre for Policy Studies report into BBC bias....
By searching the articles on the BBC News (from 1st January 2012 to today), we find the following mentions of some of the leading right-leaning and left-leaning think tanks, which seems to give some credence to the CPS's findings.
Here are the results of my own forays into this area, each quoting how the BBC describes the respective think tanks and then apportioning a score for each think tank (representing the number of articles which label the think tank politically followed by the percentage that do so in relation to the total number of articles which mention the particular think tank).
One thing it does reveal is that the left-leaning IPPR is cited considerably more often by the BBC than the right-leaning Centre for Policy Studies itself. No wonder they're so miffed about BBC bias!
THE NEW ECONOMICS FOUNDATION (left-leaning)
"the New Economics Foundation think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23047140)
"think tank...the New Economics Foundation" (NEF) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22941908)
"the New Economics Foundation" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21242782)
"the New Economics Foundation" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-21180679)
"the New Economics Foundation" (NEF) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9779000/9779870.stm)
"the New Economics Foundation" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20511449)
"The New Economics Foundation" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20408260)
"A think tank...The London-based New Economics Foundation (Nef)"(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19596773)
"the New Economics Foundation" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-19598680)
"think tank the New Economics Foundation" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19318000)
"independent think-tank the New Economics Foundation" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18768401)
"the New Economics Foundation (Nef)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18380580)
"The New Economics Foundation (NEF) think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17192780)
"the UK-based New Economics Foundation" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16979976)
"the New Economics Foundation" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16772738)
Score - 0/15 (0%)
THE CENTRE FOR POLICY STUDIES (right-leaning)
"the Centre for Policy Studies" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22815620)
"free-market think tank the Centre for Policy Studies" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22723385)
"the Centre for Policy Studies, which is a think-tank closely associated with the late Baroness Thatcher" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22566867)
"the Centre for Policy Studies" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22250541)
"the Centre for Policy Studies, a think-tank founded by the former British prime minister in the 1970s. He remained close to Lady Thatcher.." (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-22105952)
"the Centre for Policy Studies" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22012935)
"the free-market think tank the Centre for Policy Studies" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21585229)
"In case you were wondering, the Centre for Policy Studies was co-founded by Margaret Thatcher."(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19675054)
"the Centre for Policy Studies think tank in London" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19468009)
"the Centre for Policy Studies" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19286846)
"the Centre for Policy Studies" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18147065)
"the Centre for Policy Studies" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17823272)
"the centre-right think-tank the Centre for Policy Studies" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16737358)
"the Centre for Policy Studies" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16722703)
Score - 6/14 (43%)
DEMOS (left-leaning)
"think-tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22954783)
"think-tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23029195)
"the think tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22721007)
"the think tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22530184)
"the think-tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22482597)
"the think-tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22244703)
"the think-tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21461519)
"Think-tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21256855)
"think tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20431729)
"the think tank Demos" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9769000/9769752.stm)
"The think tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20031656)
"a think tank. Demos.." (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20009492)
"the think tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19977023)
"think tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19792066)
"the think tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19495093)
"think tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18588612)
"think tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17815202)
"the think tank Demos" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9711000/9711943.stm)
"think tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16466646)
"the left-leaning think-tank Demos" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16737358)
Score - 1/22 (5%)
THE ADAM SMITH INSTITUTE (right-leaning)
"The Adam Smith Institute is an independent free market think tank known for its work on privatisation and tax reform" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22700805)
"the free-market group the Adam Smith Institute" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23083218)
"the Adam Smith Institute" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22153687)
"the think tank the Adam Smith Institute" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20465717)
"the Adam Smith Institute" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20156254)
"the free market economics think-tank, the Adam Smith Institute" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19876138)
"the think tank the Adam Smith Institute (ASI)" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9736000/9736430.stm)
"think tank the Adam Smith Institute (ASI)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18770783)
"the Adam Smith Institute" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18508692)
"a free-market think tank, the Adam Smith Institute" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18104024)
"the Adam Smith Institute" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9707000/9707361.stm)
"the libertarian free-market think-tank The Adam Smith Institute" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9697000/9697806.stm)
"the Adam Smith Institute" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16705244)
"Adam Smith Institute" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16789919)
Score - 5/14 (36%)
THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH (IPPR) (left-leaning)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23565279)
"the IPPR [Institute for Public Policy Research]" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23168781)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23144491)
"the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22955368)
"the Institute of Public Policy Research think-tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22818497)
"think-tank the IPPR" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22642067)
"the Institute of Public Policy Research think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22643808)
"the IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22258694)
"the left-leaning think tank IPPR North" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21899897)
"The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), a think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21860615)
"the IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-21670959)
"Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-21739912)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21693835)
"the IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21614086)
"the think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21538553)
"the left-leaning IPPR think-tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21503532)
"the think tank the IPPR" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21241711)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21039087)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20853767)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20669750)
"the Institute of Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20539708)
"Newcastle-based think tank IPPR North" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20532975)
"the Institute of Public Policy Research, IPPR North" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20316256)
"the IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20179601)
"The left-learning think tank, the IPPR" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19968027)
"think tank IPPR" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19828072)
"think tank IPPR" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19779457)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research think-tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19697372)
"A fascinating IPPR piece of work" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19691156)
"One of Tony Blair's favourite think tanks...The Institute for Public Policy Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19638256)
"the think tank IPPR" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19641548)
"The IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19635218)
"The IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19629997)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research think-tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19420168)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18880354)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18869955)
"The Institute for Public Policy Research think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18826587)
"the thinktank the IPPR" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9732000/9732808.stm)
"the IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18546849)
"the IPPR think-tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18539472)
"An IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18353539)
"the left-leaning think-tank IPPR" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18371865)
"the left-leaning think-tank IPPR" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18355571)
"The Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18327642)
"IPPR think tank...think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18319933)
"The Institute for Public Policy Research, a left-of-centre think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18189797)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18159859)
"the think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9722000/9722404.stm)
"the IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18137548)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-18034850)
" the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17987368)
"think tank IPPR North" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17913413)
"The left-leaning Institute of Public Policy Research think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17837303)
"The Institute of Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17725800)
"a left-leaning think-tank has claimed. The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17656891)
"The IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17649817)
"The Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17469252)
"the think tank Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9707000/9707361.stm)
"the Newcastle-based think tank IPPR North" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17344155)
"The IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17139135)
"the think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17112914)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research think-tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17104924)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17038284)
"the IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16932030)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9687000/9687064.stm)
"the IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16737621)
"the IPPR" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16679573)
"the Institute of Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16689090)
"the think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9684000/9684144.stm)
"think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_9680000/newsid_9684100/9684112.stm)
"the think tank the IPPR" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9682000/9682404.stm)
"the think tank IPPR" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16584913)
"the think-tank IPPR" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16574123)
"the think tank IPPR" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9678000/9678426.stm)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16528123)
"the left-leaning IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16463861)
"The Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16464940)
"the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16458570)
"the IPPR think tank" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16440102)
"think tank..The Institute for Public Policy Research" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16377207)
Score - 10/81 (12%)
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