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[tunnie]

I didn't watch it, but it was on the telly in the lounge.  Judging by the cheers that I could hear, I assumed that it was a BBC invited audience. 

Independently selected by a Labour. Equal split across Labour. 50/50 split between Labour and Labour.

Fixed that for you 

[Viral_Jim]

conspiracy theorists are out in force in this thread  . Confusing left and right with party alliances muddies the water.

Clearly when 5/7 candidates are left leaning, so will 5/7 of the audience be. Unless you want to pick 2.5 times as many UKIP & Tory supporters as you do for each of the other 5 parties.

What would be the alternative? Allocate the audience in line with MP numbers? Creates an inbuilt advantage to the party in power.

Googling ComRes bias shows a fairly equal number of accusations of left or right bias depending on the agenda of the accuser. 

[tunnie]

I don't normally buy into the bias debate, but it was very clear the BBC audience was heavily in favour of Corbyn.

[Terbs]

Do the debates without a studio audience. Let the presenter ask the questions, and all answer in turn. Boring maybe, but better than that crap on last night !!!!!!

[Doctor Gollum]

Do the debates without a studio audience. Let the presenter ask the questions, and all answer in turn. Boring maybe, but better than that crap on last night !!!!!!

If it's any consolation, your licence fee paid for thst

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

The audience should have consisted of floating voters.