The highs and lows of election night coverage
The principal broadcasters were professional but slow to report results as they unfolded.
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Roger Mosey is the former head of BBC television news.
The principal broadcasters were professional but slow to report results as they unfolded.
By Roger MoseyQuality news reporting remains one of the most distinctive characteristics of the BBC, but it is struggling.
By Roger MoseyA public service broadcaster should hold up a mirror to our fragmented nation, representing all views that can legally…
By Roger MoseyFran Unsworth’s replacement must contend with a hostile government, a fractious workforce and continuing cost pressures.
By Roger MoseyThe lesson for Tim Davie from this week’s revelations is inescapable: he needs to rethink his own job.
By Roger MoseyOn 1 June 1946 a television licence fee was introduced in the UK. We debate its relevance today.
By Roger MoseyWe have seen that managing “scoops” can be deeply problematic for the BBC – the Martin Bashir interview with Princess…
By Roger MoseyThe corporation faces one of its greatest ever tests after the damning Dyson report into the 1995 Panorama interview.
By Roger MoseyIn an age of diminishing deference to the royal family, it was wrong for broadcasters to exclude all other stories.
By Roger Mosey