Who should be the BBC’s next political editor?
Laura Kuenssberg’s successor will have unparalleled influence in British political media. So who do leading journalists think should be in…
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How big a threat does Nadine Dorries pose to the BBC?
Some say the firebrand Culture Secretary has become “more reflective”. But she still wants to shake things up.
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How much damage could Paul Dacre do as chair of Ofcom?
The former Daily Mail editor once described the media watchdog as “the worst kind of bloated quango”. Now he looks…
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In defence of Tim Davie’s crusade for BBC impartiality
A public service broadcaster should hold up a mirror to our fragmented nation, representing all views that can legally be…
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The BBC needs to stand up for itself
Director-general Tim Davie should be challenging the charge that the corporation has moved away from impartial reporting, not accepting it.
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BBC Radio 4’s God Squad has borrowed from Life of Brian – but left behind the laughs
This sitcom about a University Christian Association is reminiscent, ironically, of a student sketch show.
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How Secunder Kermani became the face of the BBC’s Afghanistan coverage
With his outstanding reporting and ability to win trust and respect, the BBC has a new star.
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BBC Radio 4 series Guide Books questions how literature can help us understand the human experience
In this episode, authors Sarah Perry and Sinéad Gleeson reflect on how their relationships with their bodies have changed over lockdown.
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A BBC Radio 4 documentary allows young people to speak directly about their experiences of the pandemic
Adults, Almost mixes anecdotes and interviews with clips recorded in teenagers’ homes, as well as musical and spoken word sequences.
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Can the BBC save itself?
Harry Lambert joins the New Statesman Podcast to discuss his cover story on the future of the BBC.
Why Charles Moore and Paul Dacre would be disastrous for the BBC
Boris Johnson has proposed appointing two men who have spent their careers questioning our national broadcaster's existence.
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The BBC is taking a wrecking ball to its greatest successes
Haphazard cuts to valued programmes are no solution to the corporation’s existential crisis.
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What is shitposting? And why does it matter that the BBC got it wrong?
The implications of misunderstanding internet terminology go far beyond a minor misread.
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How the BBC’s political coverage is changing
“Now, before we move on to talk about the European election, we’ve been thinking about our political coverage here…” So…
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Why are most University Challenge contestants white men?
Watching the often testosterone-fuelled Oxbridge elite engage in a battle of the intellects under the watchful eye of Jeremy Paxman has…
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The BBC must accept it got it wrong over Cliff Richard, and hope reporting is unscathed
Today’s judgement on the star’s case against the BBC over it’s reporting of his arrest is a sad one..
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How the BBC is exploring our response to trauma
From Grenfell to Manchester Bomb: Our Story, new BBC documentaries are looking at what happens to those affected by national…
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It’s unlikely that the BBC’s gender pay gap row will be resolved anytime soon
The lawyers on both sides are already busy preparing for battle.
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The BBC’s latest head of news has inherited a tough series of defining decisions
The wider battle facing the newly appointed director, Fran Unsworth, is simply to make the case for BBC News.
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The age of lies: how politicians hide behind statistics
Perhaps it is time to combine our Trump-era, heightened sensitivity to untruths with a new broadcasting technique or two.
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