BBC chair questions public’s appetite for impartiality March 29, 2022 BBC chair Richard Sharp has suggested that the public may overstate their appetite for impartial news. As reported by the Guardian, Sharp compared public attitude to impartiality as the same way that “99% of people say they wash their hands after going to the loo”. Speaking at a panel event organised by the Social Market [...]
Laura Kuenssberg to present BBC’s new Sunday morning politics show March 28, 2022 Laura Kuenssberg has announced she will be presenting BBC's Sunday morning politics show from September.
BBC pays Princess Diana’s private secretary ‘substantial sum’ over infamous Bashir interview March 17, 2022 The BBC said in a statement that it has paid Diana, Princess of Wales’ private secretary Patrick Jephson a “substantial sum’’ in damages and has apologised for the way in which Martin Bashir obtained his explosive 1995 Panorama interview. It comes after Lord Dyson’s investigation last year concluded that BBC journalist Bashir committed a “serious [...]
BBC set to cut original CBBC content as licence fee tries to remain competitive March 10, 2022 The UK media regulator has opened a new consultation into the number of CBBC’s original productions, accepting the BBC’s request to make cuts to its output. In an announcement this morning, Ofcom agreed with BBC’s suggestion to reduce the original productions quota for the dedicated TV channel for children, shifting it from 72 per cent [...]
Former Radio 1 DJ Mark Page gets 12 years in prison following ‘grotesque sexual abuse’ of children March 10, 2022 Former Radio 1 DJ Mark Page has been jailed for 12 years after arranging to have sex with vulnerable children in the Philippines. Page was convicted of four counts of arranging the commission of a child sex offence between 2016 and 2019. Two of his charges related to contact he had via webcam from his [...]
Keeping up with the BBC: GB News invests £14m since launch March 7, 2022 GB News have invested nearly £14m in the last year as the news channel attempts to go head-to-head with the likes of Sky News and the BBC for viewer eyeballs. The latest accounts show how the owner of GB News All Perspectives has been drawing down £46.5m worth of cash since last spring to aid the [...]
Russia takes BBC World News off air March 6, 2022 BBC World News has been taken off air in Russia as Putin’s government retaliates to Western boycotting. As the global news channel for the broadcaster, Russians will no longer be able to access the channel or the BBC content. It comes after media watchdog Ofcom said that it had opened a further 12 investigations into [...]
Russia blocks BBC after fierce Kremlin criticism and RT ban across Europe March 4, 2022 BBC Russia says there have been reports there are problems accessing its website in Russia. German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported, in Russian, that the BBC site was not working in Russia. According to a tweet posted by BBC Russian in Russian and translated into English, Meta (formerly known as Facebook) also appears to be [...]
Kremlin accuses BBC of being used to undermine Russia’s political stability March 3, 2022 The Kremlin made very some very serious accusations today as it said the BBC was being used to undermine the political situation in Russia. “The fact that Russian journalists are still at least somehow able to work in Britain is associated solely with London’s fears of jeopardising the position of the BBC radio and television [...]
BBC kicks off 10-point impartiality review March 3, 2022 The BBC have announced that Sir Andrew Dilnot and Michael Blastland will chair and author the BBC’s editorial review into its taxation and public spending output.