It’s time to privatise the BBC
Recent decades have seen a regular pantomime act whenever the BBC’s charter renewal comes around. “Time to abolish the licence fee,” many cry. “We cannot […]
Month: April 2016
The New York Times’s ideal employee is ‘young, white and single’, claims lawsuit which says its CEO – former BBC boss Mark Thompson – is creating an ‘ageist and sexist’ culture
A former head of the BBC who weathered an ageism and sexism storm at the broadcaster is facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over alleged discrimination in […]
BBC to ask new staff how middle class they are: Employees would also have to declare family income and schooling as part of plans to make Corporation more ‘diverse’
The BBC is to ask new staff to disclose how middle class they are as it aims to become more diverse, it was reported. New […]
BBC TV Licences – How to legally stop paying for one (and when you absolutely have to)
With the rise of online streaming services, iPlayer and millions of us watching TV on catch-up, does anyone actually have to pay for a TV […]
1 in 6 BBC stars ‘must be gay or lesbian or disabled’ by 2020 says new staff-hiring guidelines at the corporation
One in six of all on-screen BBC roles must go to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender or disabled people by 2020, the corporation’s new diversity […]
Former BBC executive downloaded 150 indecent images of children – so massive it crashed his work’s entire internet connection
A former BBC executive has admitted downloading more than 150 indecent images of children in folders named ‘teens’ and ‘candids’ onto a hard drive. Mark […]
Eggheads CJ reveals he is the BBC star at centre of a sex assault probe
TELLY star CJ de Mooi has revealed he is being investigated over sex assault claims. The Eggheads panellist was quizzed by cops on suspicion of […]
BBC disguises Jimmy Savile sex abuse victims using ‘creepy CGI likened to FaceSwap app’ during chilling documentary
The 90-minute programme saw victims and their family reveal the shocking scale of abuse suffered at the hands of the disgraced entertainer, many for the […]
BBC & Hacked Off accused of being ‘rank hypocrites’ for revealing Culture Secretary John Whittingdale’s relationship with a dominatrix he met on online
Hacked Off have today been branded ‘rank hypocrites’ after a cabinet minister was forced to admit he unknowingly had a relationship with a prostitute he […]
Stephen Fry sparks outrage by saying that child abuse victims can only have ‘some’ of his sympathy but ‘their self-pity gets none of my sympathy’
Stephen Fry has sparked outrage after criticizing the idea of safe spaces and trigger words, and saying that child victims of sexual abuse should ‘grow […]
Husband & wife BBC duo are charged with child sex offences against four boys aged between 11 and 15 during the 1990s
Two BBC stars have been charged with sex offences against four children and will appear in court next week. Tony Wadsworth, 68, and his wife […]
BBC executive producer admits supplying ‘meow meow’ for a drugs party where a barrister’s boyfriend died
A BBC producer has admitting supplying ‘meow meow’ at a party where a barrister’s boyfriend died 18-year-old died from an overdose after a party in […]