The BBC spent £1.3m investigating Huw Edwards scandal
Costs of consultants and legal advice over corporation’s handling of disgraced presenter disclosed in FoI request. The BBC has spent more than £1.3 million on […]
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BBC: It WAS right to reprimand Emily Maitlis for her Barnard Castle Newsnight monologue & director general says Gary Lineker’s impartiality on social media has ‘massively improved’ in recent years🤪
BBC director-general Tim Davie said it was ‘absolutely the right decision’ to apologise for Emily Maitlis’s Newsnight speech on Dominic Cummings’s lockdown trip after she […]
Gary Lineker dragged into yet another bias row as BBC’s OWN journalist savages MOTD host
GARY LINEKER has been savaged by a BBC journalist in a row about bias at the corporation. The Match of the Day presenter takes to […]
BBC to give majority of staff five per cent pay rise by end of year
The BBC has struck a pay deal that will see the majority of employees given a 4.2 per cent pay rise in August followed by […]
BBC doesn’t need to axe channels to save money and can make economies in other areas, spending watchdog says
The BBC can make more efficiency savings rather than relying on cuts to shows, the head of the public spending watchdog has suggested. The director-general […]
‘Predatory’ ex-BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood, 64, steps down from his Capital Xtra show after being accused of groping women and pressuring them into unwanted sex as his bank holiday gigs are cancelled
Tim Westwood has stepped down from his Capital Xtra show after nine years following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Tim Westwood steps down from Capital […]
Government’s anti-Semitism adviser Lord Mann meets BBC director general Tim Davie to express ‘major concerns’ about coverage of Hanukkah bus attack and Texas synagogue stand-off
The Government’s antisemitism advisor has met with the BBC’s director-general to express ‘major concerns’ over its reporting of a Hannukah bus attack and the Texas […]
BBC’s vow to tackle bias in doubt as Whitehall fears grow that the Corporation’s ‘modernising’ reforms could actually make ‘groupthink’ on issues like Brexit WORSE
The BBC’s pledge to tackle bias could be undermined by its decision to increasingly centralise its news production, Whitehall sources believe. There are concerns the […]
‘There’s a climate of fear around stories about race and transgender’: Chilling words of senior BBC insider as he tells PAUL WOOD reporters are asking: ‘Will I be the next to be monstered?’
Visitors to Broadcasting House, the BBC’s headquarters in London, are greeted by a statue of George Orwell, along with this sentence from his work: ‘If […]
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries’ fury at Nick Robinson after he told PM to ‘stop talking’ during tense interview on Radio 4’s Today show
Cabinet minister Nadine Dorries was left angered after Boris Johnson was told to ‘stop talking’ during a heated debate with presenter Nick Robinson. Nadine Dorries […]
BBC attacked for helping staff with anxiety after elderly were ‘harassed’ over licence fee
THE BBC has sparked fury for helping staff members that are struggling with anxiety after elderly people were “harassed” with home visits for not paying […]
BBC boss says broadcaster must be ‘healthily paranoid’ about whether viewers see £159 TV licence fee as good value for money
The BBC’s director general has said the corporation needs to keep a ‘healthy paranoia’ over whether viewers see their TV licence as good value for […]
Would YOU pay £400 a year for the BBC? – Viewers call director-general Tim Davie’s bluff and tell him to ‘drop licence fee and offer annual subscription’ after he claimed content would cost three times as much if it operated like Netflix
Social media users today called Tim Davie’s bluff and told him to ‘drop the licence fee and offer an annual subscription’ after the BBC director-general […]
BBC’s anti-bias boss: Senior executive is paid £325,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial
A senior BBC executive is being paid £325,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is biased. Ken MacQuarrie given title of Executive Sponsor Safeguarding […]
The BBC officially dismiss 1300 complaints about ‘comedian’ Sophie Duker joking about killing white people on Frankie Boyle show
THE BBC has officially dismissed over 1000 complaints over a comedian joking about “killing whitey” on Frankie Boyle’s New World Order show. Objections about the […]
BBC director of cultural diversity June Sarpong insists white privilege is a ‘fact of life’
The BBC ‘director of cultural diversity’ has insisted white privilege is a fact of life as ‘unfairness is baked into our system’. June Sarpong said […]
White men must not be allowed to control the BBC’s news output, says corporation journalist
A BBC executive has urged the broadcaster to diversify its senior news staff because editorial meetings should not be ‘dominated by what white people think’. […]
Princess Diana’s brother has accused the BBC of a ‘whitewash’ over faked bank statements said to have helped land a historic interview with her.
Princess Diana’s brother Earl Spencer sensationally exposes Martin Bashir letter falsely accusing Charles of affair with princes’ nanny – and demands an inquiry into ‘whitewash’ […]