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After the horrific attacks in Manchester we must defend the right to protest
I hope pro-Palestine marchers this weekend will be acutely sensitive to the real fear in Jewish communities. But don’t let the bad guys win by denying…
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An inside job? Robbie Gibb’s campaign to rewire the BBC
The ‘proper Thatcherite Conservative’ who Boris Johnson installed on the board has form as an editorial meddler, and the signs are he’s not done yet
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Farage’s attack on the BBC tells us who he really is
His response to allegations of racist behaviour reveals more than we could have guessed—and why the Beeb needs to protect itself
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A firestorm has ripped through the BBC—but no one will say why
Called before MPs, none of the characters who supposedly see so much wrong with the corporation would make a case for institutional bias
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The real threat to BBC impartiality
The BBC has suffered a week of mistakes, resignations and the threat of a $1bn lawsuit. But the biggest risks of bias are in the boardroom, not the…
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The four-word message the BBC should send Trump about his $1bn lawsuit
The corporation must show it will not be cowed, unlike American broadcast media, and should call the president’s bluff
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The BBC is in a fight for its survival—it’s time Keir Starmer started paying attention
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would…
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