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Published in: ourBeeb: OpinionCoronavirus has strengthened the case for the BBC
The right has been desperate to sell of the BBC for years. But Covid-19 shows why we need public service broadcasting.
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Published in: ourBeeb: OpinionWe don’t need a public broadcaster – we need several
The BBC is struggling to serve a polarised audience. Is ending its monopoly the answer?
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Published in: ourBeeb: OpinionThe unravelling of the Reithian BBC
How essential is the particular construction of Britishness which underpinned the Reithian BBC to the governing...
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Published in: ourBeeb: OpinionThe BBC has failed on diversity: why were the Lords too timid to say so?
A House of Lords committee ignores great proposals from Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder while refusing to judge whether...
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Published in: ourBeebFour reasons why the BBC is failing to explain the news
A radical rethink is needed if the BBC is to fulfil its mission of informing the general public.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe shape of screens to come
Why is there so little that’s good to watch on traditional TV channels these days? A new Ofcom report explains the...
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Published in: ourBeeb: Opinion“Diversity: The BBC may fool itself but it won’t fool the Lords”
Problems arising from the BBC’s lack of diversity among its programme-makers remain, despite all the BBC initiatives...
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Published in: ourBeebThe Great War, and how it ended
Despite its extensive Remembrance coverage, the BBC hasn't actually tried to explain to its audience how and why...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs the tide turning on regulating Facebook and Google?
Facebook and Google are modern utilities - and natural monopolies - so they need a utility regulator.
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Published in: ourBeebTime for the BBC to be brave, bold and courageous – developing a manifesto for change
“My aim is to take the debate about the BBC beyond the need for platform prominence and to address how it can add...
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Published in: ourBeebBBC Diversity: will Ofcom deliver?
After eighteen years, the promise of broadcasting diversity is a cheque returned marked ‘insufficient funds’.
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Published in: ourBeebWhen traditional communications outperform digital technology: Rohingya refugees
Community radio projects in the world's biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh demonstrate the significance of...
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Published in: ourBeebBBC Diversity – getting through The Moral Maze
"This story starts with an invitation to appear as witness on “The Morality of Diversity” in the BBC Radio 4 “The...
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC and Cliff Richard: in terms of press freedom, this is a sideshow
The BBC has dropped the idea of appealing against the award of damages to Cliff Richard for invasion of privacy, but...
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC and Cliff Richard: what threat to press liberty?
Asking the Court of Appeal directly for leave to appeal could result in another opportunity to expose the dubious...
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Published in: ourBeebDiversity at the BBC: At last, significant progress, but still a long way to go
On the basis of his last three months work on diversity, Davie looks like the person to ride to the rescue. The...
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Published in: ourBeebJohn Tusa: a thoroughly enjoyable noise
London is the theatre where John Tusa has been “making a noise” ever since he arrived, at the tender age of six, in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFox/Sky: here comes the crunch
Fox acquisition of the other 61% of Sky may ‘act against the public interest, reducing media plurality’. Yet Sky...
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Published in: ourBeebBBC's Sir David Clementi or Channel Four's Charles Gurassa - Who will lead on tv diversity?
Why it seems likely, going into 2018, that we should expect more Ofcom reports saying “The BBC should be leading the...
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Published in: ourBeeb"Diversity, Ofcom and the BBC: the £1 billion gap"
Next year, will the BBC Chair Sir David Clementi get a grip on diversity and close the BBC's £1 billion diversity gap?