The BBC today said sorry to the family of the young person who complained about the behaviour of star presenter Huw Edwards. It follows a review of non-editorial complaints procedures conducted by Deloitte. Leigh Tavaziva, BBC Group Chief Operating Officer commented: Although our existing processes and systems are, on the whole, working effectively, this review […]
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“Bothsidesism” has become the criticism-du-jour of journalists and journalism. It pops up all over the place online. The phrase is used to condemn everything from reports around the Israel-Hamas war to the way Jon Stewart covers President Joe Biden’s age. Those who use it are arguing that journalists are offering a false equivalence i.e. Joe
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In the immediate hours since the death of Alexei Navalny was announced I was struck by the standard emotions such a story provokes – something between anger and sadness. The murder was a grotesque act conducted, one way or another, by a cowardly dictator. I took in various news reports and read about the horrendous
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The UK has just had two more by-elections on Thursday – votes in a constituency held when the MP can no longer keep the seat for reasons including bad behaviour, resignation over disagreements with party policy, ill health or… death. Labour overturned huge Conservative majorities in both Wellingborough (MP wrongdoing) and Kingswood (MP not agreeing
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I am teaming up with my friends at Media Voices for a new monthly column on the creator economy. I’m very excited about it! Each month, I will explore different ways publishers can learn from this thriving part of the media. The early weeks of 2024 have been full of miserable media industry news, with
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And we’re back… discussing Gary Lineker’s social media. The “Match of the Day” presenter retweeted a post that called for Israel to be banned from international football tournaments “until it ends its grave violations of international law”. He has since removed it from his feed. Forget what you think about what is going on in
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The details of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal are shocking. This website is not the place to discuss why 700-odd sub-postmasters suffered for so long after being wrongly accused of fraud and dishonesty. There is plenty of diligent reporting on the subject. This has gained more attention recently. I suspect the all-encompassing nature of
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Luke Littler caused quite a stir over the Christmas period. The 16-year-old darts sensation will compete in the World Championships final tonight against Luke Humphries. Unsurprisingly, Brits are gripped by the teen’s ascent. His semi-final brought in 2.23 million viewers, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. Expect more tonight. Consequently, there is a huge amount of
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It is pretty clear now that the Twitter many of us used, and some of us liked, is dead and not coming back. That’s not just because of the ridiculous name change. Elon Musk killed it and it seems like he is doing it deliberately. I barely use it any more and the data suggest
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Each month, I write the MacFormat Investigates feature for MacFormat magazine. Below is an excerpt from the latest edition. For those lucky enough to get your hands on one of the iPhone 15 range, perhaps the first things you will notice is that the cable that comes in the box is different to those from
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