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The BBC is always under huge scrutiny. That will only increase over the next 12 months as it has to navigate coverage of both the UK and US elections. There are also issues surrounding local coverage and flagship shows like “Newsnight”, both of which are being reduced in various ways. Adam Sherwin, who reports on arts and media for the i, joined the show to discuss all the controversies plaguing Aunty.
The BBC is in many ways a great institution, but there can be little doubt that it gets itself in a tangle too, often unnecessarily so. We’ve seen that in its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, for instance. Its news coverage becomes a lightning rod for so much else and the corporation can spend too much time talking about itself. It is hard to see how we’d be better off with it gone, though. Our conversations tries to unpack all these contradictions.
* The British Media Has Disgraced Itself Over Israel
* It Doesn’t Matter Whether or Not You Watch Newsnight
* Huw Edwards set to leave BBC News after internal inquiry, insiders say – i
* Adam Sherwin on Twitter
* Adam Sherwin at the i
* Charlotte Henry on Threads
* Charlotte Henry TikTok
* The Addition blog
* The Addition on YouTube
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