Two singers singing at a microphone during a recording session
By Caroline Crampton - 14 November 17:04

On 14 November 1922, the first ever BBC radio broadcast went out. At troubled time for the corporation, remind yourself of all the great things it has done in the last 90 years.

The BBC headquarters at New Broadcasting House. Photograph: Getty Images.
By George Eaton - 14 November 17:01

In tomorrow's New Statesman, BBC director of television Roger Mosey and Joan Bakewell ride to the corporation's defence.

Two women listening to the radio on the beach
By Philip Maughan - 14 November 13:35

The Beeb has always been a space for debate on culture, ethics and standards.

A visitor reads a newspaper in the Barbican's "Rain Room" installation
By Padraig Reidy - 14 November 9:54

Self-regulation is the only way to ensure that journalist don't end up with less of a right to free expression than anyone else.

Billboards outside the News International buildings in Wapping.
By Jon Stone - 13 November 15:03

Before excoriating the BBC, the papers should recall their own recent errors.

An employee walks inside BBC headquarters at New Broadcasting House.
By George Eaton - 13 November 12:51

But trust in the corporation has nearly halved since 2003.

Tim Davie
By New Statesman - 12 November 14:05

"I will be going now, because I've got a lot to do."

Nadine Dorries in a publicity shot for "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here"
By Caron Lindsay - 12 November 11:42

Why we should feel sorry for the Conservative MP.

How did the John Lewis snowman pay for his gifts, eh?
By Steven Baxter - 12 November 10:46

We're looking at you, Coca Cola, John Lewis, Asda, Morrisons and Very.

The moment when Phillip Schofield handed David Cameron the list on This Morning.
By Steven Baxter - 09 November 17:02

Sometimes big stories can be ignored by news organisations because there is corruption, and sometimes because they simply can’t be stood up. So when did we start putting so much trust in Twitter rumours and David Icke?

Jimmy Savile after receiving his OBE in 1972
By Will Self - 01 November 6:58

Will Self's "Madness of Crowds" column.

Alt-na-reigh, the cottage owned by Jimmy Savile
By Brian Moore - 25 October 10:28

The writer and former England rugby international Brian Moore says he isn’t at all surprised the DJ’s victims didn’t speak up earlier. As long as victims live in fear of not being listened to, they won’t talk.

BBC Broadcasting House
By David Herman - 25 October 10:18

A culture of unreason prevails at the corporation.

BBC director general George Entwistle. Photograph: Getty Images.
By Peter McHugh - 23 October 15:31

The director general of the BBC failed to convince MPs that he was not guilty of wilful blindness.

People walk near the entrance to BBC Broadcasting House.
By Peter McHugh - 22 October 15:47

The question director general George Entwistle must answer is why he still ran the Savile eulogy.

Jimmy Savile. Photograph: Getty Images
By Steven Baxter - 17 October 12:32

The BBC has serious questions to answer, but there were other institutions that allowed Jimmy Savile to commit his atrocities, too.

Nick Robinson live on air just before "losing his cool" with a protestor.
By Caroline Crampton - 13 October 10:33

The BBC's political editor tackles questions of impartiality and bias.

Dance, Morrissey, dance. Photograph: Getty Images
By Alex Hern - 11 October 16:13

Stephen Colbert interviews Morrissey.

Jimmy Savile poses with a picture of Jimmy Savile. Photograph: Getty Images
By Deborah Orr - 09 October 10:12

Look at the crimes that were committed by one man under cover of a dangerously misogynistic permissiveness, and wake up to the fact that this is exactly what all those tedious feminists mean when they talk of “rape culture”, says Deborah Orr.

"Bloody Big Cover-Up" courtesy of BlueLou.net
By New Statesman - 05 October 19:22

The cartoonist's take on the scandal over the late BBC presenter.

Kay Burley live on Sky News during the search for April Jones
By Steven Baxter - 05 October 15:42

The Sky News presenter’s style lacks compassion, but the feeding frenzy 24-hour news produces is also to blame.

New Statesman
By Jamie Mackay - 03 October 8:26

Research shows that the BBC failed to report the objections to the legislation found in other media outlets.

Comedy writer Armando Iannucci.
By New Statesman - 11 September 7:17

Armando Iannucci on the BBC and money.

By Alex Hern - 06 September 13:08

"It’s frankly only natural that Democrats would counter with their own mythical Obama — still invisible, but this time sitting on a significantly different chair."

Jon Stewart.
By Alex Hern - 06 September 13:07

"It’s frankly only natural that Democrats would counter with their own mythical Obama — still invisible, but this time sitting on a significantly different chair."

Anders Breivik arriving in the courtroom in May
By Åsne Seierstad - 23 August 8:25

Åsne Seierstad questions a system that gives Anders Breivik publicity.

Photograph: Getty Images.
By Dominic Ponsford - 20 August 16:10

Local enthusiasm about new TV franchises is not shared.

Alex salmond, SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland (Image: Getty)
By Emma Geen - 10 August 17:09

Broadcaster denies claims that Newsnight Scotland is biased towards the Scottish National Party.

Rupert Murdoch claims to be unfazed by the losses
By Emma Geen - 09 August 17:58

Phone-hacking scandal reported to be responible for the losses in News Corp quarterly results.

Clare Balding, highlighter in hand
By Caroline Crampton - 02 August 15:07

Her talent for combining really nerdy detail with great empathy is irresistible.

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