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Chris Patten on Andrew Marr's programme.
Chris Patten: BBC has more senior managers than the communist party
By Helen Lewis - 11 November 10:57

The chairman of the BBC Trust added that Rupert Murdoch's newspapers "were bound to question" his position, but the crisis could be solved by better management.

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Jeremy Paxman has attacked BBC management. Photo: Getty
Jeremy Paxman: George Entwistle brought low by "cowards and incompetents"
By Helen Lewis - 11 November 0:21

Newsnight presenter's furious attack on "bloated" BBC management of "time-servers" and "biddable people".

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George Entwistle. Photo: Getty
BBC's director-general, George Entwistle, resigns over Newsnight mistakes
By Helen Lewis - 10 November 22:07

Investigation which wrongly identified a Tory peer as a child abuser topples the BBC's boss.

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The BBC, home of Newsnight. Photo: Getty
Will the BBC "do a Murdoch" and close Newsnight?
By Helen Lewis - 10 November 18:40

The troubled current affairs show has suspended all investigations and a senior executive has been order to examine its botched report into allegations of child abuse at a Welsh care home.

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New Statesman
How Newsnight humiliated single mother Shanene Thorpe
By Samira Shackle - 29 May 17:47

Young mother asks for an apology after being misrepresented as "benefit scrounger".

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Boris v Paxo: the oddest political interview ever?
By Helen Lewis - 05 October 11:13

Newsnight's creaky encounter was a lowlight of the conference season.

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Miliband denounces Starkey's "utterly outrageous" and "racist" comments
By Sophie FitzMaurice - 15 August 17:42

The Labour Leader, Ed Miliband, has called on all politicians to condemn the popular historian's con

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Paxman and Mason clash over Greece protests
By Dan Hodges - 30 June 12:51

"Oh come on Paul, it was hardly the entire population of Athens on the streets".

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