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Alex Salmond, the BBC and the impartiality question

Alex Salmond, the BBC and the impartiality question

The SNP leader's rugby punditry was cancelled on grounds of impartiality. Is he right to raise concerns about political interference?

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BBC defends decision to censor the word

BBC defends decision to censor the word "Palestine"

The broadcaster claims that allowing the lyric "free Palestine" would have comprised impartiality.

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What

What "panda-gate" tells us about sexism

Why were real women's brave, brilliant acts this year not considered newsworthy?

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US will not air climate change episode of Frozen Planet

US will not air climate change episode of Frozen Planet

BBC defends decision to give world TV channels the option of dropping the final episode of David Attenborough's series.

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BBC: Less panel shows and music; more repeats

BBC: Less panel shows and music; more repeats

BBC to axe 2000 jobs by 2014.

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BBC faces backlash from stars over attempt to pursue politically correct policy

BBC faces backlash from stars over attempt to pursue politically correct policy

Well-known faces from around the BBC including Andrew Marr and John Humphrys have criticised the broadcaster for suggesting that the terms "BC" or "AD" should not be used in order to avoid causing offence.

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Question Time, Israel and 9/11

An astonishing claim -- even by his standards -- from Richard Perle.

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Top 40 UK news websites: BBC still leads Mail Online

Top 40 UK news websites: BBC still leads Mail Online

The BBC news website continues to attract more visitors than the Daily Mail.

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Matt Frei: Why I left the BBC

Matt Frei: Why I left the BBC

Washington correspondent Matt Frei ends his two decade career with the BBC.

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Political sketch: Sky News is the only winner in this war

Political sketch: Sky News is the only winner in this war

The news isn't sticking to the timetable, and it's ruining everyone's fun.

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More in BBC

Journalists' strike fails to stop BBC redundancies plan

Despite another NUJ walkout, the BBC will still proceed with job cuts.

Plans for national Local TV network dropped

Hunt scraps single network channel in favour of more localised media.

Murdoch could have “media power unheard of in British history”

As the News Corporation takeover of BSkyB hangs in the balance, Joan Bakewell grills Mark Thompson, BBC director general, on executive salaries, political bias and whether the Beeb has lost its nerve.

Exclusive: Mark Thompson on BSkyB and Murdoch

The director general of the BBC speaks to Joan Bakewell in an exclusive interview with the New Statesman .

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A U-turn on "U-turn"

The Foreign Office's own website accidentally labels World Service move a "massive U-turn".

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Cameron's hypocrisy on BBC cuts

BBC cuts are "delicious" for Cameron, except when they're in his constituency.

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Is the BBC’s Today programme scared of Rupert Murdoch?

Curious silence over Hugh Grant’s scoop.

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Is Auntie scared of the C-word?

No, not that word, but “cut”.

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Me versus Douglas Murray, on last week’s Question Time

The YouTube video is up.

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Some post-Question Time clarifications

For those of you who seem intent on getting the wrong end of the stick . . .

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The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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