Inside the BBC reckoning over its economic coverage
With austerity looming, a review is investigating whether journalists have been prone to bias and misleading analogies.
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With austerity looming, a review is investigating whether journalists have been prone to bias and misleading analogies.
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ByFormer BBC stalwarts Jane Garvey and Fi Glover have moved to Times Radio. Is it more of the same?
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BySometimes local radio and regional news programmes get overlooked, but not that day.
ByIs the broadcaster biased in favour of received pronunciation?
ByIt was a mistake to absent herself from the Today programme, believing she’d have an easier time elsewhere.
ByTurn away from Steven Moffat’s crime drama for even a moment, and you’ll literally lose the plot.
ByThis supposedly gritty BBC drama offers a gratuitous, outlandish depiction of Gen Z sex. But what really grates is its…
ByYes, the news is here to corrupt television’s most valiantly exhausted format. Should weary audiences tune in?
ByNo one knows if BBC bias, sexism or soundbite politics is to blame.
ByHighlights from the TV coverage include King Charles’s velvet mourning coat and Liz Truss’s extraordinary bum-curtsy.
ByEvents like football matches and Prom concerts are surely the perfect place for communal grief and celebration.
ByOverwhelmingly, the tone of the coverage of the Queen’s death was right and complex technical operations delivered.
ByThe News Agents sees former BBC presenters finding their voice – and also their feet – in the world of…
ByIn its 60 years on the air, this arcane and obscure programme has become the nation’s best-known and longest-running quiz…
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