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Published in: ourBeebBBC Olympics coverage: this is what you thoughtLast week we asked you for your opinions on the BBC Olympics coverage. This is what you said.
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Published in: ourBeebAfter the Olympic feast: can BBC Sport really return to a diet of football, football and more football?For two weeks, the BBC has served up a glorious all-you-can-eat buffet of sports. Yet despite a wave of enthusiasm,...
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Published in: ourBeebourBeeb podcast 1: Claire Enders, Britain's leading media analyst
The first audio highlights of an ourBeeb discussion about the challenges and opportunities facing the BBC, featuring...
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Published in: ourBeebGastropub Britain: the neoliberal agenda of BBC food programmingCulinary coverage on the BBC encourages us all to consume 'Great British' food and take part in the 'GastrOlympics'....
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Published in: ourBeebBBC Olympics coverage: what are your thoughts?The BBC's coverage of the Olympic Games has been met with mixed reviews, from effusive praise of Clare Balding to...
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Published in: ourBeebEditor's blog: Radio 4 and social class - the fall-out
What role does privilege play at the BBC in 2012 - and in the media at large? An ourBeeb survey into class and Radio...
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Published in: ourBeebUnder the shadow of power: a short history of BBC war reporting - and its failings
From WMDs and the Hutton Report back through the first Iraq war, the Falklands, the Cold War, Suez, WW2, all the way...
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC and the future of broadcasting: special report from Enders AnalysisThe first report from a scintillating ourBeeb discussion with Claire Enders, Britain's leading media analyst, finds...
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Published in: ourBeebA Freedom of Information request, the BBC, and the case for subscription
The BBC’s paternalistic conflation of the license fee with universalism is increasingly indefensible against...
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Published in: ourBeebEditor's blog: How the Daily Mail's anti-BBC vitriol stops us talking openly about its future
The Daily Mail's loathing of the BBC has this week given the world a 'scoop' which has turned out to be utter...
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Published in: ourBeebRadio 4 and social class: exclusive ourBeeb reportIs Radio 4 the voice of the establishment? An ourBeeb survey into the class backgrounds of the station's presenters...
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Published in: ourBeebWhy are there so few women on BBC panel shows?Programmes like Mock the Week are a great platform for stand-up comedians, and yet fewer than one in ten of the...
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Published in: ourBeebHow much did the BBC spend on the Hackney Weekend - and why won’t they tell us?
Should the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain incorporate hosting free music festivals for 100,000...
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Published in: ourBeebIn search of nuance: grappling with accuracy, balance and expertise in BBC science reporting
A look into the complex array of issues involved in reporting science stories in the news, from one of the...
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Published in: ourBeebNationalise the BBCThroughout its history, the stature of the BBC has depended upon an active suppression of nationality - silencing...
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Published in: ourBeebCricket, Empire and the BBCDespite the sale of televised England home-matches from the BBC to commercial broadcasting, cricket remains central...
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Published in: ourBeebEditor's blog: Crowd-sourcing FOIs - what do you want to know about your Beeb?
The BBC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act, and given how little transparency there is in many of its...
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Published in: ourBeebA corporation run by bankers, not journalists: who are the BBC Trust?Private industry is extremely well represented among the Beeb's trustees and directors, from bankers to energy and...
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Published in: ourBeebDoes the BBC have to keep presenting climate science as 'believers' versus 'skeptics'?Why does the BBC insists upon giving climate change 'believers' an equal platform to deniers, in the name of balance...
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Published in: ourBeebFight for the World Service: the globally respected voice of Britain is getting fainter
The BBC World Service has lost resources and its much loved home in Bush House; by 2014 it will have lost a quarter...