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Published in: openDemocracyUKFox/Sky: here comes the crunch
Fox acquisition of the other 61% of Sky may ‘act against the public interest, reducing media plurality’. Yet Sky...
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Published in: ourBeebBBC's Sir David Clementi or Channel Four's Charles Gurassa - Who will lead on tv diversity?
Why it seems likely, going into 2018, that we should expect more Ofcom reports saying “The BBC should be leading the...
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Published in: ourBeeb"Diversity, Ofcom and the BBC: the £1 billion gap"
Next year, will the BBC Chair Sir David Clementi get a grip on diversity and close the BBC's £1 billion diversity gap?
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsWho's paying for these 'reports' on BBC Brexit coverage?
Why do newspapers parrot 'reports' about BBC bias from organisations funded by hardline Brexiters?
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Published in: ourBeebThe national conversation: free, open and broad debate
In the UK, do we see political polarisation facilitated by politically partisan websites and social media, or the...
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Published in: ourBeebIs the BBC hideously middle class?
And, if it is, why is this a problem, and what can be done about it?
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Published in: ourBeebOfcom and Diversity: lies, lawyers and whatever next? (Part 2)
If Ofcom ignores the Secretary of State and the evidence it has been sent, then the diversity debate may need to...
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Published in: ourBeebOfcom and Diversity: lies, lawyers and whatever next? (Part 1)
If Ofcom is to gain the confidence of BAME people in broadcasting, it needs to climb down from its ivory tower and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe state of Channel 4
It should be much easier for Channel 4, unburdened by the in-house inertia of other broadcasters, to address the...
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Published in: ourBeebMilli Vanilli fake diversity at the BBC
“When it comes to BAME, Ofcom must set a minimum standard that the BBC have to meet behind the camera.”
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFox and Sky: what happens to media plurality now?
On June 29, the UK’s Culture Secretary stated that she would submit to a full competition review the 21st Century...
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Published in: ourBeebAt Grenfell, a lack of accountability was deliberate – and residents were treated with contempt
Why should people have to put up with so little control over their living conditions? Why should they have to put up...
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Published in: ourBeebMy Three Day war: a memoir
“With so much land captured, aren’t you ideally placed to offer the Arab nations a peace deal?” “King Hussein has my...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKShould the law be changed to make sure the BBC does not lose out in the steadily changing world of digital viewing?
The BBC demands that all distributors of digital TV give prime slots to BBC content – but why should they have this right?
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC and the financial crisis: interview with Dr Mike Berry
What can we learn from how the BBC's coverage of the 2008 financial crisis and the long recession that followed?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDo you remember what happened to David Kelly?
In this extract from his memoirs, Tom Mangold recounts the real story of what happened to his friend, the world's...
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC is neither independent or impartial: interview with Tom Mills
Is the BBC really impartial? Interview with scholar of the BBC, Tom Mills, on his new book.
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Published in: ourBeebEmployment Diversity – Has Ofcom been nobbled by the TV industry?
When it comes to diversity, Ofcom is being captured by the broadcasting industry.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRupert returns
21st Century Fox – the Murdoch family’s entertainment conglomerate – is bidding for the 61% of satellite broadcaster...
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Published in: ourBeebThe BBC and Wales' information deficit
Wales suffers the unique problem of a lack of information, as opposed to misinformation. Welsh people need to...