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The complaints process is lousy and designed to put people off proceeding.
Some further thoughts on the BBC
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/a...
Some further thoughts on the BBC
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/a...
A PATTERN OF PROPAGANDA
By Cassander Introduction Many years ago I recall saying that if both sides criticise the BBC it must be alright. I was wrong. The side it favours has to continue to criticise it to give credibilit…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The complaints process is lousy and designed to put people off proceeding.
Some further thoughts on the BBC
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/a...
Some further thoughts on the BBC
johnhuwevans.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/a...
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Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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At a wider level 90% of the BBC's "stuff" is not the shit domestic newscasting, and it'll be that stuff - the Proms, coverage of regional music and events, BBC Africa, the World Service, choirs and orchestras - that will go first
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
At a wider level 90% of the BBC's "stuff" is not the shit domestic newscasting, and it'll be that stuff - the Proms, coverage of regional music and events, BBC Africa, the World Service, choirs and orchestras - that will go first
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Beebgate demonstrates two truths:
1 Right wing media hold everyone else to exacting standards of ethics and probity while holding themselves to none whatsoever.
2. You can’t curry favour with the right wing if you’re an entity they want to destroy.
1 Right wing media hold everyone else to exacting standards of ethics and probity while holding themselves to none whatsoever.
2. You can’t curry favour with the right wing if you’re an entity they want to destroy.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Beebgate demonstrates two truths:
1 Right wing media hold everyone else to exacting standards of ethics and probity while holding themselves to none whatsoever.
2. You can’t curry favour with the right wing if you’re an entity they want to destroy.
1 Right wing media hold everyone else to exacting standards of ethics and probity while holding themselves to none whatsoever.
2. You can’t curry favour with the right wing if you’re an entity they want to destroy.
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"Change will only come if both the BBC board and the politicians that ultimately appoint that board realise that the corporation’s problems in News are fundamentally about money and competence" - think that's bang on from @stephenkb.bsky.social
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"Change will only come if both the BBC board and the politicians that ultimately appoint that board realise that the corporation’s problems in News are fundamentally about money and competence" - think that's bang on from @stephenkb.bsky.social
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Gary Lineker in shock BBC return.
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Gary Lineker in shock BBC return.
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30 million dead, The Somme, painting created by Mary Bishop 1976 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live.
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
30 million dead, The Somme, painting created by Mary Bishop 1976 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live.
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
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A reminder: no one should have to “earn” the right to live and move freely. Human rights do not depend on how much (or little!) someone contributes to the country.
September 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A reminder: no one should have to “earn” the right to live and move freely. Human rights do not depend on how much (or little!) someone contributes to the country.
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On this day 1989: The Berlin Wall falls as thousands of Germans unify in a desperate attempt to flee the singing of David Hasselhoff.
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
On this day 1989: The Berlin Wall falls as thousands of Germans unify in a desperate attempt to flee the singing of David Hasselhoff.
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#Voters #MadeTheirPoint Love this cartoon 🌊🌊💙
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
#Voters #MadeTheirPoint Love this cartoon 🌊🌊💙
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21st Century Privilege Riddle: people who keep saying they were/are cancelled but still have 1000x more exposure/media than 1000 people 1000x more productive and talented than they are...
a man in a suit says oh god it 's pathetic ..
ALT: a man in a suit says oh god it 's pathetic ..
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
21st Century Privilege Riddle: people who keep saying they were/are cancelled but still have 1000x more exposure/media than 1000 people 1000x more productive and talented than they are...
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In Penny Lane, the beatles say that a nurse is selling poppies from a tray but then fail to make it clear that any of the other characters are wearing theirs, or that the beatles themselves all have one on as they should. MR MCCARTNEY MUST ANSWER FOR THIS
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In Penny Lane, the beatles say that a nurse is selling poppies from a tray but then fail to make it clear that any of the other characters are wearing theirs, or that the beatles themselves all have one on as they should. MR MCCARTNEY MUST ANSWER FOR THIS
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The 'Doctor Who' companion that got away... Pauline Collins as Samantha Briggs with Jamie (Frazer Hines) in 'The Faceless Ones' (1967)
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The 'Doctor Who' companion that got away... Pauline Collins as Samantha Briggs with Jamie (Frazer Hines) in 'The Faceless Ones' (1967)
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This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
The key thing to watch here: they fired a Wired political reporter. That’s the title doing the most effective, pointed work. Teen Vogue’s stuff was culturally impactful, but less focused on investigating the administration. Within the Condé portfolio, Wired and the New Yorker are the canaries.
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
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🎬 The arts aren’t a luxury - they’re an export.
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🎬 The arts aren’t a luxury - they’re an export.
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
At #Lab25, @aiannucci.bsky.social reminds us that the UK’s Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy and 7% of our workforce - the GDP equivalent of oil + car industries combined.
🎥 Watch more clips from the Creative UK Pavilion hubs.ly/Q03QVhV90
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Samir Zitouni, 48, remains in critical condition after the LNER rail employee heroically risked his life to save others from the attempts at murder on the Peterborough/Huntingdon train
news.sky.com/story/train-...
news.sky.com/story/train-...
Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero'
Samir Zitouni, 48, was injured while trying to protect passengers during the mass stabbing on Saturday.
news.sky.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Samir Zitouni, 48, remains in critical condition after the LNER rail employee heroically risked his life to save others from the attempts at murder on the Peterborough/Huntingdon train
news.sky.com/story/train-...
news.sky.com/story/train-...
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read for filth by an alien from the 30s, smh
November 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
read for filth by an alien from the 30s, smh
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“I’ve seen condiments you people wouldn’t believe”
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“I’ve seen condiments you people wouldn’t believe”