Tag: BBC
Analysis: Brits Have Fallen Out of Love With the BBC
by Ell Folan
Opinion: Harry V the Press? More Like the Establishment V the Rest of Us
by Justin Schlosberg
Opinion: The Media is Biased Against the Left – And the Right
by Aaron Bastani
Opinion: The BBC’s Investigation Into Online Abuse Is Total Bullshit
by Ash Sarkar
Opinion: The Tories Are Capturing ‘Politically Neutral’ Public Institutions
by Steven Methven
Analysis: Were the 70s Really That Great?
by Juliet Jacques
Analysis: The Forde Report Proves the Labour Machine Was Rotten to Its Core
by Aaron Bastani
Explainers: The Establishment’s Plan to Deal With Inflation
As inflation rises the establishment has a solution: we all need to get poorer. The alternative is for profits to fall – but that is unacceptable to the powerful. Aaron Bastani on how only unions can save us.
Analysis: The Media Needs More Labour Correspondents
by Sam Bright
Downstream: How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial
Aaron Bastani speaks to George Monbiot about COP26, which countries are climate change leaders and how the mainstream media enabled a culture of climate denial when it mattered most.
The Bastani Factor: Why the Media Can’t Tell the Truth on Israel & Palestine
Whether it’s the filtering process of mainstream outlets – or the ‘electric fence’ approach of lobbying organisations – the biggest casualty is truth and the Palestinian people. Aaron Bastani on why the truth is rarely uttered when it comes to covering the occupation.
Novara Live: Ceasefire in Gaza, but Occupation Continues
Opinion: Why Should the BBC Licence Fee Fund Britain’s ‘Soft Power’?
by Aaron Bastani
One of the reasons we should care about the BBC, we are told, is because the World Service allows Britain to punch above its weight on the world stage. Aaron Bastani asks: should the licence fee really be funding our country's obsessive pursuit of the illusion of global influence?
Downstream: Maybe Don’t Defund the BBC? Interview With Nish Kumar
Downstream: Can You Change the Police From Within? Ash Sarkar Meets Leroy Logan
20 years after the Macpherson Report, the Metropolitan Police is still dogged by accusations of institutional racism, while the Black Lives Matter movement has forced a reckoning with police brutality and inequalities in the criminal justice system. But should Black and Asian people protest from the outside to force change, or join the ranks of […]