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Report: BBC Exec Downplayed Israel ‘Plausible Genocide’ Ruling to Dismayed Colleagues

Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: BBC News global director Jonathan Munro refuted colleagues’ claims that the corporation was suppressing the International Court of Justice’s ruling that Israel was plausibly committing genocide while minimising the ruling’s significance, internal emails reveal. Rivkah Brown reports.

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Review: Blitz Is Steve McQueen’s Most Conventional Film to Date – and That’s No Bad Thing

Juliet Jacques

The former Turner Prize-winning artist’s latest work is racial history masquerading as a chocolate-box depiction of the second world war, writes Juliet Jacques.

Opinion: It Isn’t Only Justin Welby That Should Go – So Should the Church of England

Adam Ramsay

The archbishop of Canterbury’s failure to investigate child abuse is a direct result of its sanctification of elites. Time to remove this reactionary poison from our state, writes Adam Ramsay.

Review: Asif Kapadia Doesn’t Know What He’s Trying to Say

Juliet Jacques

The director's new film 2073 gestures at social ills but struggles to name culprits, let alone solutions. The result is to induce despair rather than prompt action, writes Juliet Jacques.

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Long Read: Jas Athwal Claims He Was Cleared of Sexual Assault. Was He?

Rivkah Brown

The newly elected Labour MP gained instant notoriety as the biggest landlord in the Commons. Less known is that in 2019 he was accused of serious sexual assault. Athwal claims that he was cleared by the party. The truth wasn’t so clear-cut, Novara Media can reveal.

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Feature: Soaps Give Working Class Actors a Chance – And They’re Disappearing

Polly Smythe

As privately educated stars like Olivia Coleman and Andrew Garfield continue to infiltrate Hollywood, shows for and by regular people are being axed, writes Polly Smythe.

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Opinion: The World Is Finally Waking Up to Israel’s Disinformation War – But Is It Too Late?

Yara Hawari

Even the BBC is starting to pick up on Israeli propaganda. Its belated epiphany won't bring back 15,000 dead Palestinians, writes Yara Hawari.

Analysis: Brits Have Fallen Out of Love With the BBC

Ell Folan

New data shows trust in the BBC has plunged dramatically amongst both left and rightwingers. Ell Folan explains.

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Opinion: Harry V the Press? More Like the Establishment V the Rest of Us

Justin Schlosberg

Prince Harry’s testimony in the phone-hacking trial suggests a rift has opened up between the second and fourth estates. That couldn't be further from the truth, writes Justin Schlosberg.

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Opinion: The Media is Biased Against the Left – And the Right

Aaron Bastani

While rightwing billionaires control Britain’s print press, the broadcast media is stuffed with Blairites, writes Aaron Bastani.

Opinion: The BBC’s Investigation Into Online Abuse Is Total Bullshit

Ash Sarkar

In a hopelessly flawed piece of 'research', the broadcaster found that calling a politician a 'hypocrite' is abuse, whereas racist slurs are not.

Former BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis

Opinion: The Tories Are Capturing ‘Politically Neutral’ Public Institutions

Steven Methven

Former Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis has revealed that the Tories have exerted political influence on the BBC. That isn’t the half of their attempts to capture key institutions, argues Steven Methven.

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Analysis: Were the 70s Really That Great?

Juliet Jacques

From the union boom to radical TV, the left tends to see the 70s through rose-tinted glasses. We should beware nostalgia, writes Juliet Jacques.

Analysis: The Forde Report Proves the Labour Machine Was Rotten to Its Core

Aaron Bastani

No amount of spin can conceal the Forde report’s knockout punch: Labour’s management team was an embittered faction, out to destroy Jeremy Corbyn. And the mainstream media completely failed to expose it.

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.

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Analysis: The Media Needs More Labour Correspondents

Sam Bright

Mick Lynch has badly exposed the lack of specialist labour reporters in mainstream media. But it wasn’t always like this, Sam Bright writes.

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.

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Report: BBC Exec Downplayed Israel ‘Plausible Genocide’ Ruling to Dismayed Colleagues

Rivkah Brown

Review: Blitz Is Steve McQueen’s Most Conventional Film to Date – and That’s No Bad Thing

Juliet Jacques

Opinion: It Isn’t Only Justin Welby That Should Go – So Should the Church of England

Adam Ramsay

Long Read: Jas Athwal Claims He Was Cleared of Sexual Assault. Was He?

Rivkah Brown

Feature: Soaps Give Working Class Actors a Chance – And They’re Disappearing

Polly Smythe

Opinion: The World Is Finally Waking Up to Israel’s Disinformation War – But Is It Too Late?

Yara Hawari

Analysis: Brits Have Fallen Out of Love With the BBC

Ell Folan

Opinion: Harry V the Press? More Like the Establishment V the Rest of Us

Justin Schlosberg

Opinion: The Media is Biased Against the Left – And the Right

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: The BBC’s Investigation Into Online Abuse Is Total Bullshit

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: The Tories Are Capturing ‘Politically Neutral’ Public Institutions

Steven Methven

Analysis: Were the 70s Really That Great?

Juliet Jacques

Analysis: The Forde Report Proves the Labour Machine Was Rotten to Its Core

Aaron Bastani

Explainers: The Establishment’s Plan to Deal With Inflation

Analysis: The Media Needs More Labour Correspondents

Sam Bright

Downstream: How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial

The Bastani Factor: Why the Media Can’t Tell the Truth on Israel & Palestine

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Tag: BBC

Report: BBC Exec Downplayed Israel ‘Plausible Genocide’ Ruling to Dismayed Colleagues

Rivkah Brown

Review: Blitz Is Steve McQueen’s Most Conventional Film to Date – and That’s No Bad Thing

Juliet Jacques

Opinion: It Isn’t Only Justin Welby That Should Go – So Should the Church of England

Adam Ramsay

Review: Asif Kapadia Doesn’t Know What He’s Trying to Say

Juliet Jacques

Long Read: Jas Athwal Claims He Was Cleared of Sexual Assault. Was He?

Rivkah Brown

Feature: Soaps Give Working Class Actors a Chance – And They’re Disappearing

Polly Smythe

Opinion: The World Is Finally Waking Up to Israel’s Disinformation War – But Is It Too Late?

Yara Hawari

Analysis: Brits Have Fallen Out of Love With the BBC

Ell Folan

Opinion: Harry V the Press? More Like the Establishment V the Rest of Us

Justin Schlosberg

Opinion: The Media is Biased Against the Left – And the Right

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: The BBC’s Investigation Into Online Abuse Is Total Bullshit

Ash Sarkar

Opinion: The Tories Are Capturing ‘Politically Neutral’ Public Institutions

Steven Methven

Analysis: Were the 70s Really That Great?

Juliet Jacques

Analysis: The Forde Report Proves the Labour Machine Was Rotten to Its Core

Aaron Bastani

Explainers: The Establishment’s Plan to Deal With Inflation

Analysis: The Media Needs More Labour Correspondents

Sam Bright

Downstream: How the Mainstream Media Enabled Climate Denial

The Bastani Factor: Why the Media Can’t Tell the Truth on Israel & Palestine

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