Tag: BBC

Opinion: To Be Impartial the BBC Must Change Its Relationship to Britain’s Billionaire-owned Newspapers
As someone born in Britain the BBC is one of the institutions I am most proud of, writes Aaron Bastani, but it could be so much better, offering a genuine counterweight to a billionaire class intent on rigging the country’s democratic process. It won’t do that, and live up to its own charter, until it re-thinks its relationship to the rightwing press. 
I’m Sorry, the BBC Has Now Lost It

From ‘public’ audiences filled with Tory activists to not even attempting to have political balance on panels – and even getting the most basic of facts wrong, Aaron Bastani thinks the jury is clearly out. The BBC has totally lost it when it comes to news and current affairs.
Question Time is Biased

The BBC is meant to stop fake news, not amplify it. Last week on the BBC’s Question Time Diane Abbott was subject to disgraceful treatment. The host Fiona Bruce was neither accurate nor impartial. Isabel Oakeshott’s dishonesty was constantly unchallenged. Tory minister Rory Stewart couldn’t believe his luck in how biased the chairing was. Aaron […]

Interview With Owen Jones

“The main thing I’ve learned from working in the British media is that much of it is a cult. Afflicted by a suffocating groupthink, intolerant of critics, hounds internal dissenters, full of people who made it because of connections and/or personal background rather than merit.” The above tweet from Owen Jones set off an inferno […]
TyskySour: No, but Seriously, Why Has the Media Lost It?
On this episode of TyskySour Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker are joined by BBC Director General in waiting Tom Mills to talk about the crisis in the British media, lying Boris, Skrupal, Jewdas and more.
No, but Seriously, Why Has the Media Lost It?
On this episode of TyskySour Aaron Bastani and Michael Walker are joined by BBC Director General in waiting Tom Mills to talk about the crisis in the British media, lying Boris, Skrupal, Jewdas and more.
Is the BBC Impartial?
On #NovaraFM Aaron Bastani and Tom Mills ask whether the BBC is, or ever can be, politically impartial?
Talking Heads: Media and Politics
Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss the British press, media during the election, and the relationship between media, truth and politics.
Long Read: What Can Ghana’s Media Landscape Teach Us About Press Freedom Under Neoliberalism?
How do we ensure a free press when neoliberal media institutions are so bound up with private and state interests? Alice McCool talks to Ghanaian journalists about the relationship between private enterprise, state power, and press freedom.
The BBC: Myth of a Public Service?
On this week's show Aaron Bastani is joined by Tom Mills as they discuss his new book The BBC: Myth of a Public Service.
Long Read: The Fantastic Corruption of the Broadcasting British Class
The BBC is often lauded as a beacon of impartial reporting. But this weekend, as Queen Elizabeth's birthday celebrations dominate its reporting, it's worth delving into organisation's deep structural and personal links to the UK's corrupt political elite.
BBC Reforms: 5 Reasons to Fight for the UK’s Most Reactionary Institution
The BBC is reactionary, biased and demonstrably nationalistic. From Corbynistas to anarchists, the regime broadcaster is no friend to those advocating social change - so why should progressives of all stripes fight to defend and re-imagine the Beeb?
We Need to Talk About the BBC
Tom Mills, co-editor of the New Left Project, argues that we need to demand a more accountable and democratic media.
4 Reflections on the Anti-Austerity Movement
50,000 hit the streets of London last weekend to protest against austerity. The coverage was slight, getting the back up of many an activist. With strikes and other demonstrations planned for summer, will this most recent march act as a springboard onto the agenda or is it indicative of a movement struggling for ideas?
Regime Lackies: 5 Muppet BBC Employees
Is the BBC a right or left-wing organisation? It's more than that - it is a regime broadcaster whose mendacity is expressed in the careers of 5 of its employees, past and present, listed below.
A Tale of Two Regime Broadcasters
Two clips which say much more about two regime broadcasters than either would be happy to share.
The BBC: Britain’s most conservative institution?
On this week's show Aaron Bastani is joined by Dan Hind to discuss the BBC, its internal structures, recent scandals and what role the institution serves in defending the existing political order.