Tag: BBC
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.
What Can Ghana’s Media Landscape Teach Us About Press Freedom Under Neoliberalism?
Alice McCool
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.
The Fantastic Corruption of the Broadcasting British Class
Steve Rushton
BBC Reforms: 5 Reasons to Fight for the UK’s Most Reactionary Institution
Thomas Barlow
We Need to Talk About the BBC
Tom Mills
4 Reflections on the Anti-Austerity Movement
Craig McVegas
Regime Lackies: 5 Muppet BBC Employees
Novara Reporters
A Tale of Two Regime Broadcasters
Novara Reporters
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.