The new DG started by stressing the need for ‘velocity’. First, he’ll have to navigate staff cuts, culture wars and a sea of fake news
Matt Brittin’s message was pretty clear on his first day as direc…
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Learn this from Bezos and the Washington Post: with hypercapitalists in charge, your news is not safe | Jane Martinson ⊖⊖
His shameful stewardship of a once great title highlights how much we lose when private interest eclipses the public good
Not long after being made Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 1999, Jeff Bez…
5 months ago
Palestinian reporters have paid a terrible price in another horrific year for journalist killings | Jane Martinson ⊖⊖⊖
The Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the most prominent name among so many targeted for simply bearing witness to the truth
In January this year, Anas al-Sharif was filmed being lifted into the …
Trump’s $10bn attack on the BBC doesn’t have to make sense. In his absurd world, he has already won | Jane Martinson ⊕⊕
The legal action has made news and it will do damage. A potential disaster for the corporation and the UK, but a good day’s work for this president
Love Actually may be a terrible movie, but it provid…
6 months ago
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it’s given in | Jane Martinson ⊖⊖
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold
The resignation of the BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, over acc…
9 months ago
A desperate, opportunist press and vicious politicians: no wonder the debate on refugees is so awful | Jane Martinson ○
Migration is one of the most important issues of our time and needs serious consideration. History will damn much of the UK media for failing to do that
At the end of August the Sun put a picture of a…
10 months ago
Murdoch v Trump: why the flawed media titan could be the final protector of press freedom | Jane Martinson ○
His companies may have hacked phones and broadcast lies, but Murdoch appears ready to battle the president to uphold editorial freedoms
Years before Rupert Murdoch bought the Wall Street Journal, the …
12 months ago
This goes beyond Gary Lineker. The BBC risks coming apart over the Gaza war | Jane Martinson ○
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Mistakes have been made by both the star and the corporation. That shouldn’t compromise urgent coverage of the conflict
When Gary Lineker bids farewell to the BBC on Sunday, his former bosses will be…
15 months ago
The BBC wanted black listeners and turned to Tim Westwood, white son of a vicar. A parable for our times | Jane Martinson ○
Of the many lessons arising from this week’s report into the presenter’s alleged bullying and misogyny, one is the corporate cynicism that sustained him
More than 30 years have passed since Tim Westwo…
16 months ago
A day to mark Prince Harry’s historic victory over Rupert Murdoch – and to survey the awful toll on public life | Jane Martinson ○
The prince was right to fight – and also right about the need to stop good journalism being sullied by the bad. Trust has been severely damaged
The apology is “full and unequivocal”. The damages to be…