The Beeb is facing accusations that it is altering content to win over Reform voters. At a time when there was never a greater need for proper journalism, the BBC cannot make another serious misjudgement.
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If Reform is claiming, as it is, to be a party capable of governing this country, then the media must subject it to the same kind of scrutiny applied to Labour or the Conservatives.
From The Guardian’s positive results to the sale of the Telegraph and National World, UK media brands still make sound business sense and can attract significant investment.
Apart from being a bulwark against fake news and lies, the BBC World Service is a valuable arm of British culture and influence around the world. Cutting funding will bring irreparable damage.
News outlets must properly interrogate Farage and Reform on how effectively they run things, not report uncritically on the social division they stir.
Cardinals would do well to watch Conclave on their trip to the Vatican, argues Ray Snoddy. It is important someone of Francis’ moral worth is chosen to counterbalance growing populism in society and the media.
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While the Beeb trumpets its role in delivering trusted, impartial news around the world, it’s difficult to see the way it handled the axing of HardTalk as anything other than an act of vandalism.
Thirty-five years after inventing the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is still trying to create an internet that maximises social good. His core mission is to decentralise the web by liberating data from tech platforms.
From the high court overturning its rulings on two GB News shows to the start of its enforcement of the Online Safety Act, Ofcom finds itself defining or refining where media balance should lie in an increasing contentious age.