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The BBC at 100: Leading the push for totalitarianism
As the BBC marks its centenary, how is ‘Auntie’? Not the benign figure the Corporation likes to portray, but perhaps more like Peter Sellers’s chilling comic creation Auntie Rotter? As Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries appeared to be preparing the old girl for…
The BBC’s 100 years of glory – by its hired historian
How sinisterly Orwellian is the BBC at projecting and protecting its own image? The BBC: A People’s History, a Corporation-commissioned book marking its 100th anniversary on October 18, provides abundant clues. Investigations reveal that the Corporation, chillingly echoing Orwell’s Ministry of Truth, has maintained…