A MUCH-trumpeted BBC-ordered report into the Corporation’s coverage of economics by erstwhile BBC presenters Andrew Dilnot and Michael Blastland – who, it is said, are economic ‘experts’ – has been published after almost a year in gestation. The 50-page document was commissioned as…
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…
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…
