MICHAEL Grade – Baron Grade of Yarmouth – becomes chairman of Ofcom today. He takes over days after Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries published Up Next, her White Paper on the future of broadcasting. Main points include that the current BBC licence fee…
The Sunday Times has a rather feeble (in analytical terms) news story today (February 20) under the heading of What’s Going on at the BBC? by media editor Rosamund Unwin which postulates that because of cuts in staffing levels (leading…
This post by Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack originally appeared on The Conservative Woman WHAT would any outside observer think of a company which after a ‘competitive recruitment process’ continually appointed individuals from the same socio/cultural/religious grouping? Is it possible to conclude…
News-watch is battling the Information Commissioner and the BBC about the Corporation’s refusal to release basic information about how it collects data about impartiality and the subjects of complaints made by the public about programmes. The long drawn-out fight was…
Today’s lead story (February 3) in much of the media is that Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is planning to spend billions of pounds to cushion the impact on householders of a huge rise in domestic heating charges which…