The BBC’s LOVE AFFAIR WITH BANKSY
Guest post by Arthur T from Is the BBC Biased? A comment on Is the BBC Biased? a couple of days ago said: The BBC are displaying their hero worship of Banksy again today. Banksy, African migrants and his…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 1 SEPTEMBER 2020
‘DAVIE FACES EXISTENTIAL BBC THREAT’: Edward Browne (Express 1/9) reported that in a speech to staff on Thursday, new BBC director general Tim Davie was expected to announce a shake-up in BBC comedy output so that it was no longer…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 31 AUGUST 2020
NEW BBC DG ‘MUST CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE FUNDING MODELS’: Gordon Rayner (Telegraph 31/8), quoting Whitehall and ministerial sources, said that Tim Davie, the new BBC director general, had been told to come up with a ‘palatable’ replacement for the licence fee…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 30 AUGUST 2020
DAVIE ‘SET TO BECOME MOST RADICAL DG SINCE DYKE’: John Arlidge (£ Sunday Times 30/8) claimed that Mr Davie was set to introduce the most radical reforms to the BBC since Greg Dyke 20 years ago. Mr Arlidge – explaining…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 29 AUGUST 2020
BBC LICENCE FEE NON-PAYMENT ‘TO BE DECRIMINALISED’: Jason Groves (Daily Mail 29/8) reported that ‘Whitehall sources’ were suggesting that dodging payment of the BBC licence fee could be decriminalised from next month – with a loss of revenue of £1…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 28 AUGUST 2020
HALL FLOATS ‘HOUSEHOLD TAX’ TO FUND BBC: Paul Withers (Express 28/8) said that director general Tony Hall had said on the Radio 4 Media Show that progressive alternatives to the licence fee were interesting and should be examined, including a…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 27 AUGUST 2020
BBC LICENCE EVASION ‘TO BE DECRIMINALISED’: Guido Fawkes (27/8) noted that private members bills from MPs Peter Bone and Christoper Chope aiming to decriminalise non-payment of the BBC licence fee were due to be considered by parliament in the autumn.…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 26 AUGUST 2020
BBC’S CONTEMPT FOR BREXIT ‘HAS DESTROYED CASE FOR THE LICENCE FEE’: Former editor of the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Rod Liddle (Sun 26/8), in a comment piece, said that he would never again pay his television licence fee because…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 25 AUGUST 2020
BBC PROMS DECISION ‘IN BREACH OF CONTRACT WITH BRITISH PEOPLE’: Under a multiple by-line, the Daily Mail (25/8) said that the actor Laurence Fox was leading protests to defund the BBC after the Corporation had decided that the last night…
BBC BIAS DIGEST 24 AUGUST 2020
BBC ‘NEVER MORE NEEDED’, SAYS HALL: The BBC was vital to democracy and had never been more needed to counter the spread of fake news, Tony Hall, the BBC’s outgoing director general had told the Edinburgh Festival (inews 24/8). Adam…