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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Udayana on August 25, 2022, 11:38:16 AM

Title: Tory influence at the BBC
Post by: Udayana on August 25, 2022, 11:38:16 AM

Emily Maitlis at the Edinburgh International TV Festival (https://news.sky.com/story/emily-maitlis-refers-to-tory-cronyism-at-heart-of-the-bbc-in-edinburgh-tv-festival-lecture-12680676?fbclid=IwAR0sygn9XQtpmjxiBoLH9bn4V3VLEj7Tl-1AwYw7MToMePar_DGoAYGs1K0)

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Journalist Emily Maitlis has hit out at the BBC - her former employer - claiming its board has been infiltrated by a Conservative Party agent and former Downing Street spin doctor whom she claims is now an "arbiter of BBC impartiality".

Link to the full lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzqezAV3x_8

Great lecture, also covering populist influence on media and the BBC, Trump, Partygate, balancing views etc.  Really miss her on Newsnight.