It started out with a tweet: How we got the BBC to change its policy on ‘debating’ climate change
Rupert Read on how saying ‘no’ to an interview kicked off a series of events that led to a welcome u-turn from the BBC.
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How tackling climate change could actually rescue our economy
Taking action to save our climate could yield yield huge economic gains. But the forces of business-as-usual are stacked against us.
Sorry, BBC: I will no longer debate climate-change deniers
The day the charade of ‘balance’ had to stop.
Order, order: Why the BBC must end its cuts to Parliamentary coverage
The end of the Daily Politics reflects sweeping cuts to the BBC’s political output. And while the Beeb isn’t perfect, it’s vital for democracy, writes Michelle Stainstreet.
BBC Radio 4 gets into trouble with Rivers of Blood production
Listeners were not pleased when the public broadcaster announced it would transmit Enoch Powell’s infamous speech for the first time ever.
BBC doesn’t mention Green Party ONCE in guide to local elections
Despite the party contesting over 2,000 seats.
Daily Mail accuse Corbyn supporters of ‘launching an attack on the BBC’ – sound familiar?
The BBC’s news coverage is ‘studiously fair’ railed the Mail – apparently forgetting their almost daily accusations of bias at the state broadcaster.
This new Tory welfare cut could be about to make thousands of vulnerable people homeless
‘Support for mortgage interest’ for 110,000 people is being cut and less than 10% have applied for the loan offered by Serco to replace it.
The Power of Documentary: A Look Back at the Films of John Pilger
A weekend at the British Library looked back on half a decade of incisive, groundbreaking and sometimes controversial video journalism.
Given the BBC’s power and influence, its mythology must always be challenged
Despite its reputation as impartial and independent the BBC is neither, Tom Mills argues in his book on the corporation — the BBC has always had the state’s interests at heart.