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BBC had 'complete control' over Newsnight report, says under-fire journalism bureau

Source: Guardian Unlimited, Nov 24 2012, 6:06pm CST

The BBC had "complete control" over a Newsnight report that led to a senior Tory being wrongly exposed as a paedophile, according to an investigation by one of the key parties involved. The claim is likely to heap further pressure on the corporatio ...

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9 hours ago

Gay marriage: Commons passes Cameron's plan

Source: Democratic Underground  |   May 21 2013, 1:34pm CDT

Source: BBC News The House of Commons has voted to allow gay marriage in England and Wales, despite 161 MPs opposing the government's plans. Several Tory MPs spoke against the proposals, which have caused tensions ...

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9 hours ago

BBC won't publish 'Newsnight' editor Ian Katz salary

Source: Digital Spy  |   May 21 2013, 1:01pm CDT

The BBC will not publish the salary of incoming Newsnight editor Ian Katz. The Guardian's deputy editor has replaced the outgoing Peter Rippon, who left during the Jimmy Savile scandal last year. "I don't think we'll be publishing ...

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25 weeks ago


Quote:
"in which he would be identified as a BIJ employee but over which the bureau would have no control"


Source: Guardian Unlimited

 

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11 hours ago

ANC, DA: BBC report on white South Africans distorts truth

Source: Mail and Guardian   |   May 21 2013, 11:41am CDT

"The people who are suffering now are the weakest and most vulnerable members of the white community," it reads. "In the old days, the apartheid system looked after whites and did very little for anyone else. Nowadays whi ...

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13 hours ago

Lord Ashcroft probes for govt complaints about BBC bias

Source: Political Scrapbook  |   May 21 2013, 9:21am CDT

The BBC is required to deliver duly impartial news by the Royal Charter and Agreement, and the BBC Trust is committed to making sure that the BBC fulfils this obligation. One of the ways the trust does this is through a r ...

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14 hours ago

BBC staff to decide next moves on pay and stress at work

Source: BECTU  |   May 21 2013, 8:55am CDT

Industrial action at the BBC got underway with a 12-hour strike on 28 March 2013. BECTU, the NUJ and Unite will be hosting union meetings at the bigger BBC sites next week starting on 28 May. Members' feedback will determine how the unions pu ...

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14 hours ago

Scottish News: £5m for BBC poll and Games coverage

Source: Lennox Herald  |   May 21 2013, 8:25am CDT

The BBC has pledged £5 million for extended coverage of the independence referendum and the Commonwealth Games. Director general Tony Hall said it will fund new Scottish content to complement existing news and ...

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16 hours ago

Turn over to BBC iPlayer on your Nokia Lumia

Source: Nokia Conversations  |   May 21 2013, 6:24am CDT

Everyone in Britain got a wonderful present in 2007 when the BBC launched its on demand TV catch-up service, iPlayer, on December 25th. At least part of iPlayer’s success has been the BBC’s strategy of getting the service on as many platforms as p ...

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17 hours ago

Specialist subcontractors involved in Work Programme 'need more protection'

Source: Third Sector  |   May 21 2013, 5:32am CDT

Specialist subcontractors working with those people who find it most difficult to obtain work are less involved in the Work Programme than anticipated and need stronger measures to protect them, according to a report publi ...

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20 hours ago

White poverty is growing - BBC

Source: iAfrica.com  |   May 21 2013, 2:25am CDT

There was mixed reaction on Monday to a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) report which questioned whether white South Africans have a future in a post-apartheid country. The BBC's senior foreign writer John Simpson reported that whi ...

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