John Sweeney complains to Ofcom over BBC News failure to broadcast...
Former Newsnight journalist John Sweeney has called for Ofcom to carry out an investigation into BBC News over its failure to broadcast reports on the “far-right, Russia and Brexit”. Sweeney, who left...
View ArticleBBC admits 'mistake' after editing out laughter from clip of Boris Johnson on...
The BBC has admitted it made a “mistake” following accusations that a Question Time clip was cut in a way which edited out laughter directed at the Prime Minister. The broadcaster said it had cut a...
View ArticleGreta Thunberg and Charles Moore among BBC Today's Christmas guest editors
Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg is among those lined up to guest edit the Radio 4 Today programme over the festive period. The 16-year-old Nobel Peace Prize nominee (pictured) will speak...
View ArticleBoris Johnson set to duck TV debates while BBC yet to confirm Andrew Neil...
Boris Johnson looks set to duck televised debates on the BBC and Channel 4 News in the run-up to next month’s general election and could also escape a grilling from Andrew Neil. Neither the Prime...
View ArticleIran issues new threats to snatch BBC Persian journalists from streets of...
Iranian journalists working for the BBC in London have been threatened with being “snatched off the streets” and taken to Iran if they do not resign from their jobs, in fresh attacks from the Middle...
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Hong Kong citizen files Ofcom complaint after Chinese broadcaster aired...
A former employee of the British Consulate in Hong Kong has complained to Ofcom over a confession he claims he was forced to make which was then aired in the UK by the Chinese state broadcaster’s...
View ArticleChannel 4 News to replace missing party leaders with ice sculptures for...
Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage will each be represented by ice sculptures during tonight’s Channel 4 News climate debate, which the pair have snubbed, it has been reported. Editor Ben de Pear (pictured...
View ArticleOfcom assessing 124 complaints, including from Tories, over Channel 4 News...
A bitter dispute between Channel 4 News and the Conservative Party turned public last night as Boris Johnson was replaced by an ice sculpture after refusing to appear on a leaders’ debate about the...
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BBC condemns Conservative Facebook advert using footage of its journalists
The BBC has demanded the Conservatives take down a “completely unacceptable” Facebook advert using clips from its journalists, claiming it could “damage perceptions of our impartiality”. But the party...
View ArticleChinese journalist found guilty of slapping delegate at Conservative Party...
An experienced Chinese state TV journalist has been convicted of slapping a Conservative Party conference delegate during a fringe meeting. Linlin Kong, 49, a reporter with Chinese broadcaster CCTV,...
View ArticleFacebook takes down Tory election advert using 'distorted' BBC News footage
The BBC has welcomed Facebook’s removal of Conservative adverts featuring “distorted” footage of some of its top journalists reporting on Brexit, including political editor Laura Kuenssberg. The social...
View ArticleBBC's Andrew Neil interview with Boris Johnson still not confirmed with ten...
The BBC is still yet to set a date for Boris Johnson to face questions from heavyweight political interviewer Andrew Neil with only ten days left until the United Kingdom goes to the polls. The...
View ArticleITV political editor Robert Peston to deliver 2020 Hugh Cudlipp Lecture
ITV political editor Robert Peston will deliver the 21st annual Hugh Cudlipp Lecture next year. The free lecture will take place at City University, London, from 6.30pm on 6 March and is run by the...
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Ofcom rejects Tory complaint over Channel 4 News climate debate with stand-in...
Ofcom has rejected a complaint from the Conservative Party about the Channel 4 News climate debate, which used an ice sculpture to represent Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he refused to take part....
View ArticleYoutube follows Facebook in taking down Tory election ads using BBC News footage
Google has removed Conservative Party election adverts which used edited BBC News clips from its video-sharing platform Youtube. The move follows a similar response by Facebook, after the corporation...
View ArticleBBC News director 'disappointed' Boris Johnson yet to confirm Andrew Neil...
BBC News director Fran Unsworth has said the broadcaster is “as disappointed as our audiences” that Boris Johnson has not confirmed a date for an interview with Andrew Neil ahead of next week’s...
View ArticleMillions watch Andrew Neil call out Boris Johnson over one-on-one interview snub
Andrew Neil called out Boris Johnson on BBC One last night for failing to agree to an interview with him despite having asked “for weeks now” for the Prime Minister to sit down with him. After grilling...
View ArticleBBC, ITV and Sky to team up on exit poll for fourth election running
Three major television broadcasters have confirmed they will combine forces to release the same exit poll once voting ends on election night. BBC News, ITV News and Sky News have announced that they...
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Boris Johnson questions BBC licence fee and pockets reporter's phone on...
Boris Johnson said today he is considering scrapping the BBC licence fee altogether, although the current system will remain in place until 2027. The Prime Minister said he was unable to create policy...
View ArticleBBC and ITV political editors apologise for false hospital 'punch' claim in...
The political editors of the BBC and ITV were forced to apologise last night after wrongly claiming that a Labour activist had punched a Tory advisor. Laura Kuenssberg and Robert Peston both tweeted...
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