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Marek BekermanMarch 16, 2023

The Gary Lineker tweet scandal shows how the BBC has struggled to adapt to the social media age

Can “impartiality” be required from all actors, musicians, scientists, or sport pundits appearing on the BBC without thwarting the principle of free speech?

Jean SeatonOctober 17, 2022

The BBC at 100: A century of informing, educating, entertaining — and trying to keep politicians honest

“A reaction to the nihilistic slaughter of the First World War…Theirs was a vision for a new public space, using the technological boundlessness of broadcasting — that was in itself ignorant of hierarchies and conventional barriers — for good purposes.”

Simon PotterOctober 17, 2022

The BBC at 100: The future for global news and challenges facing the World Service

“By focusing on providing news online, the World Service is putting its resources where it can best promote British soft power and international influence, thereby improving prospects for its own continued existence. However, abandoning radio entirely would be a mistake.”

Laura Hazard OwenJune 16, 2022

“Facebook has taken over”: How residents find local info when local newspapers aren’t doing the job

“A lot of it’s trash, to be honest, but a lot of it’s very useful.”

Sarah ScireMay 3, 2022

The BBC commissions a study to show what life without the BBC would be like

After just nine days of living without any BBC services, 70% of the households hostile to paying the full license fee had changed their minds. “I was quite surprised at how much I missed it.”

The BBC fights suggestions that it convert to a subscription model: “The principle of universality is absolutely the debate here”

Stephen CushionNovember 1, 2021

Would enhancing the BBC’s fact-checking strengthen its perceived impartiality?

How broadcasters challenge false or misleading information while maintaining high standards of impartiality has become increasingly challenging.

Christian FuchsJune 24, 2021

Rather than privatizing public service media, we should be expanding it online

Imagine an advertising-free, non-commercial, not-for-profit internet, with digital archives of public service content available to everyone for an unlimited period from anywhere at any time.

Joshua BentonSeptember 28, 2020

A new set of threats to the BBC — internal and external — challenges its role as anchor of U.K. media

The BBC functions as a heat sink for polarization — converting potentially dangerous energy into something the system can more easily deal with. A new group of broadcast competitors and its likely new set of bosses see it differently.

AJ+, Al Jazeera’s social-video-friendly service, will now have to register as a “foreign agent” in the United States

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