Very strange and disappointing reporting by the BBC
Protestors were dubbed conspiracy theorists by the BBC – where’s the conspiracy in these clear facts? And as for Far Right – do I look ‘far right’ to you?
Top Gear Season 24 Episode 1 Review
Don’t say it, don’t say it, don’t say it… oh dear – I’m gonna say, aren’t I?
I just watched the first episode of new, new Top Gear (although that should probably be new, new, new, new, new… for me, since I’ve been watching it from way back when good old William Wollard presented it – who else remembers him?).
Anyway I’m feeling right smug, innit?
Journalism today: ‘We may be generating heat. But are we really delivering light?’
‘We may be generating heat. But are we really delivering light?’
What a superb question by someone with the authority, credibility and experience to put a powerful voice to the concerns of all those who genuinely care for media, journalism and mass communication.
Helen Boaden, Former Director of BBC Radio wrote this in an incredible and fascinating analysis of the state of media and journalism today and where it’s heading in an extract of her speech in The Independent newspaper.
I’ve been struggling with the inevitable direction of journalism in this digital age for some time now, here is a voice confirming my fears from the heart of one of the last bastions of genuine journalism.