The BBC has a ‘talent’ problem
So here we are again – another well-known BBC presenter is facing a growing list of allegations of misconduct, tarnishing…
Will the BBC learn from Donald Trump’s victory?
The grandly titled CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, Deborah Turness, described Donald Trump’s re-election as ‘a dramatic night…
The BBC’s troubling coverage of the Kaba case
Coverage of the death of Chris Kaba – and the acquittal of the police officer Martyn Blake tried for his murder…
What the BBC gets wrong about the Gaza conflict
This week, the BBC was accused of breaching its own editorial guidelines on more than 1,500 occasions and displaying a…
Why is the BBC so positive about the Notting Hill Carnival?
The BBC’s coverage of the Notting Hill carnival has been almost relentlessly positive. But the rosy view of the festivities…
Why are BBC staff trying to get me fired?
It’s not a pleasant feeling to know there are colleagues in your workplace who think you should be summarily dismissed…
How did the BBC get the trans debate so wrong?
What must it feel like to realise you are part of an organisation that has placed so-called progressive values ahead…
Has BBC Verify done more harm than good?
As an increasingly jaded BBC hack, I reacted to the creation of BBC Verify last May with temple-rubbing despondency. The…
Inside the chaos over Huw Edwards at the BBC
It’s been a truly surreal, disturbing and darkly comic week at the BBC. Much remains obscured, but one thing is…
Will the BBC own up to its Covid impartiality failings?
As Gary Lineker resumes his duties as the BBC’s highest-paid employee, it is worth appreciating that one of the Corporation’s…
The problem with the BBC’s reporting on excess deaths
I recall the newsroom conversations during the dark days of the pandemic only too well. They were upsetting at the…
How the BBC was captured by trans ideology
During Pride month this year a banner has been emblazoned across the BBC’s internal staff website used by every single…
The real problem with the BBC’s partygate coverage
As a journalist, it’s never a comfortable feeling when the news organisation you work for becomes the story. But with…
How the BBC lost its way on Covid
I have been a BBC journalist for many years, and in that time I have been committed to impartiality and…
