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Impartiality is the necessary fiction that allows the BBC to exist. A public service broadcaster that didn’t attempt to hold its head above bias would be untenable, and this is why the BBC’s ...

https://sarahditum.com/2017/03/07/independent-im-not-surprised-that-the-bbc-chastised-jenni-murray-over-her-transgender-comments-this-is-what-institutional-sexism-looks-like/

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https://sarahditum.com/2015/03/11/new-statesman-we-live-in-a-world-of-stupid-and-jeremy-clarkson-is-its-king/

Darryl Chamberlain of the 853 blog reports that his editorial complaint over BBC Newsbeat’s presentation of the BNP has been partially upheld. BBC head of editorial Fraser Steel agrees that the...

https://sarahditum.com/2009/11/12/newsbeat-and-the-bnp-complaint-partially-upheld/

A survey (PDF) by YouGov for the Daily Telegraph polled 1,314 adults after Griffin’s Question Time appearance and compared the results with a survey taken during the summer. (The figures in the...

https://sarahditum.com/2009/10/27/did-griffins-question-time-change-anything/

Clive Jame has something to say about scepticism. It’s a “light-hearted” something, says the strap, which is a handy because you might otherwise have thought it was “emptily provocative�...

https://sarahditum.com/2009/10/26/its-like-thinking-but-its-not-thinking/

Nick Griffin’s Question Time appearance was spectacularly bad. Previously on Paperhouse, I’ve said that I don’t think the QT format is equipped for challenging debate. I agree with Nelson�...

https://sarahditum.com/2009/10/23/nick-griffins-day-out/

This is a guest post by Nelson of spEak You’re bRanes. Do you think I don’t understand what my friend, the Professor, long ago called The Hydrostatic Paradox of Controversy? Don’t know what...

https://sarahditum.com/2009/10/22/guest-post-having-my-say-griffin-on-qt/

The director of the Young, Nazi And Proud documentary has commented on BBC Newsbeat’s handling of the BNP. David Modell met Mark Collett in 2002 and recorded him expressing admiration for Hitle...

https://sarahditum.com/2009/10/13/dispatches-filmaker-criticises-newsbeat/

Newsbeat’s dereliction of editorial responsibility in reporting the BNP has become a story in its own right. Both Welsh secretary Peter Hain and shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt have critic...

https://sarahditum.com/2009/10/12/more-pressure-on-the-bbc-over-newsbeat-bnp-feature/

Radio 4’s Media Show took on the issue of how the BNP should be reported, with debate between Mehdi Hassan of the New Statesman and Ric Bailey, chief adviser on politics for the BBC. (Listen ...

https://sarahditum.com/2009/10/07/the-media-show-on-reporting-the-bnp/