On Monday, Sir Keir Starmer was given a largely respectful farewell by the āmainstreamā media, portraying him as a ādecentā man who…
Any aliens who have been monitoring radio and television transmissions streaming outwards into space from Planet Earth over the past few decades…
On 8 March, on the BBC politics programme, āSunday with Laura Kuenssbergā, the former BBC political editor put these impassioned words to…
A significant feature of the propaganda system is the suppression of clearly important, credible books which are nevertheless deemed unfit for review…
The BBC: A āLeftist Propaganda Machineā? The resignations of Tim Davie, BBC director general, and Deborah Turness, BBC head of news, after…
Late last Sunday, a targeted Israeli attack killed prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif alongside several colleagues. They were in a tent…
One might naively think that a national public-service broadcaster would inform the public about matters of national interest. Surely no reasonable person…
BBC News regularly proclaims its supposed editorial principles of fearless, independent, impartial, fair and accurate journalism. In a January 2023 speech to the Whitehall &…
The post-WW2 āinternational rules-based orderā that supposedly underpins global affairs in the interests of peace, democracy and prosperity has always been largely a charade.…
The BBCās withdrawal of the powerful documentary, āGaza: How to Survive a Warzoneā, epitomises how much the UKās national broadcaster is beholden to…
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