Let's discuss impartiality on british TV. Ofcom rules state: "No politician may be used as a newsreader, interviewer or reporter in any news programmes unless, exceptionally, it is editorially justified." What is the exceptional editorial justification?
@realDonaldTrump
Steve Jobs is dead. His wife has agency in her own right and doesn't need his permission or yours as to how she spends her money (as far from GOP small state thinking as I can imagine). Presidents declare war on countries, not their own citizens. You are a ridiculous man.
Can’t believe
@BBCNewsnight
is leading with this Corbyn non-story when the eu has just announced its no-deal Brexit plans and the immigration white paper was out today. Raises real questions about news values.
@JournalistJill
Can I build on your excellent idea. Create an email account in your child's name and send photos as you take them to their email account, and school certificates, copies of their self made cards and handwriting. Like a digital treasure box. Give them the password when they're 16
When I was a senior manager at the BBC, responsible for 3000 staff and £400m in commissions, I to meet Moira Stuart. I said to the man at the desk, ‘Pat Younge, here for Moira Stuart’ and he said to me “you going and wait in your car sonny, Ms Stuart will be out in a minute.”
@huwbbc
@BBCNews
@LinkedIn
Over pressured journalists, without the rigour of going through producers and editors, risk lowering the standards and jeopardising the BBC brand. Unverified tweets and 'sources tell me' risk turning journalists into PR flacks, and the BBC must avoid that at its peril.
@Miss_Snuffy
Your analysis is a stretch I would suggest - 'long to reign over us' suggests separation between 'her' and 'us' , a distinction that wouldn't be required if she was us. NZ have God Defend New Zealand, which is much clearer.
Failure to realise why anyone complaining against this benign programme segment as broadcast would target their complaint on the black/Asian presenter is a BBC failure to understand how racism operates, and how they need to respond to it. BBC should review in this context
Good luck to everyone at
@BBCSport
and
@ITVSport
involved in todays broadcast. And a special shout out to Barbara Slater, head of BBC Sport, who's flown the flag for women's sport long before it became fashionable and trendy.
#gowell
#Lionesses
#WWC2023
@GaryLineker
to follow the simplistic logic, how many safe countries does a Ukrainian refugee pass through to get to the UK? Simple question is 'what is the LEGAL route to claim asylum in the UK?' Couldn't answer this then or now
This is modern Britain - born in Canada, London raised, Romanian and Chinese parents, confident in english and Chinese (and probably Romanian as well). Next time someone moans about immigrants just remind them.
🥰"Hi, everyone. I wanna say thank you to you guys and I hope you could enjoy my tennis. I'm thrilled to win. Love you all, see you."
-
#EmmaRaducanu
, whose mother is Chinese from Shenyang, China's northeastern Liaoning Province, spoke in mandarin after the
#USOpen
triumph.
THREAD: Here’s perhaps the rub on
@BBCNaga
. Head of BBC Ed Pol accepts her remarks came out of conversation initiated by her co-presenter, but the complainants only complained about her (quote follows).
Massive diversity fail by the BBC, showing they have no understanding what real diversity in the workplace really means. I will bet there was no black person or person of colour involved in reaching that judgement.
@BBCNaga
remain true to yourself and keep making us proud.
@Peston
@SuellaBraverman
The ECHR is integral to the Good Friday Agreement – and that rights under the ECHR can be relied upon in Northern Ireland is a fundamental part of the agreement. This means that if the United Kingdom (inc. N I) leaves the ECHR there will be breaches of the Good Friday Agreement.
@Telegraph
The BBC had Robbie Gibb (Tory), Rod Liddle (libertarian) and still has Nick Robinson (former head of young conservatives). Having an opinion doesn't prevent people doing their job, and politicians shouldn't be involved in the recruitment process full stop.
@Sathnam
@BBCr4today
And that
@10DowningStreet
and The Queen didn't object and stand up for a British citizen and holder of one of the (clearly formerly) great offices of state is even more remarkable. Evidence of what life will be like when beholden to Trumps 'really special trade deal'
@arusbridger
A classic ruse to silence scrutiny. Threatening BBC and C4 reviews to put them on the back foot, John Mann announced reviews of various left wing news websites, they'll soon announce a boundary commission review and reviews of government scrutiny by the Supreme Court. Dark days.
The
@BBC
need to wake up and listen to what's being said here. They've lost one talented individual today and are losing the hearts/minds of their black staff and audiences, along with most progressives. What's worse is they're hiding behind the victims of racial violence ....
Congrats
@MichaelaCoel
on a speech that was raw, vulnerable, insightful, emotional and bloody funny. I can say without fear of contradiction
@EdinburghTVFest
has never heard a Mctaggart like it, but does the industry have the courage to find space for the misfits?
#tellitasitis
@huwbbc
@BBCNews
@LinkedIn
Huw. You tell the story of the BBC Newsrooms I know well, and I agree that beyond 'screw the management' there's no possibility of group think or a centralised agenda.
Where the BBC does need to be wary is lowering its standards when it comes to using social media. 1/2
The facts: a home office report in 2020 concluded majority of child sexual abuse gangs are made up of white men under age of 30.
It found there wasn’t enough evidence to suggest gang members more likely to be Asian or black than other ethnicities.
This is what 'performative diversity' looks like in practice, a celebration of "the difference that makes no difference" as described by Angela Davis. This case is obvious, but this sweater is a good analogy for a lot of diversity initiatives.
Louis Vuitton pulls the ‘Jamaican Stripe Jumper’ from website after told it features the wrong colours: “So no one at Louis Vuitton googled the Jamaican flag?”
@GBNEWS
Think you'll find that no American president has attended a coronation of a British monarch. That's called a fact. On GB News, like Fox, comment pretends to be facts. Wonder if
@ofcom
is monitoring.
And herein lies the problem for Mr Fox and his type, they don’t understand the multiracial and multicultural society Britain has become, and that being unified in the fight against racism makes us stronger. It’s why he doesn’t even acknowledge r the team as England.
#WhiteRage
I was proud to introduce
@jamaledwards
for his Honorary Doctor of Letters degree
@UniWestLondon
. Jamal then heard about a new music production degree, and his first question was 'can I do it part time?' That was Jamal's legacy - keep looking to learn and grow.
#RIPJamal
@afneil
Fair point. I guess the difference is there was an independent inquiry in Scotland, and the Scottish Parliament inquiry and she herself gave evidence under oath for 7 or 8 hours. Is BJ offering any of the above?
The mask has slipped and the real motivation for privatising
@Channel4
is revealed - some Tory MP's don't like the content. Actually C4 gets NO public money, and if its biz model survived covid it suggests its pretty robust
#keepC4british
@PSBfuture
@seanmdav
@mschlapp
@AaronDFordNV
Simple question - if this person saw all this illegal activity before October 30th why didn’t they come forward until November 8th. Judge will want a convincing answer, as the issue could have been remedied at that point. Unless this was set up to achieve this moment now....
Most of
#dianeabbott
sons offences are not only at nhs institutions, but basic journalism shows some are mental health wards dealing with psychosis. Beyond the basic 10 points of court reporting - name, address, charge, plea, etc - perhaps we should not rush to judgement. HNY.
Academic freedom can’t be legislated into existence: a national ‘great debate’ in England would be more effective than imposing free speech champions and threatening fines, argues
@AFAF_freespeech
director Dennis Hayes
@ShaunBaileyUK
Met Police commissioner is appointed by and accountable to the Home Secretary, as you know (or should know). So if theres any resigning to be done its Priti Patel who has to go......but haven’t we been here before?
So
@Channel4
#BlackToFront
day. Do we want one? No. Did we need one. Yes. Is it the answer? No. Is it a stake in the ground? Yes. Key takeaways at 1747: 1) proof (if ever needed) black people can present in any genre. 2) How invigorating it is to hear new stories & voices. 1/2
@armoaning
@GaryLineker
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." MLK 1963
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@amazon
this weekend, please do so using this URL , select African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust as your charity & then shop as normal. ACLT will receive 0.5% of your sale at ZERO cost to you!
#WaysYouCanSupportUS
🤎
@piersmorgan
Notice how she never turned her army of followers onto the person in question whilst making he disagreements clear. Maybe you can learn from that?
@sahilkapur
@AOC
@jaketapper
I think the fact the Obama built his machine outside of the DNC was the warning sign they needed to catch up, and they’ve failed to do it. For example, we’ve all read about the GOP micro-targeting of Cuban-Americans in Florida, and nothing about an effective DNC response.
It's outrageous I'm having to write this, but the UK Gov have defined ANOTHER rail project that is only in England as Eng & Wal.
This time it's... wait for it... Northern Powerhouse Rail is defined as being beneficial enough for Wales to mean we miss out on cash.
(Angry) Thread
Okay, here it is. To all those stuffing my inbox with requests to do stuff for Black History Month, please note I'm Black all year round and am happy to consider doing stuff all year round. You don't need to try & cram all your requests & activities into October.
#justsayin
' 😐🤯
@afneil
Don’t give a stuff about the song or the singing of the song or not, but the song was written in 1765, well before abolition and when british ships were very much in enslaving mode...and at a time Britons (both Africans and indentured catholics and Indians) were definitely slaves
@SianGriffiths6
@thetimes
@Samfr
Why does Britains best students = Eton or other public schools? Article says 50 from the entire state sector v 30 from St Pauls school alone, which suggests it's Britains richest students or students whose backgrounds give them most options.
The
@BBCOne
and BBC need to get a simple line out on the licence fee issue and repeat ad nauseam - the energy companies dont pay for the winter fuel allowance so its wrong to expect the bbc to cover the cost of subsidised tv licences. Simple. Understandable. Repeat
@piersmorgan
@POTUS
Piers. This is BS and your better than this - or you were. No American president has ever attended a British coronation. Ever. None. No snub. Remember how and why that country was former. Do better Piers.
@ElfinBrown
@pete_sinclair
1) France gets more applications than us, just deals with them more quickly. 2) Why aren't Ukrainians staying in Poland and Germany? World doesn't work like that. The fact that english is everyone's second language is a significant factor I imagine.
@danielmgmoylan
@Keir_Starmer
@BorisJohnson
@UKLabour
Isn't it funny how Starmer saying he'll resign if issued with a FPN is 'putting pressure on the police' but the whole Tory establishment and press calling on Durham Police to investigate Starmer isn't?!?
@afuahirsch
@BBCNaga
This is important. Michael Grade on Newsnight reverted to the ‘this is about impartiality’ line, totally swerving why Naga was singled out by the complainant and then ECU. BBC do themselves no favours asserting ‘black people misunderstand the issue’ - we don’t.
#whitesplaining
What's the difference between an asylum seeker from Sudan and one from Ukraine? Both are victims of war. Both have safe countries between there and here that they can seek sanctity. Both are worthy of asylum imho. Will the system treat them equally? Here's a real test.
@DavidHarewood
It shows our presence is still seen as conditional by some. Do well and it's modern, multicultural Britain. Do badly or make a mistake and our contribution and presence is up for debate - from taking penalties to deporting 'Windrush' cases, same thinking from street to Government
Everyone who works in news should read this from
@jamelia
and then take a long hard look at themselves and ask if they want to remain part of the problem or actively be part of the solution.
@WritersofColour
@josephharker
@yassmin_a
I'm middle class in terms of income and employment, but with working class values and allegiances. My fate is more closely tied to that of working class people than the upper classes or the elite.
So IMHO BBC had choices here. 1) Dismiss complaint out of hand because on any reading of evidence it’s marginal at best, especially in a live context. 2) Dismiss complaint made against Naga alone because she didn’t breach ‘Trump motivation’ concept alone or 3) find against Naga..
@mrdanwalker
@GaryLineker
We know the answer because John Whittingdale on
@bbcpm
, calling for Linekar's head, was asked the question and said he wouldn't have a problem, and it would be a matter for the Labour Party. Proof of needed about how partisan this row is
@DavidOlusoga
Good to see a sense of priorities in the middle of a pandemic, Brexit decimating the Scottish fishing industry, school kids going hungry and mafia level graft for friends and family of the government.
What a book!!Got it yesterday night. Finished it this morning. Really keen to read what happened next. Without the evidence you wouldn’t believe it was true; knowing it’s true still beggars belief.
@lemnsissay
you’ve done something very special. I’m sure your mum is proud of you.
@krishgm
There was a sequence on this in the Cambridge Analytica film, showing how they claimed they’d swung the Trinidad/Tobago election and now we know probably Brexit and USA 2016 as well.
@Nadine_Writes
Well they shouldn't moan when their needs continue to be ignored. At the very least, given our history, they should turn up. Sure, spoil the ballot or vote for all of them, but turn up. Too many people have died to waste the right.