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BBC Trust launches public consultation on R4, R5 live and more
The BBC Trust has announced a public consultation relating to four domestic radio stations: Radio 4, Radio 4 extra, Radio 5 live and Radio 5 live sports extra. Members of the public can make...
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BBC Trust’s ruling on Hamas’ use of human shields makes for future inaccurate...
The BBC Trust’s latest publication of editorial appeals findings (March 2015 – published on 30/4/15) includes the result of requests for appeals concerning complaints made about a filmed report by Orla...
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Baroness Deech on the BBC complaints system and OFCOM
We recently posed on these pages the question of whether or not OFCOM is up to the job of replacing the BBC Trust as the final arbiter for editorial complaints. Baroness Deech has been pondering the...
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BBC Trust launches public consultation ahead of charter review
Following the launch last week of the DCMS public consultation on the subject of the BBC charter review, the BBC Trust has initiated a similar process of its own. “At the BBC Trust, our role is to...
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BBC Trust consultation on local radio and news in England
The BBC Trust is currently running a public consultation on the topic of BBC local radio and local news and current affairs in England. “The purpose of this consultation is to review BBC Local Radio...
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A reminder concerning the BBC Trust consultation ahead of charter review
As readers may recall, in July the BBC Trust launched a public consultation. “At the BBC Trust, our role is to represent licence fee payers, and we want to ensure that your views are taken into...
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ITV submission to the DCMS BBC Charter Review consultation
The submission made by ITV plc to the DCMS public consultation on BBC Charter Review can be found here. Of particular interest is the section concerning governance and regulation from page 42 onwards....
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The BBC’s reporting of statistics and Gaza casualty ratios
h/t D On August 10th the BBC Trust published the findings of a review of the impartiality of the BBC’s reporting of statistics in its news and current affairs output which was commissioned in 2015. The...
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BBC Trust chair stepping down
Ahead of the announcement of the BBC’s new charter which is expected on September 15th, the chair of the BBC Trust has announced her intention to step down, as reported by Reuters and others. “The BBC...
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BBC News continues to promote dubiously sourced Gaza statistics
On February 28th an article appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page under the headline “Israel’s Netanyahu criticised over 2014 Gaza war preparations“. Relating to a report on Operation...
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