Writer. Former head of BBC TV News and director of BBC Sport & London 2012. Emeritus fellow @Selwyn1882, honorary fellow @wadhamoxford.
London, England
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Excellent, perceptive piece by my old colleague @MarkUrban01
markurban.substack.com/p/the…
Three thoughts after the BBC chairman’s letter to MPs.
1. I can’t begin to understand why it took the BBC board so long to write it.
2. The BBC News response to the Trump edit was seriously misguided.
3. I don’t think Tim Davie needed to resign: the faults sat elsewhere.
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'It's took big a job for one individual to do'
Roger Mosey, former head of BBC News, spoke to #BBCBreakfast about the resignations of BBC director general Tim Davie and CEO of News Deborah Turness, after criticism that Panorama misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd9kqz1y…
I’m very sad that Tim Davie has resigned. He was a great colleague in my BBC days, and as DG he’s focused the organisation on its digital future. What this shows is that the job is becoming impossible if every failing everywhere lands on the DG.
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'The BBC should treat this shaming as an opportunity to break free. The corporation still has many friends who would be thrilled to see it cast off the progressive blinkers' | ✍️ @matthewsyed thetimes.com/comment/columni…
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I've written about the BBC's Prescott report, and 'great genes' too! markurban.substack.com/p/lib…
A periodic reminder that this is only possible on channels which are not behind a paywall. If the BBC went on to subscription, these national moments would evaporate.
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'BBC must explain how it plans to correct liberal bias' | ✍️ @rogermosey thetimes.com/comment/columni…
The latest row over alleged #BBC bias needs a full public response from the corporation. My piece for @thetimes.
thetimes.com/article/c0f5403…
Necessary reading for journalists to counteract much of X.
Is Britain becoming more violent?
A look at the data:- comment.press/viol2
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Looks like extraordinary cowardice. "...following pressure from the Chinese state and a separate defamation law suit against the university, Sheffield Hallam decided not to publish a final piece of research by Prof Murphy and her team into forced labour." bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq50…
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Staff on train described as heroic:
“Having viewed the CCTV from the train, the actions of the member of rail staff were nothing short of heroic and undoubtedly saved people’s lives” - Deputy Chief Constable Stuart Cundy. 2
Well, #CelebrityTraitors has been a triumph for the BBC. There’s still
life in linear television; and we share something of value when millions of people watch a show together, rather than audiences fragmenting behind a paywall.
I greatly enjoyed @Tanika_Gupta’s reworking of #Hedda for @OrangeTreeThtr. Subtly written, and engrossing. The Orange Tree is on a terrific run of productions.
Keeping the BBC independent - and properly funded - is a big task ahead. Some good thoughts from my former colleague Pat Younge and British Broadcasting Challenge.
patyounge.substack.com/p/its…
I’m joining the applause for season 3 of Blue Lights. Brilliantly written, acted, directed and filmed - and so much deeper in its thought and emotion than most TV drama. It keeps getting better.
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The transcript of Arif Ahmed's wonderful, inspiring speech at the @ComAcFreedom conference is now up.
"In the long run, it may be that nothing is as protective of liberty as a people for whom its use has become a habit."
officeforstudents.org.uk/new…
