by Sydney Smith on Dec 02, 2011
21,000+ Complaints Over BBC’s Jeremy Clarkson Comments for Striking Workers to be Shot
The BBC apologized after one of its hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, called for public sector workers on strike to be "executed...
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by Sydney Smith on Nov 30, 2011
BBC Defends TV Outlets Not Airing Climate Change Part of BBC/Discovery Channel Program
The BBC and Discovery Channel partnered to broadcast Frozen Planet, a seven-part documentary on "the earth's polar regions," Talking Points Memo...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 14, 2011
BBC Trust Chairman Defends Self-Regulation
BBC Trust chairman Chris Patten defended independent regulation of the UK press at the UK Society of Editors' conference, the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 27, 2011
BBC Defends Reporter Accused of Being Involved with Extremists
In contrast to NPR, the British public broadcasting network, the BBC, stood by one of its reporters after he got...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 22, 2011
European Commission wants BBC to Apologize for Calling Spokesperson an ‘Idiot’
Political commentator Peter Oborne and BBC host Jeremy Paxman both called European Commission spokesperson Amadeu Altafaj Tardio an "idiot" on...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 01, 2011
Was BBC Hoaxed? Yes Men, BBC Deny Interviewee was Member of YesMen
Was the BBC hoaxed by an interviewee? Despite denials from both the BBC and group The Yes Men that a man...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 27, 2011
Inside BBC’s Dog Stoning Hoax Story : A Case Study on a Reader’s Fight for Accuracy and Accountability
Editor's Note : This is a case study of a hoax story as experienced by a reader who was pursuing...
by Sydney Smith on Sep 25, 2011
UK news outlets Give Police Footage of Riots
The BBC, Sky and ITN have given "untransmitted footage" of the August 2011 riots in London to the police, Journalism.co.uk...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2011
UK Prime Minster Wants Media Evidence of Riots
UK Prime Minister David Cameron requested media outlets give "footage" of the riots to the police, Journalism.co.uk reported. Cameron called...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2011
Fake News Website Posing as the BBC Taken Down
A hoax website imitating the BBC has published fake stories including one that alleges former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown...