But that's exactly what they were. Dyke and co were forced out because the BBC exposed the sexing up of the dossier which sought to provide a rationale for the Blair/Bush invasion of Iraq. An invasion almost universally supported by rightwingers and opposed by leftwingers.

I’m old enough to remember when the BBC used old footage of Johnson at the cenotaph, to cover the fact that he was hung over and looked like a burst mattress on a tip.
The DG didn’t resign though

True.

Yes, but what counts politically - and epistemologically - is news and current affairs.

Because there is no sustained media clamour calling for their removal, and because the government is as wet as a toilet roll left in the rain.

But the point is that its vast and systemic non-mistakes on behalf of power don't lead to any kind of discipline or resignations. Davie's departure is yet another capitulation to the sustained, full-spectrum attack on BBC independence by oligarchic power. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Please read the thread.

Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...

Yes. And this report documenting systematic institutionalised bias against Palestinians had no impact at all.

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Panorama made a stupid editing mistake. But compare this to the deliberate and systemic attempt, sustained across years, to ensure that BBC output aligns ever more closely to the demands of economic power. Against your straw of bias, I raise you a haystack.

Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.

I didn't say "not rightwing". I said "insufficiently rightwing".

I mean, just look at how far they stooped to try to appease not just the right but the far right. But you can never stoop far enough. Appeasement gets you nowhere. bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

78.6% in fact

Fascinating