Maxwell Modell
@maxwellmodell.bsky.social
Research Associate at Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Culture studying impartiality in UK political news.
Other research interests include all things podcasts, political interviews and broadcast talk
He/Him
Other research interests include all things podcasts, political interviews and broadcast talk
He/Him
This is false. The fall in net migration was covered in detail on BBC News at Ten, starting at the 21 minutes mark if you are interested in catching up on iplayer
November 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is false. The fall in net migration was covered in detail on BBC News at Ten, starting at the 21 minutes mark if you are interested in catching up on iplayer
Rob knows his stuff
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Rob knows his stuff
Finally, it is worth remembering the ideal of public service media, and the BBC in particular, that is so cherished. As Paddy Scannell argued in the late 80s, public service media is “a public good that has unobtrusively contributed to the democratization of everyday life”.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Finally, it is worth remembering the ideal of public service media, and the BBC in particular, that is so cherished. As Paddy Scannell argued in the late 80s, public service media is “a public good that has unobtrusively contributed to the democratization of everyday life”.
tinyurl.com/24byjnfz
tinyurl.com/24byjnfz
Crisis motivates reflection. Des Freedman provides some powerful reflections, arguing that there is a gap between normative accounts of the ideals of public service media and the institutional structures in which they operate, and that this is no accident but by design.
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Neither private property nor public service: Critical reflections on the conceptual framework of public service media - Des Freedman, 2024
Public service media (PSM) have long been seen as the necessary counterweight to the failures of a market model. Given the rise of private corporate power over ...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Crisis motivates reflection. Des Freedman provides some powerful reflections, arguing that there is a gap between normative accounts of the ideals of public service media and the institutional structures in which they operate, and that this is no accident but by design.
tinyurl.com/y8axjr6e
tinyurl.com/y8axjr6e
Another accusation is pro-Palestinian bias on the BBC Arabic service. While I do not dispute this possibility, a CFMM report on BBC coverage of the war in Gaza found Israeli deaths were given more prominence than Palestinian deaths and reported using more emotional language.
tinyurl.com/mru9af3d
tinyurl.com/mru9af3d
BBC On Gaza-Israel: One Story, Double Standards - Centre For Media Monitoring
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November 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Another accusation is pro-Palestinian bias on the BBC Arabic service. While I do not dispute this possibility, a CFMM report on BBC coverage of the war in Gaza found Israeli deaths were given more prominence than Palestinian deaths and reported using more emotional language.
tinyurl.com/mru9af3d
tinyurl.com/mru9af3d
One of the accusations of the Prescott dossier is a culture of pro-trans bias in the BBC. I have yet to see substantive evidence to support this. In The Transgender Issue, Shon Faye demonstrated how trans people face overwhelming media hostility, including on the BBC.
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The Transgender Issue
Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than one per cent of the country's population, they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized 'deba...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
One of the accusations of the Prescott dossier is a culture of pro-trans bias in the BBC. I have yet to see substantive evidence to support this. In The Transgender Issue, Shon Faye demonstrated how trans people face overwhelming media hostility, including on the BBC.
tinyurl.com/5n7uafzf
tinyurl.com/5n7uafzf
Temporality and Documentary
The Trump edit blurs the reality of a lived moment with its editorial reconstruction within the manipulated temporality of the documentary.
John Corner analyses how editing choices shape viewers' perception of temporality in documentaries.
tinyurl.com/3ce3cczr
The Trump edit blurs the reality of a lived moment with its editorial reconstruction within the manipulated temporality of the documentary.
John Corner analyses how editing choices shape viewers' perception of temporality in documentaries.
tinyurl.com/3ce3cczr
Temporality and Documentary
The temporalities of the image have long been a focus for theoretical and analytical discussion, both in photographic studies, where the paradoxes of ‘stillness’ have been at the centre of...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Temporality and Documentary
The Trump edit blurs the reality of a lived moment with its editorial reconstruction within the manipulated temporality of the documentary.
John Corner analyses how editing choices shape viewers' perception of temporality in documentaries.
tinyurl.com/3ce3cczr
The Trump edit blurs the reality of a lived moment with its editorial reconstruction within the manipulated temporality of the documentary.
John Corner analyses how editing choices shape viewers' perception of temporality in documentaries.
tinyurl.com/3ce3cczr