When the government shunted its responsibility on to the BBC, it turned the national broadcaster into a welfare agency – now it can’t afford it.
- Honorary Professor in Media Policy, Glasgow Caledonian University
Its first new channel since 2003, does this Scottish offering reflect a genuine BBC commitment to 21st century ‘nations and regions’?
John McDonnell’s claim that the BBC was uncritically repeating ‘Tory lies’ this week once more raises the question of bias in the media’s political reporting. But is he right?
Sale of Channel 4 will risk the broadcaster’s ability to produce cutting edge, innovative films and television programmes.
There is no copyright in titles, although I must admit when I heard that the name of the new Scottish daily newspaper launched this week was The National, I was momentarily thrown. That is also the name…
Two distinguished Scottish journalists have recently expressed their concern at the state of the Scottish press. Both Magnus Linklater, in an article in the British Journalism Review, and Iain Macwhirter…
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