The BBC’s royal charter is renewed once a decade to make sure the broadcaster keeps up to date with political and technological changes.
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In today’s febrile information climate, it is fair to ask whether the duty to remain impartial remains fit for purpose.
This peculiar arrangement of political appointments therefore effectively gave partisan appointees a veto over a crucial senior management decision.
Allegations of political bias - generally that the BBC leans to the left - have existed for almost as long as the corporation has.
Tim Davie and Deborah Turness have resigned over complaints of institutional bias but external perspectives on the broadcaster are far from uniform.
The BBC must now recruit two high-level executives, just as it should be readying for its 2027 royal charter renewal.
Yes, the British broadcaster made some serious errors, but the response seems over the top. Were other pressures brought to bear?
A universal fee still seems the most obvious way to fund Britain’s most important public broadcaster.
BBC director-general, Tim Davie, has released a new plan to beef up fact checking in the public broadcaster’s news programmes.
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