Parliament, human rights and judges – Brexiteers see all of these as impediments to their increasingly autocratic leaders. And their longstanding attacks are getting bolder.
We need a vision of public service broadcasting that extends intellectual and imaginative freedom, and is as relevant to today’s battles as the Pilkington Report was fifty years ago.
The UK Government’s Prevent strategy has led to official claims that mistrust of mainstream media and anger about government policies can be symptomatic of violent extremism.
If the corporation is to defend itself against powerful vested interests it must work more closely with critical friends across the political spectrum.
The European Scrutiny Committee has locked horns with the BBC, repeatedly accusing it of a pro-EU bias. Is the corporation’s editorial independence under threat?
Infuriated by the BBC’s lack of coverage of its work, The European Scrutiny committee is at the centre of a discussion about the ‘limits’ of the corporation's independence.
What are the values proper to journalism, and how these might best be protected, encouraged and enhanced. Is the market the most effective guarantor of the freedom of the press so highly prized by liberals, or do market forces act as agents of censorship in certain important respects?
