The BBC Denounced
By Max Musson: The ‘Jeremy Clarkson affair’ has rumbled on for some time now and following complaints about his behaviour from various quarters his very lucrative relationship with the BBC has finally come to an end. Clarkson has been an object of fascination for the media, as various pundits have struggled to understand and fully describe the source of his great public popularity and it is as a result of this that he has been…
No Change at the BBC
By Michael Woodbridge: On Tuesday 16th April, James Harding, the former editor of The Times, was named as the new Head of News at the BBC. Harding is to replace Helen Boaden, who stepped aside after criticism of the way in which the BBC handled the reporting of child sex-abuse claims made against the late TV host Jimmy Savile. The BBC has been criticized over its decision to cancel a show which examined claims that Savile…