Misplaced smugness at the BBC

Misplaced smugness at the BBC

It was one of those moments of quiet smugness at which the British excel. The director-general of the BBC had delivered the MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh Festival, arguing that the BBC is more popular than ever with the general public, that there is a gulf between the criticism of the corporation to be found… Continue reading Misplaced smugness at the BBC

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Glee, Ricky Gervais and Vinnie Jones – the offensiveness debate gets confusing

It seems that I am in trouble with that estimable organization Mencap. We have fallen out over the tricky question of offensive language on TV after I had written in the Independent in support of an Ofcom ruling which had ruled in favour of Channel 4 and Celebrity Big Brother. There had been a row… Continue reading Glee, Ricky Gervais and Vinnie Jones – the offensiveness debate gets confusing

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