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PEOPLE will take to the streets in protest if the government’s imminent proposals to reform the BBC turn out to be “stupid,” a senior peer warned yesterday.
Lord Lester QC said that, while he hoped Culture Secretary John Whittingdale’s white paper on BBC Charter renewal would not be met with demonstrations, these might happen “if necessary.”
In March, Lord Lester tabled a private member’s Bill attempting to protect some of the corporation’s basic principles.
Claims that digital media has rendered press power obsolete are a dangerous myth, argues DES FREEDMAN
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
JAMES NALTON takes a look at the German league’s move to grow its audience in Britain, and around the future of football on TV in general