News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
The Telegraph's Robin Aitken advocates for GB News, the plucky U.K. media outlet challenging the liberal-Left dominance in broadcasting amidst criticism, advertiser boycotts and regulatory scrutiny.
In the Telegraph, James Warrington provides an in-depth analysis of how Left-leaning media organisations have covered the Israel-Hamas conflict, highlighting concerns about bias and antisemitism.
Bosses at NatWest are facing calls from Nigel Farage to suspend staff who joked about wanting to "throw a milkshake" at him after a document revealed staff boasting about having "driven him out of the country".
The BBC admits to smearing anti-Ulez protesters as 'far right’ during April's Trafalgar Square protest, but Ian Price, who was there, suspects collusion, not impartiality, in the broadcasters’ coverage.
The BBC is looking at correcting the 'liberal bias' of its output by hiring more 'diverse' staff. But the BBC is talking about intellectual diversity, so it may not be a terrible plan.
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