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Policy Exchange vs. Newsnight: Round 2
Here is Policy Exchange chairman Charles Moore using his Telegraph column to attack Newsnight editor Peter Barron in round 2 of the popular Think Tank vs. BBC battle. Moore, a former editor of the Spectator, the Sunday and the Daily Telegraph does not do himself any favours, as you can see. Over the summer, Policy…
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Policy Exchange vs. Newsnight
Do you remember when leftist extremism was going to bring Britain to its knees? Soviet money funnelled in to support pro-Russian groups. Revolutionary Communists fought Socialist Workers. Trotskyists vied with Euro-Communists. Trades Unions were being over run by capitalist-haters who wanted to invite the Red Army to park its T-72s in Parliament Square. Now Islamism…
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Great moments in broadcasting: Led Zeppelin on BBC News in 1970
Led Zeppelin’s first ever appearance on BBC local news for London, from 1970. TV gold – Robert Plant, John Bonham and…BBC newsman Bob Wellings. Note: This post is part of a new ‘blog carnival’ idea a bunch of us are trying out. You can read more about the celebration of journalism blogs and check out…
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How to promote your worthy documentary, part 1
In the increasingly desperate battle for ratings, are producers resorting to publicity wheezes (trans. dirty tricks) to promote otherwise worthy documentaries? Remember the Paul Watson Alzheimers saga? Now there’s a new contender. Martin Belam has gathered the evidence here. But it is an odd tale that began (bizarrely) on BBC arts prog Front Row, transferred…