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BBC senior executive is paid £325,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial

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BBC’s anti-bias boss: Senior executive is paid £325,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial Ken MacQuarrie given title of Executive Sponsor Safeguarding Impartiality   Stood down as BBC director for nationals and regions at the end of last year   He joined the BBC as a researcher in 1975 and BBC say new role … Read more

BBC senior executive is paid £330,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial

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BBC’s anti-bias boss: Senior executive is paid £330,000 a year to monitor whether the Corporation is impartial Kevin MacQuarrie given title of Executive Sponsor Safeguarding Impartiality   Stood down as BBC director for nationals and regions at the end of last year  He cited the BBC1 drama Roadkill as an example of ‘partial’ broadcasting By Gareth … Read more

Judge overseeing Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt divorce says he ‘can and will remain impartial’

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Judge overseeing Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt divorce says he ‘can and will remain impartial’ following Jolie’s claims he’s ‘biased’ against her The judge overseeing the high profile divorce between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt has denied Jolie’s claims he’s ‘biased’ against her  Jolie had earlier this month asked to take Judge John W. Ouderkirk … Read more

MICK HUME At last, a BBC boss has admitted stars make a mockery of being impartial with social media

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They have become ‘add- icted’ to Twitter, that most ‘toxic’ of social media platforms, and seem to care more about their tweets ‘going viral’ than telling the truth. No, that isn’t a description of irresponsible, smartphone-obsessed teenagers. It is an indictment of senior BBC journalists, delivered in explosive fashion to a parliamentary committee this week … Read more

Ofcom receives 247 complaints over Emily Maitlis’ ‘impartial’ rant about Dominic Cummings

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TV regulator Ofcom today revealed that Emily Maitlis’ monologue about Dominic Cummings and the ‘blind loyalty’ of his boss Boris Johnson has sparked hundreds of complaints from viewers in 24 hours. The BBC is likely to have had many more complaints but is refusing to release any figures for up to a fortnight. Ms Maitlis was … Read more

For centuries, the Speaker was impartial but puffed-up with self-importance Bercow tore up the rules

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A scathing new biography of John Bercow reveals the hypocrisy of the former Speaker for claiming to be a champion of diversity when, in fact, he was at the centre of numerous allegations of bullying women.  Here, in the final part of our serialisation, we tell how he tried to salvage his legacy by sabotaging … Read more