#MacTaggart

Former BBC News Chief Delivers Blueprint For Corporation To Be Free From Political Interference, Pivoting To Become The “People’s Platform” James Harding, the former director of BBC News, has made an impassioned plea for the corporation to become more independent of government, thereby pivoting to being the “People’s Platform.” As more and more questions are posed about BBC independence and with 2027 charter renewal on the horizon, Harding delivered a blueprint to “depoliticize the BBC” […]

Edinburgh TV Festival To Spotlight “Truth & Trust In The Media” With Former BBC News Boss Delivering MacTaggart Former BBC News chief James Harding will deliver the annual Edinburgh TV Festival MacTaggart lecture as the fest turns 50. Harding, who is the founder of Tortoise Media and is now editor-in-chief of The Observer, will “examine challenges to truth and trust in the media.” “In this moment of reckoning, Harding’s lecture will prove a bold […]

Well worth taking time to watch the #MacTaggart lecture by Emily @Maitlis, on how journalism (in particular when striving for 'impartiality') can allow itself to be manipulated by populists.
For more, see the pinned tweet from @Panievsky, whose work she refers to several times.

#MacTaggart speech by @dorotheabyrne lays out everything we need to know about sexism & the media. Byrne brilliantly underscores the need for more ethnic & gender diversity in the industry--media practitioners are put at risk in multiple ways. https://youtu.be/-XIEFKEw4co #EdTVFest

UK culture secretary John Whittingdale three rows back in audience at #MacTaggart to hear Iannucci's critical appraisal #awkward #edtvfest

If BBC is under strain then be more commercial and monetise it properly. Iannucci called for an honest conversation in #MacTaggart #EdTvFest

Iannucci #mactaggart #edtvfest Creative industries 8% UK GDP. If we made cars or bombs MPs would sell us overseas. Instead attacked and cut

Armando Iannucci #MacTaggart calls on UK govt to cease attacks on BBC and instead sell UK creative overseas #edtvfest http://t.co/umyGfGFjXT