https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Broadcasting_Corporation&feed=atom&action=historyBritish Broadcasting Corporation - Revision history2024-03-28T15:11:41ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.31.5https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Broadcasting_Corporation&diff=207282&oldid=prevJosh Leeson: /* Lobbying firms */2015-01-28T16:17:28Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Lobbying firms</span></span></p>
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</table>Josh Leesonhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Broadcasting_Corporation&diff=207077&oldid=prevJosh Leeson at 16:47, 27 January 20152015-01-27T16:47:08Z<p></p>
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</table>Davidhttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Broadcasting_Corporation&diff=155912&oldid=prevTom Mills: /* Politics Revolving Door */2011-05-16T08:46:22Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Politics Revolving Door</span></span></p>
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His value to the Labour party can hardly be over-estimated. Then came Catherine Rimmer, a former Bush colleague, who has also travelled the short distance from the BBC's Millbank offices, which coordinates all political coverage, to Downing Street.</p><p>They both followed Lance Price, former BBC political correspondent, who is now Alastair Campbell's number two. Ed Richards, who was head of strategy at the BBC, is joined the Number 10 policy unit. Don Brind, a political reporter for the BBC in the south-east of England, is now a Labour party press officer. ... On the other side, the Conservatives have gained the services of Robbie Gibb and Andrew Scadding, both former producers on the BBC's political programme, On the Record, and Anthony Gordon Lennox, who worked for the BBC at Millbank. <ref>Kamal Ahmed,‘ITN's breach of trust Channel 3 newscasters stand accused of leaking to the Tories. But the integrity of the BBC is an issue too’, Guardian, 29 September 1999; p.24</ref></p></blockquote></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">Lorraine Davidson, a former political reporter for Scottish Television, left to become a member of the Scottish Labour Party's communications team. Eyebrows were raised. They were raised even higher when she returned to STV shortly after. STV, to their credit, kept her off the political beat. But the fact that she felt that a job reporting on the news could be swapped for one trying to control its coverage is instructive.<p><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Bill Bush<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, the head of the BBC's political research department, left to join the research unit at Number 10. This was a man who had access to the most sensitive information the BBC has on MPs, their parties and the government. His value to the Labour party can hardly be over-estimated. Then came <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Catherine Rimmer<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, a former Bush colleague, who has also travelled the short distance from the BBC's Millbank offices, which coordinates all political coverage, to Downing Street.</p><p>They both followed Lance Price, former BBC political correspondent, who is now <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Alastair Campbell|</ins>Alastair Campbell's<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>number two. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Ed Richards<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, who was head of strategy at the BBC, is joined the Number 10 policy unit. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Don Brind<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, a political reporter for the BBC in the south-east of England, is now a Labour party press officer. ... On the other side, the Conservatives have gained the services of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Robbie Gibb<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Andrew Scadding<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, both former producers on the BBC's political programme, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>On the Record<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Anthony Gordon Lennox<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, who worked for the BBC at Millbank. <ref>Kamal Ahmed,‘ITN's breach of trust Channel 3 newscasters stand accused of leaking to the Tories. But the integrity of the BBC is an issue too’, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Guardian<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, 29 September 1999; p.24</ref></p></blockquote></div></td></tr>
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</table>Tom Millshttps://powerbase.info/index.php?title=British_Broadcasting_Corporation&diff=155741&oldid=prevTom Mills: /* Key figures in BBC business journalism */2011-05-09T22:59:53Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Key figures in BBC business journalism</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The BBC's first Business Editor [[Jeff Randall]], whose appointment is outlined above, was succeeded in February 2006 by [[Robert Peston]], who was then City Editor of the ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]''. A ‘who’s who’ report compiled for Barack Obama by US intelligence in early 2009 listed Peston amongst the UK’s most influential commentators. <ref>Hugh Muir, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/26/hugh-muir-diary There are people that not even a president should cross. Mel is one of them]’, ''Guardian'', 26 February 2009; p. 31</ref> Like his predecessor Peston has argued that the BBC should try and present stories more from the perspective of business. In his submission to the BBC's Independent Panel on Impartiality of BBC Business Coverage, he argued that:</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The BBC's first Business Editor [[Jeff Randall]], whose appointment is outlined above, was succeeded in February 2006 by [[Robert Peston]], who was then City Editor of the ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]''. A ‘who’s who’ report compiled for Barack Obama by US intelligence in early 2009 listed Peston amongst the UK’s most influential commentators. <ref>Hugh Muir, ‘[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/26/hugh-muir-diary There are people that not even a president should cross. Mel is one of them]’, ''Guardian'', 26 February 2009; p. 31<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></ref> In his book, ''Who runs Britain? How the super-rich are changing our lives'', Peston writes that: 'It may not be pretty but, on the whole, greed is good.' <ref>cited in Danny Dorling, ''Injustice: why social inequality persists'' (Bristol: Policy Press, 2010) pp.209-10.</ins></ref> Like his predecessor Peston has argued that the BBC should try and present stories more from the perspective of business. In his submission to the BBC's Independent Panel on Impartiality of BBC Business Coverage, he argued that:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">[The BBC] almost never use the long-term language of the owner. And yet most of us are owners – if we save in a pension fund – of every substantial UK listed company and many overseas businesses. What happens to Vodafone, to HSBC or to GlaxoSmithKline matters to all of us. And even if we think that the banks are ripping us off or that Tesco is unfairly crushing suppliers, the dividends they generate will sustain most of us in retirement. <ref>THE BBC TRUST IMPARTIALITY REVIEW BUSINESS COVERAGE, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/impartiality_business/f1_journalism_submission.pdf THE BBC JOURNALISM GROUP SUBMISSION TO THE PANEL], 23 JANUARY 2007; p.26.</ref></blockquote></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">[The BBC] almost never use the long-term language of the owner. And yet most of us are owners – if we save in a pension fund – of every substantial UK listed company and many overseas businesses. What happens to Vodafone, to HSBC or to GlaxoSmithKline matters to all of us. And even if we think that the banks are ripping us off or that Tesco is unfairly crushing suppliers, the dividends they generate will sustain most of us in retirement. <ref>THE BBC TRUST IMPARTIALITY REVIEW BUSINESS COVERAGE, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/impartiality_business/f1_journalism_submission.pdf THE BBC JOURNALISM GROUP SUBMISSION TO THE PANEL], 23 JANUARY 2007; p.26.</ref></blockquote></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The BBC was the first national state broadcasting organisation.<ref name="historicalbroadcaster">BBC History - The BBC takes to the Airwaves http://news.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews/spl/hi/history/html/default.stm accessdate=2007-07-19</ref> Founded on 18 October 1922 as the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[British Broadcasting Company|</del>British Broadcasting Company Ltd<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>, it was subsequently granted a Royal Charter and was made a publicly funded corporation in 1927. The corporation produces programmes and information services, broadcasting globally on television, radio, and the Internet. The stated mission of the BBC is 'to inform, educate and entertain' (as laid down by Parliament in the [[BBC Charter]]);<ref>BBC website: ''About the BBC - Purpose and values'' http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/purpose/ accessdate=2006-07-06</ref> its motto is "Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation".</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The BBC was the first national state broadcasting organisation.<ref name="historicalbroadcaster">BBC History - The BBC takes to the Airwaves http://news.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews/spl/hi/history/html/default.stm accessdate=2007-07-19</ref> Founded on 18 October 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd, it was subsequently granted a Royal Charter and was made a publicly funded corporation in 1927. The corporation produces programmes and information services, broadcasting globally on television, radio, and the Internet. The stated mission of the BBC is 'to inform, educate and entertain' (as laid down by Parliament in the [[BBC Charter]]);<ref>BBC website: ''About the BBC - Purpose and values'' http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/purpose/ accessdate=2006-07-06</ref> its motto is "Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation".</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The BBC is a quasi-autonomous public corporation  as a public service broadcaster. The Corporation is run by the [[BBC Trust]]; and is, per its charter, supposed to be "free from both political and commercial influence and answers only to its viewers and listeners".<ref>BBC Royal Charter and Agreement [http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/policies/charter/ Charter] accessdate=2007-01-03</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The BBC is a quasi-autonomous public corporation  as a public service broadcaster. The Corporation is run by the [[BBC Trust]]; and is, per its charter, supposed to be "free from both political and commercial influence and answers only to its viewers and listeners".<ref>BBC Royal Charter and Agreement [http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/policies/charter/ Charter] accessdate=2007-01-03</ref></div></td></tr>
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