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👉Bottom line: partisan sources + lobbying conflicts + a choreographed leak = a weaponised attack on public-service journalism. Read both parts: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
• bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p... 12/12
• bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p... 12/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
👉Bottom line: partisan sources + lobbying conflicts + a choreographed leak = a weaponised attack on public-service journalism. Read both parts: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
• bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p... 12/12
• bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p... 12/12
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On the facts: the Jan 6 Committee found Trump the “central cause” of the insurrection; aides’ testimony backs it. Panorama’s substance aligned; the cut removing his lone “peacefully” was an editorial error, not defamation. 11/12
www.congress.gov/117/chrg/CHR...
www.congress.gov/117/chrg/CHR...
www.congress.gov
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
On the facts: the Jan 6 Committee found Trump the “central cause” of the insurrection; aides’ testimony backs it. Panorama’s substance aligned; the cut removing his lone “peacefully” was an editorial error, not defamation. 11/12
www.congress.gov/117/chrg/CHR...
www.congress.gov/117/chrg/CHR...
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The Telegraph misdescribed Prescott’s memo as “internal.” It wasn’t commissioned by the BBC and was sent after his advisory stint ended 10/12 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
A leaked memo brought down two senior BBC bosses — here's what it said
A leaked memo to the BBC's editorial standards board has dominated headlines in Britain and led to the resignations of two board members. Here's a look at what has happened and how the bosses responde...
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Telegraph misdescribed Prescott’s memo as “internal.” It wasn’t commissioned by the BBC and was sent after his advisory stint ended 10/12 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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UK Lawyers for Israel, another source, openly advocates for Israel; its conduct is under SRA examination — hardly neutral arbiters of BBC impartiality. 9/12 www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/law-cen...
Law centre complains to SRA about UK Lawyers for Israel
Lobby group accused of deploying SLAPPs to muzzle free expression dismisses allegations as 'inaccurate and misinformed'.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
UK Lawyers for Israel, another source, openly advocates for Israel; its conduct is under SRA examination — hardly neutral arbiters of BBC impartiality. 9/12 www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/law-cen...
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“History Reclaimed,” cited as objective, is stacked with Conservative-aligned figures (e.g., Tombs, Abulafia; advisers Biggar, Gebreyohanes) and culture-war voices used to indict BBC “bias.”
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
The Daily Telegraph’s Disinformation Campaign About the British Empire Laid Bare
The newspaper has waged a culture war on anyone spreading awareness of verifiable truths about the British Empire and its legacies
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“History Reclaimed,” cited as objective, is stacked with Conservative-aligned figures (e.g., Tombs, Abulafia; advisers Biggar, Gebreyohanes) and culture-war voices used to indict BBC “bias.”
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
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But Prescott’s memo wasn’t an internal BBC document — it was unsolicited. And its “neutral” proof relies on partisan, Trump-aligned sources. Full analysis in Part Two: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p... 7/12
The Pro-Trump Bias of the 'Neutral' Sources in the Leaked BBC 'Prescott Dossier'
Byline Times’ analysis of key sources in the memo about the BBC’s alleged ‘progressive bias’ shows it relied on highly partisan right-wing, Trump-aligned organisations
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
But Prescott’s memo wasn’t an internal BBC document — it was unsolicited. And its “neutral” proof relies on partisan, Trump-aligned sources. Full analysis in Part Two: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p... 7/12
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Taken together, the ties and timing suggest an orchestrated pressure campaign producing the BBC’s worst governance crisis in a decade 6/12 bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Taken together, the ties and timing suggest an orchestrated pressure campaign producing the BBC’s worst governance crisis in a decade 6/12 bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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After a week of BBC delay, the Telegraph’s leak triggered Trump’s $1bn threat over Panorama. BBC chair Samir Shah apologised; DG Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness resigned 5/12
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
'The BBC's Surrender to Trump Is a Moment of Existential Weakness'
This latest attack will leave an already weakened BBC in a perilous fight for its future, argues journalist and presenter Matthew Gwyther
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
After a week of BBC delay, the Telegraph’s leak triggered Trump’s $1bn threat over Panorama. BBC chair Samir Shah apologised; DG Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness resigned 5/12
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/b...
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Prescott’s BBC role was reportedly eased by Sir Robbie Gibb (GB News co-founder/BBC Board). GB News co-owner Paul Marshall has called for the BBC to be dismantled. 4/12 subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/79/a...
‘America Must Save Britain’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
GB News’ new programme broadcast live from Washington DC features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner telling ‘MAGA’ politicians ...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Prescott’s BBC role was reportedly eased by Sir Robbie Gibb (GB News co-founder/BBC Board). GB News co-owner Paul Marshall has called for the BBC to be dismantled. 4/12 subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/79/a...
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Oracle’s Larry Ellison — a Trump-aligned megadonor — joined a Nov 2020 call on overturning the US election and is consolidating media power (Skydance/Paramount, interest in TikTok US) and Channel 5 in the UK 3/12
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
Pro-Trump Tech Billionaires Are Poised to Cash In on Gaza's 'Peace' Deal
Documents show Tony Blair’s Ellison-funded institute designed Gaza’s recovery plan on data-driven lines echoing Oracle-Palantir war systems.
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Oracle’s Larry Ellison — a Trump-aligned megadonor — joined a Nov 2020 call on overturning the US election and is consolidating media power (Skydance/Paramount, interest in TikTok US) and Channel 5 in the UK 3/12
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
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EU/UK filings show Hanover represents Oracle, Apple, Meta & Paramount — with six-figure payments for lobbying on AI, data, competition & comms. Major conflict for a supposed “independent” BBC adviser. 2/12
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
EU/UK filings show Hanover represents Oracle, Apple, Meta & Paramount — with six-figure payments for lobbying on AI, data, competition & comms. Major conflict for a supposed “independent” BBC adviser. 2/12
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🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
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Interesting suggestion for US based peeps.
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Interesting suggestion for US based peeps.
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Oh look…
Derbyshire County Council's Reform UK administration is set to increase its portion of council tax by the maximum amount.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Derbyshire County Council's Reform UK administration is set to increase its portion of council tax by the maximum amount.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Derbyshire County Council could increase tax by maximum amount
Derbyshire County Council's Reform UK leader says the decision has been
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Oh look…
Derbyshire County Council's Reform UK administration is set to increase its portion of council tax by the maximum amount.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Derbyshire County Council's Reform UK administration is set to increase its portion of council tax by the maximum amount.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Robbie Gibb should be dragged out of his bunker and interviewed by #newsnight about rescuing the Netanyahu supporting Jewish Chronicle from insolvency and his role as the sole director of Jewish Chronicle Media and Culture how that conflicts with his role in the BBC
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Robbie Gibb should be dragged out of his bunker and interviewed by #newsnight about rescuing the Netanyahu supporting Jewish Chronicle from insolvency and his role as the sole director of Jewish Chronicle Media and Culture how that conflicts with his role in the BBC
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All part of the well orchestrated far right campaign to silence anyone or any organisation that challenges their version of the 'truth'
Democracy is being driven underground before our very eyes
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Democracy is being driven underground before our very eyes
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
All part of the well orchestrated far right campaign to silence anyone or any organisation that challenges their version of the 'truth'
Democracy is being driven underground before our very eyes
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Democracy is being driven underground before our very eyes
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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The most dangerous person to our country is not Putin or Trump.
It’s Farage.
The enemy within.
It’s Farage.
The enemy within.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The most dangerous person to our country is not Putin or Trump.
It’s Farage.
The enemy within.
It’s Farage.
The enemy within.
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The BBC is bloody brilliant. It's central to the fact that British democracy isn't circling the drain like it is in America, it preserves a common culture, and propagates respect for facts. We should defend it as firmly as we fight corruption, because it's a crucial part of integrity in public life.
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The BBC is bloody brilliant. It's central to the fact that British democracy isn't circling the drain like it is in America, it preserves a common culture, and propagates respect for facts. We should defend it as firmly as we fight corruption, because it's a crucial part of integrity in public life.
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Also, although Donald Trump did in fact attempt to incite an insurrection, that misdeed is tiny compared to the magnitude of what he's got up to since being re-elected, so none of what the BBC is accused of even matters anyway.
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Also, although Donald Trump did in fact attempt to incite an insurrection, that misdeed is tiny compared to the magnitude of what he's got up to since being re-elected, so none of what the BBC is accused of even matters anyway.
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British "patriots" assaulting the BBC to gain approval from American fascists is just fucking weird on a deep level.
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
British "patriots" assaulting the BBC to gain approval from American fascists is just fucking weird on a deep level.
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This badly needs to happen. The police never seem to enforce the Localism Act which (in theory) makes dodgy/incomplete registers of interest a criminal offence.
I've reported on countless cases of the rules simply being ignored. Time for standards to be enforced.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I've reported on countless cases of the rules simply being ignored. Time for standards to be enforced.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Councillors in England face suspensions for misconduct as part of government overhaul
Local authorities to be given powers to suspend rule-breaking officials and to withhold allowances
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This badly needs to happen. The police never seem to enforce the Localism Act which (in theory) makes dodgy/incomplete registers of interest a criminal offence.
I've reported on countless cases of the rules simply being ignored. Time for standards to be enforced.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I've reported on countless cases of the rules simply being ignored. Time for standards to be enforced.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Seems unpatriotic to me tbh.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Seems unpatriotic to me tbh.
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Trump then pardoned thousands of those involved, including violent offenders who have already gone on to commit more crimes. That doesn’t erase his own record, or the facts of the event.
Why is the shadow culture secretary demanding the BBC “grovel” to a foreign leader for telling the truth?
Why is the shadow culture secretary demanding the BBC “grovel” to a foreign leader for telling the truth?
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Trump then pardoned thousands of those involved, including violent offenders who have already gone on to commit more crimes. That doesn’t erase his own record, or the facts of the event.
Why is the shadow culture secretary demanding the BBC “grovel” to a foreign leader for telling the truth?
Why is the shadow culture secretary demanding the BBC “grovel” to a foreign leader for telling the truth?
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The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.