Jake Kanter
@jakekanter.bsky.social
Investigations for Deadline. Former The Times media correspondent. Email: jkanter@deadline.com
EXCLU: Leaked messages reveal how BBC staff used a town hall meeting to vent fury at the broadcaster's board. Samir Shah calling staff "disrespectful" for criticising Robbie Gibb went down very badly. Others raged at handling of Prescott memo. Read more! deadline.com/2025/11/bbc-...
BBC Trump Crisis: Leaked Messages Reveal How Staff Used Town Hall To Vent Rage At Board
BBC employees openly revolted against the corporation's board during an all-staff meeting on Tuesday, per leaked internal messages seen by Deadline.
deadline.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
EXCLU: Leaked messages reveal how BBC staff used a town hall meeting to vent fury at the broadcaster's board. Samir Shah calling staff "disrespectful" for criticising Robbie Gibb went down very badly. Others raged at handling of Prescott memo. Read more! deadline.com/2025/11/bbc-...
Also in the House of Commons: the Tories demanding, with no irony, a "root and branch review" of the BBC's complaints processing, governance, and oversight to protect impartiality. Below are the terms of reference for the 2024 mid-term charter review, led by... the Tories.
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Also in the House of Commons: the Tories demanding, with no irony, a "root and branch review" of the BBC's complaints processing, governance, and oversight to protect impartiality. Below are the terms of reference for the 2024 mid-term charter review, led by... the Tories.
Turns out that: deliciously funny/talented people + Rolls-Royce format = unmissable telly. Sounds simple, yet so few execute. There is no medium like TV when the stars align.
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Turns out that: deliciously funny/talented people + Rolls-Royce format = unmissable telly. Sounds simple, yet so few execute. There is no medium like TV when the stars align.
This is spot on. When I was looking at this story last week, I was struck by how there were literally no credible voices denouncing the ad.
And liberal media stoked the flames. The Guardian wrote a 'People Rage At Ad' story in which the first substantive quote was from a dude with 34 X followers.
And liberal media stoked the flames. The Guardian wrote a 'People Rage At Ad' story in which the first substantive quote was from a dude with 34 X followers.
August 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is spot on. When I was looking at this story last week, I was struck by how there were literally no credible voices denouncing the ad.
And liberal media stoked the flames. The Guardian wrote a 'People Rage At Ad' story in which the first substantive quote was from a dude with 34 X followers.
And liberal media stoked the flames. The Guardian wrote a 'People Rage At Ad' story in which the first substantive quote was from a dude with 34 X followers.
Source: www.thetimes.com/article/324b...
Lisa Nandy: ‘Why has nobody at the BBC been fired over Gaza film errors?’
The culture secretary calls for accountability over the documentary narrated by the son of a Hamas official
www.thetimes.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Source: www.thetimes.com/article/324b...
I started the day with this thought rattling round my head: Tim Davie famously steadied the BBC ship during the Jimmy Savile scandal of 2012. His words then were that the BBC needs to "get a grip." Does he have a grip on the endless Gaza scandals plaguing the broadcaster?
June 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I started the day with this thought rattling round my head: Tim Davie famously steadied the BBC ship during the Jimmy Savile scandal of 2012. His words then were that the BBC needs to "get a grip." Does he have a grip on the endless Gaza scandals plaguing the broadcaster?