Martin Nicholls
@martinnicholls.bsky.social
Creative director, The New World. Love photoshop, hate AI. Centrist - probably. Dad - definitely.
An update to this story that might interest you, Lewis. Turns out Prescott was also selectively quoting Trump to make the BBC look worse...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
An update to this story that might interest you, Lewis. Turns out Prescott was also selectively quoting Trump to make the BBC look worse...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Absolutely fuming.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Absolutely fuming.
Couldn't agree more.
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Couldn't agree more.
I don't know. It's one thing for Brits to attack the BBC - it's practically a national hobby - but when some foreign bully does it, that could backfire. Nigel is setting himself against Britain yet again...
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I don't know. It's one thing for Brits to attack the BBC - it's practically a national hobby - but when some foreign bully does it, that could backfire. Nigel is setting himself against Britain yet again...
Reposted by Martin Nicholls
No single US news source is consumed by more than 25% of Americans, whereas 60% of Brits regularly watch/read/listen to the BBC.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
No single US news source is consumed by more than 25% of Americans, whereas 60% of Brits regularly watch/read/listen to the BBC.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
A single shared source of truth makes it harder for partisan echo chambers to form, or for divisive narratives to dominate. It’s good for social cohesion and compromise.
When someone as grotesquely corrupt and bullying as Trump tries to sue it out of existence, it’s time to pick a side.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
When someone as grotesquely corrupt and bullying as Trump tries to sue it out of existence, it’s time to pick a side.
There is a genuine concerted rightwing effort to destroy the BBC. They hate it precisely because it tries to tell the truth and people trust it. So they want to undermine that trust however they can. Today it looks like they’re winning.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
There is a genuine concerted rightwing effort to destroy the BBC. They hate it precisely because it tries to tell the truth and people trust it. So they want to undermine that trust however they can. Today it looks like they’re winning.
The Beeb sometimes fucks up - as does every news org. Of course it does. It also admits its mistakes and tries to rectify them, unlike so many others.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Beeb sometimes fucks up - as does every news org. Of course it does. It also admits its mistakes and tries to rectify them, unlike so many others.
It is rightly the most trusted news org on the planet. One of Britain’s greatest achievements and something to be wildly proud of.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It is rightly the most trusted news org on the planet. One of Britain’s greatest achievements and something to be wildly proud of.
But instead everyone seems to be angry that it doesn’t reflect their precise personal politics at all times. Of course it doesn’t - that’s not what ‘impartiality’ means.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
But instead everyone seems to be angry that it doesn’t reflect their precise personal politics at all times. Of course it doesn’t - that’s not what ‘impartiality’ means.