Richard Sambrook
@sambrook.bsky.social
Emeritus Prof, Co-Chair @TBIJ, previously Director BBC News. Also photography and LFC
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
Excellent from @henrymance.ft.com on the BBC
on.ft.com/4r7eNtC Why is it so difficult to run the BBC?
on.ft.com/4r7eNtC Why is it so difficult to run the BBC?
Why is it so difficult to run the BBC?
As complaints over the editing of a Donald Trump speech topple another director-general, leading the broadcaster is once again looking like an impossible job
on.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Excellent from @henrymance.ft.com on the BBC
on.ft.com/4r7eNtC Why is it so difficult to run the BBC?
on.ft.com/4r7eNtC Why is it so difficult to run the BBC?
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Like why would the bbc need to ‘balance’ its cover of the US in this way?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Like why would the bbc need to ‘balance’ its cover of the US in this way?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
When the BBC covers, say, Xi critically should it also run a programme dedicated to the CCP’s achievements?
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Naomi is I think bang on here. I have said many times to many people that AI is like any other technology shift: it changes jobs and how we work. Naomi builds on that (and expresses it much better), and lands on "learn the skill of discernment". Do read this.
I wrote this yesterday about what to tell young people who are worried about what work will be in the age of AI:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
preparing for the working world in the age of AI
or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is
naomialderman.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Naomi is I think bang on here. I have said many times to many people that AI is like any other technology shift: it changes jobs and how we work. Naomi builds on that (and expresses it much better), and lands on "learn the skill of discernment". Do read this.
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The absolute state of employment tribunals and enforcement here 🤯
🚨 Our new investigation out today reveals how thousands of people who've taken their bosses to employment tribunals & won, never got paid, even after they approached the government for help.
This has serious implications for the Employment rights bill.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
This has serious implications for the Employment rights bill.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Thousands of rogue bosses get away with not paying tribunal awards
The government scheme ‘enforcing’ money owed to workers has been unsuccessful in a staggering three-quarters of cases
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The absolute state of employment tribunals and enforcement here 🤯
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Lol I just asked Grok whether Grokipedia is more neutral than Wikipedia and even it can't lie about this
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Lol I just asked Grok whether Grokipedia is more neutral than Wikipedia and even it can't lie about this
Everyone seems to want to be a guru or thought leader. Anyone up for actually doing the work?
October 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Everyone seems to want to be a guru or thought leader. Anyone up for actually doing the work?
As soon as Aiden Turner appears in series 3 of The Diplomat it turns into an episode of The Rivals …
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
As soon as Aiden Turner appears in series 3 of The Diplomat it turns into an episode of The Rivals …
Flickr down? (For those that still use it)
October 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Flickr down? (For those that still use it)
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Day two of reminding you that the NHS is flouting its duty of care as an employer because govt have this year refused to offer healthcare workers the Covid vaccine.
Yet again, our staff are being sent into wards with a dangerous infectious disease without the proper protections.
Yet again, our staff are being sent into wards with a dangerous infectious disease without the proper protections.
October 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Day two of reminding you that the NHS is flouting its duty of care as an employer because govt have this year refused to offer healthcare workers the Covid vaccine.
Yet again, our staff are being sent into wards with a dangerous infectious disease without the proper protections.
Yet again, our staff are being sent into wards with a dangerous infectious disease without the proper protections.
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How will the billionaires explain this to the children? We did this for you. We needed AI more than a safe and beautiful planet. Or maybe this will be forgotten knowledge in a few decades. Will it even be memorialised like the dodo, when all we have is propaganda media?
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
How will the billionaires explain this to the children? We did this for you. We needed AI more than a safe and beautiful planet. Or maybe this will be forgotten knowledge in a few decades. Will it even be memorialised like the dodo, when all we have is propaganda media?
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Digital literacy isn’t optional in today's world. Strengthen your armour against disinformation in the fight for democracy. 👇
Beginners Propaganda and Disinformation course - Udemy: www.udemy.com/course/propa...
Propaganda & Disinformation - Level 1 (Beginners)
Understand how manipulative propaganda and new technologies can be used to influence our world
www.udemy.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Digital literacy isn’t optional in today's world. Strengthen your armour against disinformation in the fight for democracy. 👇
Redford, now Keaton ….take
cover, the 70s icons are starting to topple …☹️
cover, the 70s icons are starting to topple …☹️
October 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Redford, now Keaton ….take
cover, the 70s icons are starting to topple …☹️
cover, the 70s icons are starting to topple …☹️
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This should be compulsory listening for the whole government. We need some facts to be made widely known to the public. That’s what government is supposed to do- public service information.
It’s out! I spoke to @zoejardiniere.bsky.social about migration, the realities, the challenges and how to confront the real threat of far right takeover of our country on a platform of fear and disinformation.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
September 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This should be compulsory listening for the whole government. We need some facts to be made widely known to the public. That’s what government is supposed to do- public service information.
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt election in Europe - BBC investigation www.bbc.com/news/article...
How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt European election - BBC investigation
An undercover reporter discovers a network is offering to pay for social media posts undermining Moldova’s ruling party.
www.bbc.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt election in Europe - BBC investigation www.bbc.com/news/article...
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@bellingcat.com CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social discusses his thoughts on how democracy needs verification, deliberation, and accountability and how social media algorithms disrupt those elements.
From the Democracy for Sale podcast.
youtu.be/7si0HCTyr1Y
From the Democracy for Sale podcast.
youtu.be/7si0HCTyr1Y
Bellingcat CEO Eliot Higgins on how democracy needs verification, deliberation, & accountability
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
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September 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@bellingcat.com CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social discusses his thoughts on how democracy needs verification, deliberation, and accountability and how social media algorithms disrupt those elements.
From the Democracy for Sale podcast.
youtu.be/7si0HCTyr1Y
From the Democracy for Sale podcast.
youtu.be/7si0HCTyr1Y