It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
After an awful week I was rather chuffed today to be told by a BBC cameraman that I look just like #OscarIsaac. This is why the #BBC is so important and must be defended. #ProtectOurBBC #DefendTheBBC
October 27, 2023 at 4:07 PM
After an awful week I was rather chuffed today to be told by a BBC cameraman that I look just like #OscarIsaac. This is why the #BBC is so important and must be defended. #ProtectOurBBC #DefendTheBBC
If you were moved by #Panorama and earlier tweeted support for Defund the BBC, you are playing draughts... #BeatBBCBias #DefendTheBBC
Part of the Tory plan all along: undermine support in the BBC (just like the NHS) by packing it with bias so the Left supports demolishing it, leaving us with Fox-style news thereby further cementing Tory rule.
They play chess, we play draughts. #BeatBBCBias #ProtectTheBBC
They play chess, we play draughts. #BeatBBCBias #ProtectTheBBC
December 1, 2024 at 5:10 AM
If you were moved by #Panorama and earlier tweeted support for Defund the BBC, you are playing draughts... #BeatBBCBias #DefendTheBBC
Anyone on the left who thinks that the BBC falling would help their politics, here and abroad, is an unbelievable fool
Revealing division in my timeline between (1) my insider friends who have lived privileged lives who are very keen that we defend the BBC and think it's important it survives and (2) my outsider friends who feel (at best) ambivalent about the BBC's survival.
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Congratulations to Nick Robinson & R4 Today for genuinely covering all sides of the Trump #bbcdocumentary story today, helped by @davidyelland.bsky.social, & NOT just abasing themselves as Charles Moore & others want 👏👏
#r4today #Trump #TimDavie #defendtheBBC
#r4today #Trump #TimDavie #defendtheBBC
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Congratulations to Nick Robinson & R4 Today for genuinely covering all sides of the Trump #bbcdocumentary story today, helped by @davidyelland.bsky.social, & NOT just abasing themselves as Charles Moore & others want 👏👏
#r4today #Trump #TimDavie #defendtheBBC
#r4today #Trump #TimDavie #defendtheBBC
In other words, US politicians and pressure groups can pipe the party line directly into millions of households unchallenged, in a way that is much harder in the UK.
This has a huge impact both on trust and cohesion, and on whether politicians feel the need to appeal to moderates or just partisans.
This has a huge impact both on trust and cohesion, and on whether politicians feel the need to appeal to moderates or just partisans.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Well, Reform "and there lot" really need targetting.
They've been highly manipulated to hate the BBC by millionaire media moguls for years.
But. Pretty sure BBC have always HAD TO target demographics because there mandate is to reach everyone.
#DefendTheBBC #LongLiveTheBBC
They've been highly manipulated to hate the BBC by millionaire media moguls for years.
But. Pretty sure BBC have always HAD TO target demographics because there mandate is to reach everyone.
#DefendTheBBC #LongLiveTheBBC
June 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Well, Reform "and there lot" really need targetting.
They've been highly manipulated to hate the BBC by millionaire media moguls for years.
But. Pretty sure BBC have always HAD TO target demographics because there mandate is to reach everyone.
#DefendTheBBC #LongLiveTheBBC
They've been highly manipulated to hate the BBC by millionaire media moguls for years.
But. Pretty sure BBC have always HAD TO target demographics because there mandate is to reach everyone.
#DefendTheBBC #LongLiveTheBBC
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
#DefendTheBBC
Apart from all the other reasons, look who wants it gone, all the worst people.
Apart from all the other reasons, look who wants it gone, all the worst people.
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
#DefendTheBBC
Apart from all the other reasons, look who wants it gone, all the worst people.
Apart from all the other reasons, look who wants it gone, all the worst people.
I enjoyed Nick Robinson’s “semi-deranged on air rant”! (Daily Mail ™️) on BBC R4 Today, even if (especially if) The Mail didn’t!
#r4today #Trump #TimDavie #defendtheBBC #Jan6th #bbcdocumentary
#r4today #Trump #TimDavie #defendtheBBC #Jan6th #bbcdocumentary
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I enjoyed Nick Robinson’s “semi-deranged on air rant”! (Daily Mail ™️) on BBC R4 Today, even if (especially if) The Mail didn’t!
#r4today #Trump #TimDavie #defendtheBBC #Jan6th #bbcdocumentary
#r4today #Trump #TimDavie #defendtheBBC #Jan6th #bbcdocumentary
The Have Your Say survey about the future of the BBC is invite only, to people with BBC accounts.
Please take a few minutes to fill it out if you can, and ask them to keep doing everything they do well.
#DefendTheBBC
click.e.bbcmail.co.uk?qs=e0d08f509...
Please take a few minutes to fill it out if you can, and ask them to keep doing everything they do well.
#DefendTheBBC
click.e.bbcmail.co.uk?qs=e0d08f509...
Our BBC, Our Future - The BBC - Send - BBC
click.e.bbcmail.co.uk
May 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The Have Your Say survey about the future of the BBC is invite only, to people with BBC accounts.
Please take a few minutes to fill it out if you can, and ask them to keep doing everything they do well.
#DefendTheBBC
click.e.bbcmail.co.uk?qs=e0d08f509...
Please take a few minutes to fill it out if you can, and ask them to keep doing everything they do well.
#DefendTheBBC
click.e.bbcmail.co.uk?qs=e0d08f509...
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 5:37 PM
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I assume you already know why they have, because you've obviously done your research and asked them (you know, like the BBC would have done)
Or maybe this is just another completely biased and unevidenced BBC bashing.
#DefendTheBBC
Or maybe this is just another completely biased and unevidenced BBC bashing.
#DefendTheBBC
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I assume you already know why they have, because you've obviously done your research and asked them (you know, like the BBC would have done)
Or maybe this is just another completely biased and unevidenced BBC bashing.
#DefendTheBBC
Or maybe this is just another completely biased and unevidenced BBC bashing.
#DefendTheBBC
Panorama made a silly mistake. The cut should have been made obvious, because in context Trump's whole speech IS insurrectional, & DOES encourage violence.
Now Trump threatens to sue the BBC. Well, make me new DG & I'll go tell Trump to go f**k himself.
#DefendTheBBC 📺
Now Trump threatens to sue the BBC. Well, make me new DG & I'll go tell Trump to go f**k himself.
#DefendTheBBC 📺
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Panorama made a silly mistake. The cut should have been made obvious, because in context Trump's whole speech IS insurrectional, & DOES encourage violence.
Now Trump threatens to sue the BBC. Well, make me new DG & I'll go tell Trump to go f**k himself.
#DefendTheBBC 📺
Now Trump threatens to sue the BBC. Well, make me new DG & I'll go tell Trump to go f**k himself.
#DefendTheBBC 📺
They've defended him for years - literally their longest running presenter.
Plus, he was always going to retire soon, anyway.
Sadly the BBC has so many enemies that sometimes they have to react, even if it isn't fair.
#DEFENDtheBBC
Plus, he was always going to retire soon, anyway.
Sadly the BBC has so many enemies that sometimes they have to react, even if it isn't fair.
#DEFENDtheBBC
May 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
They've defended him for years - literally their longest running presenter.
Plus, he was always going to retire soon, anyway.
Sadly the BBC has so many enemies that sometimes they have to react, even if it isn't fair.
#DEFENDtheBBC
Plus, he was always going to retire soon, anyway.
Sadly the BBC has so many enemies that sometimes they have to react, even if it isn't fair.
#DEFENDtheBBC
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM