For years, he has used lawsuits to intimidate major newspapers and broadcasters, in the process getting major outlets such as and to repeatedly bend the knee. Under his watch, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reportedly pushed broadcasters to fire personalities, such as Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, whom he disapproves of and has threatened to withhold broadcast licenses and to stymie lucrative mergers should those broadcasters not fall into line.
A reporter at the heart of the BBC's coverage of gender dysphoria has questioned claims that the corporation suffers from systemic bias on trans issues, saying it ran a series of reports without any interference. Claims that the BBC had failed to properly cover gender and trans issues formed part of a memo alleging serious and systemic problems of bias at the corporation.
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His lawyers said the broadcaster must retract a controversial documentary by Friday or face a lawsuit for "no less" than $1 billion. The letter follows the resignation of BBC Director General Tim Davie and Chief Executive of News Deborah Turness on Sunday, after claims that a documentary aired by the flagship Panorama program misled viewers. The program allegedly spliced two separate excerpts from one of Trump's speeches, creating the impression that he was inciting the January 6 Capitol riot.
Davie, 58, resigned alongside several top BBC officials over accusations that a BBC Panorama documentary misled viewers with an edited speech by president Donald Trump. According to a leaked internal memo, ex-journalist Michael Prescott, while acting as advisor to the BBC's Editorial Guidelines and Standards Board, suggested the edited speech made it seem as though the US president had explicitly encouraged the deadly US capitol insurrection on 6 January 2021.
The first season of The Celebrity Traitors was buoyed by the casting of gay comedian Alan Carr, who cemented his reputation as a national treasure in episode one after being selected as a Traitor. He was joined as a Traitor by queer musician Cat Burns and TV host Jonathan Ross. While initially being deemed as the least likely Traitor to succeed due to his propensity for sweating and inability to stifle laughter, Carr proved his detractors wrong by winning the show in the shocking finale.
The breakout star of 'The Celebrity Traitors' is Alan Carr, who started out as an unconvincing Traitor - but the power and success has proven to be intoxicating and has emboldened him
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Two months after moving to London, I received the offer I had always dreamed about: I would work in news publicity at the BBC. I couldn't believe my fortune. It was one of those "pinch me" moments that made all the sacrifices, visa paperwork, and career risks feel worth it. I had grown up watching the network from across the globe and imagined what it would be like to walk the halls of such a prestigious institution.
The Cardiff University study found Reform was referenced in just under a fifth of ITV News At Ten bulletins, compared with 6.2% for the Liberal Democrats, meaning Reform was covered three times more. The study of the two bulletins also raised questions about the scrutiny of Reform. In just under a fifth of cases, there was no analysis of Reform's policies or claims. They were rigorously scrutinised in just under four in 10 cases, and to some extent in another four in 10 cases.