The Noble Liar: How and why the BBC distorts the news to promote a liberal agenda - Couverture souple

Aitken, Robin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785906003 ISBN 13 : 9781785906008

Editeur : Biteback Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

To some, it is the voice of the nation, yet to others it has never been clearer that the BBC is in the grip of an ideology that prevents it reporting fairly on the world. Many have been scandalised by its pessimism on Brexit and its one-sided presentation of the Trump presidency, while simultaneously amused by its outrage over fake news .

Robin Aitken, who himself spent twenty-five years working for the BBC as a reporter and executive, argues that the Corporation needs to be reminded that what is fake rather depends on where one is standing. From where his feet are planted, the BBC s own coverage of events often looks decidedly peculiar, peppered with distortions, omissions and amplifications tailored to its own liberal agenda.

This punchy polemic now fully updated to cover the Corporation s tortured relationship with the government and explore the challenges for the new Director-General galvanises the debate over how our licence fee money is spent, and asks whether the BBC is a fair arbiter of the news or whether it is a conduit for pervasive and institutional liberal left-wing bias.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robin Aitken is a former BBC reporter and journalist who spent twenty-five years working across all levels within the Corporation, from local radio to the Today programme. He is the author of Can We Trust the BBC? (Continuum, 2007) and the co-founder of the Oxford Foodbank, for which he was awarded an MBE in 2014 in recognition of his work. He is married with two daughters and lives in Oxford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Biteback Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1785906003
• ISBN 13: 9781785906008
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible