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Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott
THE BBC made an embarrassing climbdown over the weekend when its public relations team finally admitted that Diane Abbott was treated unfairly on Question Time.
The shadow home secretary’s office had launched a scathing attack on the broadcaster, accusing its flagship politics show of “legitimising mistreatment, bias and abuse against Ms Abbott as a black woman in public life.”
The row followed the Question Time debate in Derby on Thursday night.
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
JAMES NALTON takes a look at the German league’s move to grow its audience in Britain, and around the future of football on TV in general
The fallout from the Kneecap and Bob Vylan performances at Glastonbury raises questions about the suitability of senior BBC management for their roles, says STEPHEN ARNELL
