by Lamiat Sabin
Parliamentary Reporter
A TORY donor and former Goldman Sachs banker has been appointed as the new chairman of the BBC, it was announced today.
Richard Sharp will succeed Sir David Clementi, the broadcaster has said.
He was once Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s boss at Goldman Sachs, where he worked for over 20 years and has donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Conservative Party.
The NUJ is calling on the trade union movement to challenge the power of tech giants and resist cuts to public service broadcasting, with the future of quality, accessible journalism at stake, says LAURA DAVISON
Even when tragedy strikes, Western media cannot resist the opportunity to turn it into a sordid propaganda opportunity, as the Nepal-China border tragedy shows, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ
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