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The BBC: don’t follow the money
The BBC might prefer us to think of its pundits as ‘neutral’ on topics of the day, but then why is it glossing over their vested sources of income, asks SOLOMON HUGHES

“FOLLOW the money” is supposed to be a top journalism tip: it was key to journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein exposing the Watergate conspiracy, bringing down US president Richard Nixon.
“Following the money” is a central technique to what almost every journalist sees as among the best examples of their trade.
So it’s both worrying and a bit sad that the BBC actively doesn’t want you to follow the money. It often doesn’t want you to know the money even exists, let alone tell you who is paying it to who.
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