The wife of BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has revealed he is the star at the centre of a scandal involving sexually explicit images but has asked for privacy and said he is suffering from “serious mental health issues.” Vicky Flind named the 61-year-old Welshman as the figure who was accused by The Sun of paying…
BBC Bosses Didn’t Put Claims to Scandal-Hit Star for 7 Weeks
The BBC presenter accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photos wasn’t questioned by management until seven weeks after the broadcaster first learned of the allegations, it has emerged. The unnamed presenter was suspended on Sunday after The Sun reported last week that he paid a teenager more than £35,000 over three years to…
BBC Suspends Presenter Over Claims He Paid a Teenager for Explicit Photos
The BBC has suspended an unnamed leading presenter who is alleged to have paid a teenager thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos. The Sun newspaper, which first reported the allegations, said last week that one of the BBC’s star presenters paid a teenager more than £35,000 ($45,000) over three years to pose for sexually…
BBC Is Biased ‘On Occasion,’ Says UK Culture Secretary
The UK Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has told a group of MPs that the BBC is biased on occasion, but refused to give any specific examples. In her first appearance before the Culture, Media, and Sport Committee since she took up the post in February, Frazer said that she was a supporter of the BBC…
BBC Backlash Over Non-Binary Mastectomy Storyline
Campaigners have hit out at the BBC over a storyline in a popular TV series featuring its first non-binary character talking about undergoing a double mastectomy. The “Casualty” episode, which aired on BBC1 over the weekend, showed character Sah discussing details of upcoming “top surgery” and being presented with a surprise cake shaped like breasts….
Guardian Apologises to BBC Chairman and Jewish Community Over ‘Anti-Semitic’ Cartoon
The Guardian has apologised to the Jewish community and outgoing BBC Chairman Richard Sharp for a cartoon it published that has been described as “anti-Semitic.” The drawing, by cartoonist Martin Rowson, was published on Saturday after Sharp resigned following a review that found he had broken the rules by failing to disclose his role in…
BBC Chairman Resigns After Report Finds He Breached Rules Over Boris Johnson Loan
BBC Chairman Richard Sharp has resigned after being found to have broken the rules by failing to disclose his role in securing an £800,000 loan guarantee for former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The former Conservative Party donor announced his resignation after a review found that he twice breached the code governing public appointments, risking the…
Twitter Drops ‘Government-Funded’ Label on News Organizations’ Profiles
Twitter stopped using the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels for news organizations, their profiles showed on Friday. Twitter dropped the “Government-funded Media” label from the accounts of U.S.-based National Public Radio (NPR), British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It also dropped the “China state-affiliated media” tag on the accounts of Xinhua…
CBC Announces Pause on Twitter Activity Following ‘Government-Funded Media’ Label
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced it will temporarily cease its Twitter activities, following its labelling by the platform as “government-funded media.” “Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue,” CBC said on Twitter on April 17. “That is why we are pausing our activities on Twitter.” Twitter applied the labrel to the CBC…
Twitter to Relabel BBC as ‘Publicly-Funded’
The BBC’s “government-funded media” Twitter tag will be relabeled after the broadcaster objected to it, according to platform owner Elon Musk. On Monday, the BBC protested Twitter’s decision to label its main account as “government-funded media.” The BBC contacted Twitter last week after the designation was attached to the main @BBC account. In an interview…
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