Superb piece by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on how voices on the left are shut out of MSM:“No one said anything, no letter was sent. Instead, he tells me, the phone simply stopped ringing. Without explanation, his 20 years of work with [the BBC] came to a halt” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - ThreadSky

sangitamyska.bsky.social • 16 hours ago

Superb piece by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on how voices on the left are shut out of MSM:“No one said anything, no letter was sent. Instead, he tells me, the phone simply stopped ringing. Without explanation, his 20 years of work with [the BBC] came to a halt”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/01/consistently-appeasing-platforming-right-bbc-undermines-own-survival

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darlingd53.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Because all people in high places in BBC are Right Wing perverts!

oldmanrambling.bsky.social•15 hours ago

You might have thought that after Labour won last year, the BBC would be sorted out and the Tory crap would be consigned to history but, hey, it turns out that Starmer isn’t really Labour and is happy for them to carry on bashing the same drum.

gemandmoll.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Didn't the tory government appoint (plant) its supporters to high positions at the BBC?
Have they got long-term contracts?
Is the Labour government happy with the situation?

therealkuji.bsky.social•16 hours ago

To be fair Sangita excusing a genocide takes a lot of time and effort.

muralive.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Why is Lisa Nandy focusing on Football reform instead of cleaning up BBC/Ofcom?

clickbaitwizard.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Nandy is a nepo baby of the establishment.

tomokane053.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Look up the history of an organisation called Labour Together and you will begin to understand why Labour have become a “Placeholder government” as Sarah Kendzior calls it.

muralive.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Labour needs to reverse WFA and benefit cuts widely hated by everyone. Focus on progressive policies that can bring tactical votes from LD/Greens. As it happened in Canada/France recently, Labour needs wide tactical voting anti-Reform coalition to win in 2029.

purplelarley.bsky.social•15 hours ago

I agree with this but is it really too much to ask for a government that MEANS it and acts in a way they believe will lift people out of poverty and promote more equality, rather than what will get them the most votes?

nigelloveshistory.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Would be good to hear your voice on the radio again

peterwelsh68.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Watching hours of BBC coverage of the local elections and mayoral contests gave me the opportunity to watch several Reform UK reps tagteaming in and out the studio with languid entitlement to bang on about Farage being on the cusp of Number 10.

Bit dire really.

coffindodger.bsky.social•16 hours ago

debatingroom.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I made this point the other day.

We only heard about the heat pump podcast because it was cancelled after it had begun. We will never know about the shows quietly shelved before they had even begun simply because they didn't confirm to right-wing ideology.

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