Tim Davie

The World

The BBC and the Language of Responsibility

Conflict & Justice

Is the BBC’s huge well of public trust in danger of drying up? A veteran news anchor says its managers must stop speaking the ‘gobbledygook’ of bureaucratic jargon and start properly overseeing its output.

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