Pat Younge

Dec 15, 2023 | theguardian.com | Armando Iannucci |Jane Martinson |Pat Younge |Sophie Chalk |Patrick Barwise |Peter York | +2 more

Armando Iannucci Take the fight back to WhitehallOnce again, the government comes to clip what it sees as the BBC’s unfettered wings. Governments in a panic do that, sooner or later, and it’s up to the BBC’s new chair to call them out on this. They’ve reneged on an agreement to fund the BBC properly: the licence fee has been frozen for the last two years, but was set to rise in line with inflation from 2024.

Oct 23, 2023 | theguardian.com | Pat Younge

The BBC operates under the most intense scrutiny of any media organisation in the world. This has never been more apparent than over recent days, as the world comes to terms with an unimaginable massacre in Israel and the aftermath for Gaza and the wider Middle East. Some accuse the corporation of cowardice in the face of acts of terrorism by Hamas, others accuse it of cowardice in the face of alleged state terrorism by Israel.