As evidence of serious bias continues to pile up, the corporation’s leadership is burying its head in the sand Daily Telegraph 19/10/26 The BBC’s failings won’t be resolved without action, openness and courage Credit : Getty Images The BBC has continued to deny that it has a serious problem with impartiality. But evidence continues to emerge that tells a very different story. Following an investigation by The Telegraph , the BBC was last weekend forced to pause a scheme in which civil servants on secondment were contributing to news reporting and being asked to fact-check contentious political issues. It also emerged last week that the BBC’s Bitesize service had been using quizzes to encourage schoolchildren to take political positions on controversial subjects. In one example, the BBC created an online game which rewarded children for choosing the answer “open borders” and granting an amnesty to illegal migrants. Advertisement Meanwhile. the BBC is fighting a legal battle wit...
French president warns that he will curtail civil liberties to halt unrest Daily Telegraph 18/10/26 Emmanuel Macron has said public gatherings will be banned to halt rioting if necessary, after French cities were burned and looted. The French president announced civil liberties could be curtailed in an evening address from the Élysée Palace after government buildings were torched and shops ransacked in nationwide protests. The central government’s prefects, responsible for upholding law across France , would work with local authorities to impose bans on “certain gatherings when necessary”, Mr Macron said. Advertisement He claimed that the source of the unrest was the Iran war, which had raised the cost of living in France. Hours earlier, Donald Trump had blamed Mr Macron’s migration policies for the violence . More than 2,300 people were arrested on Saturday after protests against the high cost of living and conditions inside schools descended into violence. Almost 1,000 police ...