Tag: BBC
Al-Aqsa raid: How BBC coverage is enabling Israeli violence
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook
The late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel laureate and tireless campaigner against South African apartheid, once observed: “If you are neutral in...
Mediawatch: NZ public media merger meets growing resistance as clock ticks
MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s hints this week that reforms will be pared back in 2023 -- and an...
BBC at 100: the future for global news and challenges facing...
ANALYSIS: By Simon Potter, University of Bristol
The BBC celebrated its 100th birthday last Tuesday. It came as the institution faces increasing competition for audiences...
Gavin Ellis: Fundamental flaws in public media plans call for big...
ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views
The proposal for a new entity to replace Television New Zealand and RNZ has two fundamental flaws that...
Afghanistan media: ‘You can’t put that genie back in the bottle’
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks prompted the US to invade Afghanistan, the Taliban announced they have taken the...
Autocracy strikes back: Media freedom under siege in Arabia
ANALYSIS: By Dr Tarek Cherkaoui
Diplomatic quarrels in the Arabian Peninsula have a long history, and small Gulf States, such as Qatar, align themselves with...
Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters
By Dr Alexandra Wake in Melbourne
As a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kirakira in the Solomon Islands early today, triggering a...
