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Patrick Howse
BBC’s Great ‘Balancing’ Act Favours Noise Over Truth
, 13 July 2020
Former BBC reporter and producer Patrick Howse explores what Any Questions’ decision to invite former Brexit MEP Claire Fox onto the show reveals about the corporation’s wider problems
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Argument BBC Democracy Journalism Media UK Politics
In this Age of Untruth BBC Journalists Are Being Taken for a Ride
, 28 May 2020
Former BBC producer Patrick Howse considers the different approaches of Laura Kuenssberg and Emily Maitlis and what this tells us about the state of the public service broadcaster.
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Argument BBC Boris Johnson Coronavirus Democracy Dominic Cummings Media Social Media UK Politics
‘Real Boot on the Throat Stuff’: Why the BBC is Facing the Fight of its Life
, 18 February 2020
Former BBC producer Patrick Howse speaks to those inside the Corporation about the threats facing it at the hands of Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings.
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Reportage BBC Boris Johnson Conservative Party Democracy Dominic Cummings Media UK Politics
Attacks on the BBC are Less About Broadcasting and More About a Divided Britain
, 7 February 2020
Former BBC producer Patrick Howse demolishes the arguments about the license fee but hears Tony Hall has been a 'Useful Idiot' for those who want to destroy the public service broadcaster.
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Argument Democracy in Danger 2016 EU Referendum BBC Boris Johnson Brexit Conservative Party Media UK Politics
The BBC ‘Facilitates Fascism’ says Corporation’s Former Reporter
, 15 April 2019
Patrick Howse spent decades reporting news for the BBC, risking life and limb. He believed in Auntie's credo. But the former producer says the corporation's unquestioning Brexit coverage has now crossed the line.
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Argument Brexit Media US Politics
