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Here's the trailer for While We Watched! Winner at Toronto & Busan starring @ravishndtv. "Essential viewing for anyone interested in how television journalism is under threat". Releasing across UK/Ireland on July 14th, IFC Centre on July 21st! youtube.com/watch?v=yFoG42xk…
public interest MEANS public interest 🫡
I would be really grateful if @guardian @ObserverUK & @TEDTalks made a comment on this ruling. Any comment.
It has huge ramifications for UK journalism. And some basic solidarity from the organisations who published the work would go a long way.
Thank you.
After consulting with my queer folks from Uganda - I am supporting this LGBTQ Emergency Fund to protect those at most risk. Queer fam - pls retweet. @shahmiruk @Berkeleythinks @RogerRossWill
gofund.me/e677bb68
“Racism, like most isms, is a very hardy virus..You get the inoculation for one variant and then a new variant comes through. They’re all trying to do basically the same thing – deny a version of history, marginalise a group of people, prevent or mock any new thinking.”
“During the Iraq war a white American wrote to me. “If it weren’t for us you’d be speaking German.”
“If it weren’t for you,” I replied. “I’d probably be speaking Yoruba.” We’re not coming from the same place.” From yesterday’s Irish Times interview irishtimes.com/culture/books…
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“During the Iraq war a white American wrote to me. “If it weren’t for us you’d be speaking German.”
“If it weren’t for you,” I replied. “I’d probably be speaking Yoruba.” We’re not coming from the same place.” From yesterday’s Irish Times interview irishtimes.com/culture/books…
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Credit to Prof @jeanseaton1 for finding this quote from BBC Director General Sir Hugh Greene in 1965, about limits of BBC impartiality #Lineker:
"Although, in the day-to-day issues of public life, the BBC does try to attain the highest standards of impartiality...
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The Court of Appeal has ruled.
I've won on 2 of 3 important grounds of principle.
Most importantly, the landmark public interest ruling is intact. The judge's findings of fact are intact. The original judgment holds.
The court found in favour of Banks on a single point
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Banks -v- Cadwalladr appeal court judgment judiciary.uk/judgments/banks…
The UK continues to stand out internationally for the wrong reason: because it is the most regionally unbalanced large, advanced economy
Read our full report here, which draws on international examples from 🇩🇪🇸🇪🇪🇸🇳🇱🇯🇵
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Anyone worried about besieged state of Indian journalism should watch Vinay Shukla's "While we watched" on the destruction of once indispensable NDTV just taken over by Gautam Adani, the world's 2nd richest man and Modi's tool. So distressing. @ravishndtv whilewewatched.com/
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The evidence is ever clearer: a fairer country is a healthier country, and a healthier
country is a more prosperous country. Yet, we are getting sicker and poorer.
Better health needs to be a keystone of the UK’s economic recovery.
theguardian.com/inequality/2…
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Congratulations to @Kath_Ferguson & the whole of the ‘Nothing Compares’ team on winning both Debut Director & Best Feature Doc at @BIFA_film awards tonight. Big thanks to the @BFI_Industry & #nationallottery for making it possible ✨💚
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One week left to apply for this Senior Research Fellow position!
Do you have intellectual flair, innovative thinking, and political knowledge with the ability to deliver high-quality and impactful work? Find out how to apply here:
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🚨BBC Storyville looking for new leader 🚨 “ a Commissioning Editor who understands and has extensive experience of the global feature documentary industry”. Step forward 🦸♀️🦸🏼🦸🏽♂️. Deadline 20th careerssearch.bbc.co.uk/jobs…
Now I really feel sick. 🤢Controversial £360m NHS England data platform ‘lined up’ for Trump backer’s firm theguardian.com/society/2022…
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After a decade of stagnation & inequality, the fiscally responsible approach is to build a strong economy, with investment & taxes on wealthy as crucial tools.
My piece for @NewStatesman on 'fiscal black holes' & implications for progressive politics.
newstatesman.com/comment/202…
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Friends, Elon sees Twitter as the “common digital town square,”but this “town" is not Our Town. It is Muskville. A public square isn't owned by billionaire megalomaniacs. It belongs to the people, ruled by democracy. Instead we obsess over a man we never elected to govern. [1/6]
"The diversity of artistic forms is astonishing, and there are no boundaries when it comes to tackling the biggest powers or inventing new grammar" writes @orwany Gonna be a great @IDFA 🙂