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The failed attempt by the corporation to censor the Match of the Day presenter’s tweets was rooted in a terror of losing the licence fee

From Blairites to dodgy dossiers, an anatomy of the ill-fated invasion that brought down Saddam Hussein.

He is Richard Sharp, the chairman of the Beeb, and already a hate figure for many of its employees.

Although BBC is emulated globally by the media, its conservativism and deference to the British state compromised its journalistic work many a time. Now, it is in need of radical changes even to keep it afloat financially.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Amid the onslaught of obscenity compere Jack Dee alliteratively referred to departing PM Boris Johnson as a cosmic ****.

With almost 12 months before inquiry is expected to begin hearing evidence, it employs as many barristers as Bloody Sunday investigation

Rachel Corp has overseen some of the biggest stories of the last few years in her role as editor of the broadcasters news output.

Says 'fake story' seems to be part of an 'organised disinformation campaign'

Putting a personal spin on stories. and i wonder if that compromises the bbc�*s commitment to impartiality. yes, it would do, and thats why we brought out social media guidelines, to remind our staff that we need to be cautious in the social media space about your insertion of your own political views and political opinions. because if we are not impartial there is no point to us. we cant charge a licence fee off everybody in the uk if we are not impartial. its beholden on all of our staff to ...

There is no point to us. we cant charge a licence fee off everybody in the uk if we are not impartial. its beholden on all of our staff to remember that and to act accordingly in that way. stay with us again, fran. we want to talk about another of the principles behind bbc news which is accountability. we want to talk in fact a little bit about newswatch itself, this programme started in 2004 after the hutton inquiry which strongly criticised the bbc over its coverage of the lead up to the iraq ...