The BBC has published an article this morning on the government’s plans for Digital ID to be forced onto 13-year-olds. It’s an article about Cooper’s morning round…
It says:
“Home Secretary Yvette Cooper defended the consultation plans, saying “lots of 13-year olds already do” have a form of digital ID.”
In the meantime BBC News at Ten last night completely ignored the massive China spy scandal that is currently engulfing Labour. The Licence fee providing its usual value for money. How did this one get past BBC Verify?
The BBC has said it is sorry for “any offence caused” after a staff email referred to the October 7 terrorist attacks as “an escalation“. Which is putting it mildly…
The initial staff email, sent on the BBC’s intranet service, said:
“As we reach the two-year anniversary of the escalations in the Israel-Gaza conflict, we asked UK audiences what they want and need from news coverage moving forward.”
After staff complaints, the BBC apologised:
“This internal staff email should have been worded differently and we’re sorry for any offence caused. We are editing it and will replace the text on our intranet.”
Tim Davie has already had to apologise for the BBC’s Gaza documentary debacle. Now this…
CBS owner Paramount has announced it will purchase media startup the Free Press for $150 million, with the site’s founder Bari Weiss set to become editor-in-chief of CBS News. A handsome sum for a site only founded in 2021…
Writing in the Free Press today, Weiss said of her appointment:
“As of today, I am editor-in-chief of CBS News, working with new colleagues on the programs that have impacted American culture for generations – shows like 60 Minutes and Sunday Morning – and shaping how millions of Americans read, listen, watch, and, most importantly, understand the news in the 21st century.”
Weiss is a serious operator with a sharp tongue. This may knock a few ultra-liberal noses out of joint at CBS. No bad thing…
There is egg on faces at the Daily Mail after the new strategic social team accidentally invited notorious band Kneecap to collaborate. Remember them?
The email begins: “We’ve just launched a bold new strategy at Daily Mail socials and would love Knee Cap to be part of it.” It gets worse…
“We’d love to feature the men, to craft bespoke content to engage audiences in a way that feels premium, personality-led, and positively promotional. We want to give them the platform to talk about what they’re passionate to talk about, whether that be their new album or even just to chat about bird watching if that’s the bands jam!”
The terror case against one band member was dropped last month after a procedural error from the government. The Dail Mail has gone hard on reporting against Kneecap. One headline reads: “‘Anti-British’ balaclava-clad rap group Kneecap are referred to counter-terror police after telling fans to ‘kill your MP’ – as Irish band rails against its critics”…
The faux pas comes from the just-formed ‘dmgmedia’ influencer marketing project to “define the next generation of news and entertainment for young audiences by fusing the journalistic credibility of Daily Mail with the speed, originality, and creativity of Gen Z social.” Not the best start…
A media source tells Guido “the invite has caused a meltdown at Mail HQ.” Especially after Kneecap publicly mocked them for it…
GB News has beaten both BBC News and Sky News for the third month in a row now. The BARB figures don’t lie…
Here are the all day viewer shares for the last three months:
July
August
September
Private BARB figures show GB News has grown its audience share month on month on month. Tellingly culture minister Stephanie Peacock was full of praises for the channel at its Labour Conference party this year. When the herd moves…
At Labour conference last night, DCMS minister Stephanie Peacock praised GB News for giving a “voice” to her constituents and “championing stories across our nations and regions.” She was joined by a number of Labour MPs and peers at the GB News reception in Browns’ Brasserie…
Her warm words put her at odds with DCMS Secretary Lisa Nandy, who earlier this month claimed the channel was corroding trust in news and undermining the “shared understanding that is the basis of democracy.” Nandy warned: “We’ll look closely at what Ofcom presents to us, but it is an area in which we intend to act”…
Two ministers, two messages. “Polarised” and “fragmented”, in the words of Nandy…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”