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If I were the head of @BBCNews and Current Affairs, I'd be seriously worried about this.
@DoubleDownNews is now routinely getting a bigger audience across all platforms for its videos than any BBC NCA programme.
The really amazing bit?
@DoubleDownNews is just ... TWO PEOPLE.
Albeit two remarkably talented young film makers.
What’s the secret of their success?
They provide a platform for people or perspectives that are largely excluded by mainstream broadcasters. And they do it with great style and power.
To the BBC, the spectrum of acceptable opinion ranges from Keir Starmer to Nigel Farage. Anyone to the left of Keir is an “extremist” (that’s how I’m told some senior editors now list me). Strangely, this doesn't apply to the far right.
But we no longer need to rely on the BBC to reach a large broadcast audience. It can no longer work as a gatekeeper, excluding views that are challenging and inconvenient to power.
Don't get me wrong. I don't want the BBC to disappear. I want it to do its job, and reflect and represent the full range of opinion. It is failing to do so.
.@DoubleDownNews is performing a necessary service, filling a howling void in mainstream broadcast coverage. As this country slides into the most dangerous politics we have witnessed in my lifetime, and the BBC and other broadcasters assist this trend, we need it.
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