@bbc says it is impartial, yet the most common question on this Tweet that now has over 2 million impressions is "why @BBCNews didn't cover this and German TV via @ZDFlondon did" and has over 3m views 4/
We are rather chuffed that Emily Maitlis re-Tweeted this little celebration of our citizen journalism on the same day as that now infamous speech saying that an ‘active Tory party agent’ was now shaping BBC news output @maitlis 5/
Not just the BBC but one of reasons that so many of us got involved in the Bylines Network was the issue with UK reporting on a mass scale. This is Central Bylines pinned post on Facebook from May 2021.
Now can you see why you all need to get involved in this Bylines project 6/
Here’s @maitlis calling out Robbie Gibb as an “active agent of the Conservative Party” sitting on the BBC board which caused such a stir at the time 7/
We fight on, we know so much of our media are bent with many of them telling us all how we should live our lives whilst being domiciled offshore and contributing absolutely nothing to the UK so please get in contact with your local Bylines and get writing 8/
A healthy democracy requires a healthy media
Many now question who is really running the BBC with Tory party donors at the top
At the Bylines Network, we are turning journalism on its head and giving Citizens a powerful voice but we do need your support chuffed.org/project/ng7b7x…
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In an effort to be more like 1930s Germany the Guardian, BBC, Daily Mirror and Independent were not invited. Suella Braverman will only be accompanied by journalists from organisations including GB News, the Telegraph and Hitler supporter the Daily Mail. theguardian.com/politics/2023/…
Daily Mail owner Rothemere hosted Hitler around the same time the Daily Mail published his article "Hurrah for the Blackshirts".
Repeating history?
In June 1940, senior Nazi official Franz Rademacher..... plan was developed by Adolf Eichmann, who in August 1940 called for a million Jews per year to be deported to the African island nation. @faithfulpundit centralbylines.co.uk/the-rwanda-pol…