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Jonathan Coulter's avatar

Patrick Howes, I agree with all of this. The problem however is the elephant-in-room you do not mention, i.e. the BBC's connivance in the defamation of the Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters, particularly on trumped-up charges of antisemitism. This not only suited the ruling Conservatives, but the right-wing and now dominant faction within the Labour Party, the state of Israel and other interested parties. You don't have to be a Corbynista to see this (I'm not for one), but you need to be willingly blind not to see it. If Byline Times wants to provide an honest alternative to the mainstream media, it must talk about these things without fear or favour - or else it becomes part of the problem.

If you are concerned about the BBC’s misrepresentation of events in the Labour Party, I recommend signing the Open Letter mentioned here: https://www.campain.org/post/support-our-open-letter-to-the-bbc

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T Faulkner's avatar

If the Tories wanted to destroy the BBC they are going the right way about it. Hollowing it out from the inside and claiming falsely that it is too woke and too liberal in order to galvanise their right wing followers and the anti BBC media should convince everybody who values the BBC and who wants it properly funded to fight even harder to keep it as a national broadcaster.

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