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Roger Mosey

@rogermosey.bsky.social

Writer. Former head of BBC TV News and director of Sport. Emeritus fellow of Selwyn College Cambridge.

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Is it all over for public service broadcasting? There was a big attendance at a public event on February 18th with industry leaders who tackled the future of the #BBC and the streaming revolution.

youtu.be/7gbFAa4xbxU?...

26.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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While we’re seeking to fix what’s wrong with Britain, look hard at our policy-lite, sensation-seeking media | Roger Mosey Mandelson, Trump, Send: all need explanation with thought and clarity. We must end this obsession with β€˜hot takes’, says Roger Mosey, former head of BBC TV News

While we’re seeking to fix what’s wrong with Britain, look hard at our policy-lite, sensation-seeking media | Roger Mosey

18.02.2026 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

I think the public do care about schools and hospitals and the environment and all the rest? Whereas I suspect they are markedly less interested in who might lead a political party a few years from now.

18.02.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, Guy. I don’t think it can entirely be explained by resources. Millbank is well staffed!

18.02.2026 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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While we’re seeking to fix what’s wrong with Britain, look hard at our policy-lite, sensation-seeking media | Roger Mosey Mandelson, Trump, Send: all need explanation with thought and clarity. We must end this obsession with β€˜hot takes’, says Roger Mosey, former head of BBC TV News

My thoughts for @theguardian.com on the way politics and media obsess about the short term when we have much bigger problems to face.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

18.02.2026 10:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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You’re invited to join the @richmondsociety.org.uk debate about the future of media and society. February 18 with an expert panel: Peter Salmon, Pat Younge, Shelagh Fogarty & Ben Fenton. Ticket details here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-it-all-...

27.01.2026 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy to do that if you DM me here or on X or LinkedIn

26.01.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our BBC: A blueprint for a more independent and future-proofed BBC Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.

@rogermosey.bsky.social In case it’s of interest - our new @demos-uk.bsky.social report on how to increase the independence (and accountability) of the BBC (btw the paper is focused on institutional reforms - not editorial)

demos.co.uk/research/our...

24.01.2026 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! There’s a lot of interesting stuff in there.

25.01.2026 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Definitive research on #BBC Question Time from Matt Walsh at Cardiff University. Caroline Lucas has appeared more than Nigel Farage, and best-represented smaller party is the SNP. But right-wing publications appear more often than left-wing.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

27.12.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The impartial approach to impartiality - UK in a changing Europe Roger Mosey looks at impartiality in the BBC and the media.

"So of course you would want public broadcasters to be honest and accurate and fair... The question is whether it is possible in the digital world we’re now in, and how it works in practice."

✍️ @rogermosey.bsky.social on why the debate on impartiality matters

πŸ”— ukandeu.ac.uk/impartial_ap...

22.12.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just for the record: I said nothing of the kind. Your account of the interview is simply not true.

18.12.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Stonewall takes a whole series of political positions. It is absolutely possible to support trans people as an employer without signing up to those.

18.12.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThere is a split in the road ahead in which we can end up with falsehoods and global commercialisation and nothing we can truly trust, or we retain an anchor of UK-based organisations which want to tell the truth and have no ideological or financial pressures which subvert them.”1/

17.12.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The impartial approach to impartiality - UK in a changing Europe Roger Mosey looks at impartiality in the BBC and the media.

"Impartiality isn’t about letting everyone in the UK say anything that comes into their head live on the BBC without any challenge..."

✍️ Former head of BBC TV News @rogermosey.bsky.social on why the debate about impartiality matters

ukandeu.ac.uk/impartial_ap...

17.12.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The impartial approach to impartiality - UK in a changing Europe Roger Mosey looks at impartiality in the BBC and the media.

Why impartiality still matters - for the #BBC and for the country. My blog for @ukandeu.bsky.social

ukandeu.ac.uk/impartial_ap...

17.12.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Great thoughtful piece by @rogermosey.bsky.social about the BBC. And this section especially.. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

15.11.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

. @rogermosey.bsky.social is always my go to person for the most insightful analysis of a BBC crisis. This is his take on the current one.

11.11.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BBC must explain how it plans to correct liberal bias BBC must explain how it plans to correct liberal bias

'BBC must explain how it plans to correct liberal bias' | ✍️ Roger Mosey

06.11.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œWe should be able to disagree, for crying out loud!” - and not have to sign up to β€œa monolithic culture”. Here’s a flavour of Mary Beard speaking to me at Selwyn College Cambridge last night. Watch the full video here:
www.youtube.com/live/xMBIzr5...

28.05.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re thrilled to see 7 heifers now grazing in Petersham Meadows. After no grazing in 2023, and a very small amount last year, this is a welcome move back to tradition.

The Richmond Society is represented on the Petersham Meadows Advisory Group. Photos by Lizzie Danckwerts.

02.05.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I really enjoyed accompanying @selwyn1882.bsky.social students Oketa and Cian to London today and lunch at the Tallow Chandlers’ Hall. They’re winners of this year’s Tallow Chandlers awards, and joined other amazing young people from schools and colleges at the celebration.

29.04.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Via Amazon, yes - it seems: www.amazon.co.uk/Things-That-...

22.04.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you want to join the campaign against pointless vox pops in news - or share some of the stories from inside the BBC - these two books are now at a bargain half price!
www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/gettin...

www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/20-thi...

22.04.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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The colours of @selwyn1882.bsky.social this Easter weekend.

19.04.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding Universities, as well as many charities and religious groups, are exempted from paying federal income taxes.

All universities in America and worldwide should support #Harvard in their stand on academic freedom.

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15.04.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re green, and quite a lot of other colours too. The gardens of @selwyn1882.bsky.social this week. Photos by my colleague Thisath Ranawaka.

10.04.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very proud of the @selwyn1882.bsky.social students who received their MAs today. This was the generation whose studies were disrupted by the pandemic, and they’re fine young people who deserve this moment of celebration.

05.04.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The @selwyn1882.bsky.social Spring collection.

28.03.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A pleasure to welcome to Selwyn a great bunch of graduate students from our sister college @kebleoxford.bsky.social in Oxford.

14.03.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0