Matt Walsh

Impartiality and broadcasters: what do the public complain about? New research from Cardiff University's project examining impartiality

These complaints and their outcomes highlight the public's concern about broadcasters' impartiality, especially the BBC. open.substack.com/pub/mattwals...

Impartiality and broadcasters: what do the public complain about? New research from Cardiff University's project examining impartiality

New research from Cardiff University, published today in The Conversation and on the project's blog, analyses all complaints filed with the BBC and Ofcom during the first half of the year. open.substack.com/pub/mattwals...

Bob Vylan Glastonbury complaints upheld: here’s what viewers complain to Ofcom and the BBC about most The vast majority of audience complaints are not upheld by the BBC or by Ofcom.

I'm thrilled to share my first publication with @theconversation.com, co-authored with my colleagues Dr @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social & Dr @maxwellmodell.bsky.social, with behind-the-scenes support from Prof. @stephencushion.bsky.social.

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#impartiality #journalism

Bob Vylan Glastonbury complaints upheld: here’s what viewers complain to Ofcom and the BBC about most The vast majority of audience complaints are not upheld by the BBC or by Ofcom.

The vast majority of audience complaints are not upheld by the BBC or by Ofcom.

Bob Vylan Glastonbury complaints upheld: here’s what viewers complain to Ofcom and the BBC about most The vast majority of audience complaints are not upheld by the BBC or by Ofcom.

People care about BBC impartiality. But when they complain, their complaints are rarely supported
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GB News’s US expansion feared to be new way for Trumpian views to reach UK audience White House backing was on full display as GB News launched The Late Show Live

Brilliant piece this. Gets to the nub of the issue. The leader of the party ahead in the polls has their own prime time talk show on a news channel. Is this ok??? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Obviously no one should police another’s taste in books, but I find it very hard to reconcile Badenoch’s public persona and Pratchett’s empathetic view of people. This is what the Mitchell and Webb GIF is made for…

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

There’s a potentially interesting cultural moment coming up in the first half of 2026 with the release of GTA 6. It’d be surprising if Trump wasn’t satirised in some form. Given how well he can take a joke, a reprisal isn’t beyond the realm of possibility. How will MAGA gamers respond?

FFS

Reform UK council in Nottinghamshire ends ban on local journalists Shut-out of Nottingham Post and its website reversed after threat of legal action over damaging freedom of expression

Nottinghamshire County Council backs down over its absurd ban on journalists.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

'No evidence' of gang rape in Banbury, police now say THERE is "no evidence" a woman was gang raped in Banbury, the police have said.

'No evidence' of gang rape in Banbury, police now say

#Oxon #Oxfordshire

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Don’t just dismiss Javier Milei’s chainsaw economics Amid financial crisis, Argentina holds important lessons for politics more widely

Milei’s just been unlucky, according to The Times, and his ideas still hold lessons for British politicians

www.thetimes.com/article/5fb1...

Tempting

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Do keep an eye on the outputs of this project. It's not just looking at the BBC, but all TV news. The issues you raise are live ones. www.enhancingimpartiality.com

The damned BBC - annoying, wrong headed, essential It is the worst media and news service, except for all the others

It is probably a rash decision, but I've written about why the BBC - and especially BBC News - isn't all bad.

And now, I'd best retreat to my bunker.

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We all follow in Jackson Lamb's footsteps

This is the clip

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The lack of applause here is telling

What about fat commander-in-chiefs?

The damned BBC - annoying, wrong headed, essential It is the worst media and news service, except for all the others

It is probably a rash decision, but I've written about why the BBC - and especially BBC News - isn't all bad.

And now, I'd best retreat to my bunker.

open.substack.com/pub/mattwals...

BBC partly upholds complaints over Bob Vylan's Glastonbury set The broadcast of Bob Vylan's set at Glastonbury broke editorial guidelines in relation to harm and offence.

The BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) has ruled that the broadcast of Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set broke editorial guidelines on harm and offence – but did not breach impartiality rules or encourage crime.

🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Appalling behaviour.

Ed Zitron is mad as hell How a British-born hobbyist blogger became one of Big Tech’s punchiest critics

PC Zone really did create some amazing alumni

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YouTube video by BBC The BBC Calls For Access To Gaza

The BBC, alongside AFP, AP and Reuters, is again calling for international journalists to be given access to Gaza youtu.be/-cVKQB2aj54?...

For those of us with family with Huntington's, this is immensely good news. There's a long way to go until this is a widespread treatment, but fingers crossed that it leads to other positive developments.

Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."

David Hirst obituary The Guardian’s Middle East correspondent for four decades whose articles were key to understanding the region’s turmoil

Good obit this
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...