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Charlie Beckett
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Journalist. LSE Professor. Director, Polis, LSE's journalism think-tank. This is just a holding account here. Now on charliebeckett.bsky.social
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    Charlie Beckett
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    Dec 18, 2024
    2024 was JournalismAI's busiest ever: 6,000 training participants, Our Academy programmes in Spanish, Arabic, Korean (and English!), 40 JournalismAI Fellows, and 35 news orgs getting grants in our Innovation Challenge. All the details here lnkd.in/eJ-ms2b5
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    Charlie Beckett
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    Apr 28, 2024
    The National Trust are running one of the best communications strategies I've ever seen to counter an Astro-turf far right assault - ethical PR courses will use this to teach
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    Celia Richardson
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    Apr 28, 2024
    Hi again Stefan. This private company now has 2 separate websites, 3 trading names, a spokesperson at a Dubai-funded thinktank, and lots of paid advertising. All trained on 1 UK charity. That’s what’s worrying. But our members remain a fantastic bunch, and I remain unscared.
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    Charlie Beckett
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    Feb 24, 2024
    Hey BBC, this headline is a disgrace Lee Anderson: MP suspended from Tory party over criticism of London mayor
    MP for Ashfield, Lee Anderson
    Lee Anderson: MP suspended from Tory party over 'Islamists' comments
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    Charlie Beckett
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    May 4, 2024
    This has been a bad couple of days for UK political journalism. So much self-referential, unsubstantiated gossip. I got the gossip too, but you don't have to publish it. So much attention to undeclared results, so little analysis of policy. Such bad extrapolation.
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    Charlie Beckett
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    May 19, 2020
    Fascinating new research on how people (mis) understand graphs about COVID19. Linear graphs make them much more fearful and they don't understand logarithmic charts. Food for thought for data viz journalists?
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    The public do not understand logarithmic graphs used to portray COVID-19 - LSE COVID-19
    Mass media routinely portray information about COVID-19 deaths on logarithmic graphs. But do their readers understand them? Alessandro Romano, Chiara Sotis, Goran Dominioni, and Sebastián Guidi...
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    Charlie Beckett
    @CharlieBeckett
    Nov 21, 2022
    Iranian players not singing their national anthem. That takes guts. #ENGIRN
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    Charlie Beckett
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    Apr 4, 2022
    Utterly pointless piece of ideologically-motivated vandalism. No-one wants this to happen and there's no coherent rationale. The idea that @NadineDorries thinks Channel 4 should compete with Netflix and Amazon shows how little she knows about C4 or media economics
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    Rt Hon Nadine Dorries
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    Apr 4, 2022
    Channel 4 rightly holds a cherished place in British life and I want that to remain the case. I have come to the conclusion that government ownership is holding Channel 4 back from competing against streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon. 1/3
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    Charlie Beckett
    @CharlieBeckett
    Nov 9, 2023
    This is outstanding journalism calling out Braverman - not for her despicable ethics but for her sheer (dangerous) ignorance - BBC journalists should do the same
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    Brendan May
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    Nov 9, 2023
    Sky’s senior Ireland correspondent has just committed a murder live on @SkyPoliticsHub 💥 #BravermanOut
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    Charlie Beckett
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    Jan 21, 2023
    This really is the most corrupt government: this is clearly a massive conflict of interest. Appalling that the Prime Minister and the chair of the BBC - figures who should embody proper public values - should be so unethical
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    Gabriel Pogrund
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    Jan 21, 2023
    EXCLUSIVE🚨w/@HarryYorke1 The BBC chairman helped arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800K for Boris Johnson weeks before then PM selected him for the role Johnson was told to end Richard Sharp’s involvement in his financial affairs by Cab Office 1/7 thetimes.co.uk/article/the-bb…
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    Charlie Beckett
    @CharlieBeckett
    Mar 15, 2020
    I wish influential journalists like ⁦@Peston⁩ would insist that their anonymous sources for vital stories like this would go on the record. #Coronavirus is too important for the usual briefing games. itv.com/news/2020-03-1…
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    Charlie Beckett
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    Sep 24, 2018
    Extraordinary piece of investigative journalism by @BBCAfrica forensically examining a video from social media to track down the perpetrators of an atrocity. incredible thread.
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    BBC News Africa
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    Sep 24, 2018
    THREAD In July 2018, a horrifying video began to circulate on social media. 2 women & 2 young children are led away by a group of soldiers. They are blindfolded, forced to the ground, and shot 22 times. #BBCAfricaEye investigated this atrocity. This is what we found...
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    Charlie Beckett
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    Apr 28, 2024
    Replying to @amonck
    I think it does. It marshalls the sensible people and gives them ammo. It also breaks the bullies' confidence. I think polling reflects this. NT and RNLI more popular after the attacks.
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    Charlie Beckett
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    Mar 19, 2023
    I am sick off the predatory philistines at the ⁦@Telegraph⁩ and elsewhere questioning the BBC licence fee. This series alone is worth the money. And it's a hugely patriotic project. Shame on the cultural vandals
    BBC One - Wild Isles
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    Charlie Beckett
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    Dec 8, 2021
    I've been a fan of Ros and the Open Source teams at BBC for years now. Delighted to see their blend of traditional public service journalism and social/digital awareness getting mass audiences. They are a talented team but perhaps the editorial lessons are more basic? Mini 🧵
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    Ros Atkins
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    Dec 6, 2021
    The government says “there was not a party” at No 10 last December and that no COVID rules were broken. A week into the story, this is a new 5-min video on the gap between the government’s assurances and available evidence. Produced by Michael Cox. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
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