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Jake Kanter
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Jake Kanter
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Investigations for @Deadline. Former @TheTimes media correspondent. DMs open. Email: [email protected].
- BREAK: Piers Morgan is leaving Good Morning Britain.
- On a weekend of Queen anecdotes, this won't be matched. Just lovely.
Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextThe BBC is principally funded through a licence fee paid by UK households; the amount is set by the government in a periodic 'licence fee settlement'. As with any government imposed tax, it’s government mandated. UK government is currently reviewing this arrangement. lordslibrary.parliament.uk/future-funding…- In making the case for selling Channel 4, Nadine Dorries points to the success of Channel 5's privatisation, not once, but twice. Channel 5 has never been owned by the government. x.com/benjamincohen/…
- A staggeringly dark moment in British TV history. Watch this unseen footage and remember: as Jeremy Kyle is barracking the late Steve Dymond and telling him, "we stand 100% by that [lie detector test]," ITV later admitted that the tests were unreliable.
- Another staggering BBC News at Ten. We take live warzone reporting, global criss-crossing and clear-eyed analysis for granted. We should not. We are blessed to have such brilliant public service broadcasters.
- The verdict is in: wall-to-wall TV coverage of Prince Philip's death was a turn-off for Brits, with major channels losing primetime (7pm-11pm) viewers compared with Friday, April 2. BBC1: -6% ITV: -60% BBC2: -65% C4: -8.5%
- Erm... quite the Friday for the BBC. It's just apologised for failing to properly challenge Nadine Dorries in an interview last week. Radio 4 allowed her to claim that Sue Gray is pals with Keir Starmer and the partygate probe is discredited by "deep political motivations."
- Exclusive: Russell Brand was dropped from Comedy Central's Roast Battle in 2018 after Katherine Ryan alleged he was a sexual predator on-camera. The confrontations reveal how concerns about Brand were an open secret in TV, but he continued to work.
- Interesting nugget from BBC staff call this morning: Tim Davie said the biggest number of complaints the BBC is handling right now concern the corporation giving Nigel Farage's Reform too much airtime.New: BBC employees in open revolt about Robbie Gibb on all-staff call this morning. BBC chair Samir Shah said attacks on board members are "disrespectful" and shut down talk of a Conservative coup as "fanciful." deadline.com/2025/11/bbc-sa…
- Incredible scenes. The BBC received 103 complaints last month for showing "bias in favour of mass vaccinations" during a Breakfast interview with Bill Gates.
- The BBC's athletics presenting lineup is classy as hell, right? Charismatic, warm, funny and insightful. Denise Lewis and Jessica Ennis-Hill reflecting on Katarina Johnson-Thompson's silver medal was heartwarming. Gabby Logan flawless. Michael Johnson the absolute boss.
- Replying to @Jake_KanterIf you work at ITV or Good Morning Britain and want to chat discretely about Piers Morgan, my DMs are open.
