The BBC was blinded by his celebrity status. But its problems with group-think are shared by many institutions
Topic: BBC
Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/10/12
Posted on Friday, 12 October 2012
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Mark Thompson vetoed a statue of George Orwell outside the BBC as a ‘Left-wing’ proposal. Winston Churchill would have disagreed
Posted on Thursday, 23 August 2012
Orwell was one of those indispensable geniuses who transcended politics, and who Catholics too need as part of their mental furniture
The overpopulation scare has been proved wrong over and over again
Posted on Friday, 20 July 2012
Yet Malthusianism is as fashionable as ever
Morning Catholic must-reads: 19/07/12
Posted on Thursday, 19 July 2012
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Jane Garvey: one BBC presenter who doesn’t push an agenda on the Church
Posted on Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Woman’s Hour this week lets two ‘good cops’ talk about women in the Church
Thank you, BBC, for a sympathetic portrayal of our faith
Posted on Friday, 24 February 2012
Last night’s ‘Catholics’ was a worthwhile and sensitive portrayal of seminary life, devoid of sensationalism
Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/02/12
Posted on Friday, 3 February 2012
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Who is Rick Santorum, who nearly won the Iowa caucus? And can we trust the BBC to inform us about this or anything else in the US elections?
Posted on Thursday, 5 January 2012
On Sundays Santorum goes to Mass in Latin; but the BBC Washington correspondent says he’s a Protestant. What else will he get wrong?
Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/03/13
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