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Exclusive: The BBC is preparing to set out new rules that will govern what its biggest stars can post on social media after a debacle over a Gary Lineker tweet earlier this year.
BBC insiders said the results of an independent review by former ITN CEO John Hardie could be published as early as Thursday. The BBC declined to comment on the timing of an announcement but did not deny that it was imminent.
It is not clear if the BBC will publish Hardie’s findings in full alongside changes to social media guidance. The last time the BBC ordered a social media review in 2020, the broadcaster did not make public the conclusions of Richard Sambrook, a former BBC News executive.
Hardie was drafted in to clarify how the BBC’s social media rules should apply to freelance presenters as the broadcaster attempts to uphold strict standards on impartiality. BBC...
BBC insiders said the results of an independent review by former ITN CEO John Hardie could be published as early as Thursday. The BBC declined to comment on the timing of an announcement but did not deny that it was imminent.
It is not clear if the BBC will publish Hardie’s findings in full alongside changes to social media guidance. The last time the BBC ordered a social media review in 2020, the broadcaster did not make public the conclusions of Richard Sambrook, a former BBC News executive.
Hardie was drafted in to clarify how the BBC’s social media rules should apply to freelance presenters as the broadcaster attempts to uphold strict standards on impartiality. BBC...
- 9/27/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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The BBC has launched its review into social media guidance in the wake of the Gary Lineker scandal, with former ITN CEO John Hardie set to oversee it.
The review, which was announced by BBC Director-General Tim Davie earlier this month, will start immediately and finish over the summer.
Hardie, a former CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the ITV News, Channel 4 News and Channel 5 News operator, will examine:
Which freelancers are covered by the guidance? What impartiality requirements should apply to freelancers, if any? If so, how should they be defined? Are all freelancers covered by the same requirements?
The review will take into account “social media use of those working in the on-air freelance community outside News, Current Affairs and Factual journalism,” said its terms of reference. Hardie will consult the freelance community, BBC staff and trade unions while considering wider market and audience research.
Once published, changes...
The review, which was announced by BBC Director-General Tim Davie earlier this month, will start immediately and finish over the summer.
Hardie, a former CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the ITV News, Channel 4 News and Channel 5 News operator, will examine:
Which freelancers are covered by the guidance? What impartiality requirements should apply to freelancers, if any? If so, how should they be defined? Are all freelancers covered by the same requirements?
The review will take into account “social media use of those working in the on-air freelance community outside News, Current Affairs and Factual journalism,” said its terms of reference. Hardie will consult the freelance community, BBC staff and trade unions while considering wider market and audience research.
Once published, changes...
- 3/31/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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Exclusive: The BBC failed to fully heed advice in 2020 that could have helped the broadcaster avoid a weekend of carnage over a single tweet from Gary Lineker, its highest-paid presenter.
A review of the BBC’s social media guidelines three years ago recommended that it specifically examine rules for freelance presenters such as Lineker, who hosts the popular Premier League highlights program Match of the Day.
The revelation is likely to raise further questions about BBC Director-General Tim Davie’s handling of the Lineker saga, given he admitted today that there are “grey areas” in its guidance for freelancers. Lineker earns £1.35M ($1.62M) a year from the BBC in addition to other work, including running WME-backed podcast producer Goalhanger.
Richard Sambrook, a former BBC News executive and emeritus professor of journalism at Cardiff University, was engaged in 2020 to help draw up new social media rules for BBC journalists.
Sources said...
A review of the BBC’s social media guidelines three years ago recommended that it specifically examine rules for freelance presenters such as Lineker, who hosts the popular Premier League highlights program Match of the Day.
The revelation is likely to raise further questions about BBC Director-General Tim Davie’s handling of the Lineker saga, given he admitted today that there are “grey areas” in its guidance for freelancers. Lineker earns £1.35M ($1.62M) a year from the BBC in addition to other work, including running WME-backed podcast producer Goalhanger.
Richard Sambrook, a former BBC News executive and emeritus professor of journalism at Cardiff University, was engaged in 2020 to help draw up new social media rules for BBC journalists.
Sources said...
- 3/13/2023
- by Jake Kanter and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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Britain’s broadcast news services are world renowned for their sober, trusted impartial coverage of national and international events. Arguably, BBC News at its best epitomizes this approach. Now, two new channels, set to launch later this year, are poised to disrupt the traditional style of the incumbent news providers.
The channels plan to offer a more provocative style of news, with some fearing that they could lead to the ‘Foxification’ of U.K. TV news and re-open the wounds of Brexit, fan prejudices and, at worst, inculcate hate.
Gb News, backed by Discovery and several other mostly non-British based financiers to the tune of £60 million ($82 million), will in the words of its chairman Andrew Neil, “champion robust, balanced debate.”
The service will be available on all the main U.K. broadcast platforms including Freeview, Sky and Virgin, as well as having an online presence.
Neil, who will host a primetime show on Gb News,...
The channels plan to offer a more provocative style of news, with some fearing that they could lead to the ‘Foxification’ of U.K. TV news and re-open the wounds of Brexit, fan prejudices and, at worst, inculcate hate.
Gb News, backed by Discovery and several other mostly non-British based financiers to the tune of £60 million ($82 million), will in the words of its chairman Andrew Neil, “champion robust, balanced debate.”
The service will be available on all the main U.K. broadcast platforms including Freeview, Sky and Virgin, as well as having an online presence.
Neil, who will host a primetime show on Gb News,...
- 1/22/2021
- by Steve Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
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