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Morning Star editor Richard Bagley wrote to BBC director general Lord Hall yesterday urging him to follow up a promise in front of MPs to consider including the paper in TV newspaper reviews.
Lord Hall was pressed about the broadcaster's continuing blackout of the Morning Star during exchanges with MPs at the Commons culture, media and sport select committee.
In response to an intervention by leading Labour backbencher Jim Sheridan, the BBC chief agreed to look into whether the Morning Star should be part of newspaper reviews.
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
A chance find when clearing out our old office led us to renew a friendship across 5,000 miles and almost nine decades of history, explains ROGER McKENZIE
At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR
The fallout from the Kneecap and Bob Vylan performances at Glastonbury raises questions about the suitability of senior BBC management for their roles, says STEPHEN ARNELL