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Media: BBC Chair resigns after assisting PM obtain a loan

Media: BBC Chair resigns after assisting PM obtain a loan

The media never has biases of any type: Richard Sharp was appointed chairman of the BBC by Boris Johnson after he introduced the then-prime minister to a business executive who guaranteed a loan for him. Source: Richard Sharp resigns as BBC chair over Boris Johnson loan report – The Washington Post

When newspapers provide free advertising for their own reporting staff

When newspapers provide free advertising for their own reporting staff

The Oregonian runs a top of the page web site “report” about an author – who happens to have previously worked for the paper – coming to a local bookstore to discuss her new book. There is no new “news” in this report – it is a prominent free ad for the author and her new book. Literally, a free ad for someone that once worked for the paper.

Publisher of Roald Dahl is replacing already purchased ebooks with new edited versions

Publisher of Roald Dahl is replacing already purchased ebooks with new edited versions

Disturbing and Orwellian: Owners of Roald Dahl ebooks are having their libraries automatically updated with the new censored versions containing hundreds of changes to language Source: Roald Dahl ebooks ‘force censored versions on readers’ despite backlash What this means – you’ve previously purchased an e-book edition of a Roald Dahl book and have it on your e-reader. The publisher is now remotely altering that copy on your e-reader to replace it with a new, sanitized version that is not what…

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