TELEVISION
September 2013
The BBC's fear of outsiders drives away talent and makes its news programmes timid and forgettable
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July/August 2013
The Right accuses BBC comedy of bias, but today’s left-wing comedians are conservative in all but name
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June 2013
Embarrassed by their own lacklustre work, Auntie’s reporters refuse to acknowledge the graft of others
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May 2013
British television editors still live in the 1980s, where the world of Netflix and iTunes is a distant dream
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Written each month by Standpoint's resident television critic, Nick Cohen
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