On the Today programme this morning, just after 7.30am, the BBC broadcast a piece of marmalade-dropping information that was so wrong I was sure it would be corrected before the programme finished at 9am. It wasn't.

I've previously blogged about the Cambridge Environment and Media Programme (which might be the Cambridge Media and Environment Programme; nobody seems sure). CEMP, as I'll call it, is run by the BBC's Roger Harrabin and Dr Joe Smith of the Open University, apparently to improve coverage of green issues in the media. As far as I can tell this involves using the BBC to promote enviro...

The Today programme this morning came to grips with the latest attempt by somebody to talk sense about the future of the Corporation and its licence fee. A pamphlet, "To inform, educate and entertain" published by the Centre for Policy Studies makes the eminently rational case for the BBC to contract and become better: to concentrate on the sort of quality progra...

We, the little people.... Are the days of utter contempt for rules about to come to an end? Imagine my delight this morning when the precise reference to the Labour Party rules concerning Leader/Deputy nomination procedures was cited on BBE Radio 4's Today programme news headlines at 8 am this morning. The subject is expected to be discussed at tomorrow's Labour Party National Executive ...

SCOTTISH SOCIALIST PARTY Media release: 17th June 2009 Dr Nick McKerrell, who was an SSP candidate in the recent European elections, has welcomed a confirmation from Strathclyde Police that they are to investigate a BBC Scotland phone in programme devoted to the British National Party during the election campaign. The Morning Extra programme was broadcast between 9 and

Today presenter John Humphrys tells committee chairman Edward Leigh it's up to the BBC whether to reveal his salary John Humphrys, the BBC Radio 4 Today programme presenter, this morning declined to reveal his salary during an interview about the corporation refusing to reveal how much its top talent earns. The veteran Today presenter, who has been with the programme more than 20 years, was i...

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I listened to Greg Dyke, former director general of the BBC, today on BBC Radio Scotland Newsdrive programme agreeing with the case for a ‘Scottish Six’ programme on BBC television. It is not the first time he has aired such views. He admiitted that the UK BBC News has little relevance to Scots since devolution started;

Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott explained why he stuck his fingers in a BBC cake being offered to celebrate the first anniversary of the coalition government.

This morning, on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, Caroline Lucas, the Green Party's leader, was interviewed about the expenses scandal as an opportunity to transform our nation's politics and electoral system. You can listen to the programme for the next six-and-a-half days, on BBC iPlayer (just after 840am): Selected quotes from the interview: Caroline Lucas: "I do believe that ...