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  1. @IndyRichard

    @uk_politics

    Lest we forget:

    As historian AJP Taylor wryly remarked, the BBC’s first Director General [Baron John] Reith had "managed to preserve the technical independence of the BBC by suppressing news which the government did not want published. This set a pattern for the future: the vaunted independence of the #BBC was secure so long as it was NOT exercised."

    Not so @BBC5Live, @BBCRadio4, @BBCNews

    #Press #SocialMedia #BBC #Reith #Independence #Partiality #Bias #Scotland

  2. .@benwansell so do we ban #faceRec, or do we risk information falling in the hand of an autocrat? Can we turn them on the power we want to ensure is not abused? Now he's talking about the US military being reliant on a capricious billionaire. Allegedly, Putin misunderstood the level of trust among western powers. It's not that NATO laws can be enforced. Real security comes not from interdependent trade, but from being allowed to let down our guard, which requires "like mindedness." #Reith