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Head of Commons media committee denies writing article accusing BBC of bias

Excoriating article under Caroline Dinenage’s name remains on ConservativeHome website

It was a crisis that toppled a BBC director general and his head of news. After contentious accusations of bias by a former external adviser, Michael Prescott, both Tim Davie and Deborah Turness quit the corporation.

At the height of the media storm that ensued last November, the corporation was struck by another blow. A key figure in scrutinising the BBC – the chair of the Commons culture, media and sport committee – delivered an equally damning verdict.

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Dinenage’s article has been on ConservativeHome since November last year.

© Photograph: House of Commons

Dinenage’s article has been on ConservativeHome since November last year.

© Photograph: House of Commons

Dinenage’s article has been on ConservativeHome since November last year.
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Justice Department approves Paramount bid to acquire Warner Bros.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved Paramount’s $110 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, according to the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, clearing a key regulatory hurdle for the merger between the two global entertainment giants. A DOJ analysis determined that the transaction “is not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers”…

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Justice Department approves Paramount bid to acquire Warner Bros.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved Paramount’s $110 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, according to the DOJ’s Antitrust Division, clearing a key regulatory hurdle for the merger between the two global entertainment giants. A DOJ analysis determined that the transaction “is not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers”…

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Portugal ganha mil milhões com o Mundial de futebol. Veja o “Jogo Económico”

Ouça e acompanhe o “Jogo Económico” também em formato podcast:

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O Mundial de futebol de 2026 pode ter um impacto económico próximo dos mil milhões de euros, um novo recorde em Portugal. Da restauração às redes sociais passando pelas cadernetas de cromos e apostas, tudo é lucro, segundo o estudo do IPAM. Daniel Sá, diretor executivo do IPAM e especialista em marketing desportivo, traz-nos todos os números.

A nossa análise (com a ajuda do consultor Jorge Faria de Sousa) vai ainda incidir no ponto em que estamos na centralização dos direitos televisivos no futebol português, como as transferências monopolizam uma boa parte das receitas em Portugal e deixamos ainda uma pergunta: sabe qual é a Seleção mais representada pela Liga portuguesa no Mundial?
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Tucker Carlson: Trump ‘overselling’ Iran war like ‘all-you-can-eat buffet in Atlantic City’

Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson took a swipe at President Trump over the way he is “selling” the ongoing military operation with Iran to the American people. “As of right now, Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz. It did not when this war began. Now it does,” Carlson said on a recent episode of his podcast…

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Tucker Carlson: Trump ‘overselling’ Iran war like ‘all-you-can-eat buffet in Atlantic City’

Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson took a swipe at President Trump over the way he is “selling” the ongoing military operation with Iran to the American people. “As of right now, Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz. It did not when this war began. Now it does,” Carlson said on a recent episode of his podcast…

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U.S. Agency for Global Media: America’s newest propaganda machine?

The creation of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) provoked not surprise but irritation: an old propaganda tool simply got a new label and an even more aggressive tuning. My first reaction to the birth of the US Agency for Global Media was pure surprise — then anger. Haven’t we already got enough outfits […]
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Why is the Financial Times Encouraging Parents to Make Their Children Anxious About Climate Change?

Just who does Financial Times journalist Pilita Clark think she is, encouraging parents to ensure their children are sufficiently alarmed about the climate, asks Tilak Doshi. How far the pink paper has fallen.

The post Why is the Financial Times Encouraging Parents to Make Their Children Anxious About Climate Change? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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IPO Porto entre os mil edifícios públicos com amianto

JN: IPO Porto ainda aguarda remoção do material cancerígeno, apesar da qualidade do ar não apresentar qualquer contaminação. DN: concurso nacional de professores colocou apenas 213 novos docentes.

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‘Pioneras’: bonito gol por la escuadra del cine popular más emocionante

Cincuenta y cinco años son muchos años. Pero quizá no tantos si pensamos que es el periodo comprendido entre el nacimiento de algunos de nosotros y la plena contemporaneidad. Lo que se ha podido ver, disfrutar y sufrir, en la sociedad y en el cine, a lo largo de una vida. Pues bien, España ha cambiado tanto como la distancia que hay entre Las Ibéricas F. C., película del año 1971 dirigida, producida y escrita por Pedro Masó, y Pioneras, solo querían jugar, tercer largometraje de Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz, que se estrena este viernes en cines. Dos historias de fútbol femenino.

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Pioneras, solo querían jugar

Dirección: Marta Díaz de Lope Díaz.

Intérpretes: Sofía de Iznájar, Daniel Ibáñez, Aixa Villagrán, Bruna Lucadamo.

Género: melodrama. España, 2026.

Duración: 106 minutos.

Estreno: 12 de junio.

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Recreación del primer partido de fútbol femenino en España en diciembre de 1970 en la colonia Boetticher en la película 'Pioneras, solo querían jugar'.
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‘Los invasores’: un chino y un inglés se llevan “una paguita de RTVE” por reírse de los tópicos de migrantes y españoles

¿Es más difícil ligar en España? ¿A qué jugabas de pequeño? ¿Qué costumbre te choca de los españoles? ¿Cómo afrontas hacerte mayor? De asuntos de este tipo charlan Los invasores. Se trata de un programa donde un chino (Jijunyin), un inglés (Alex Ayres) y dos invitados de diferentes procedencias muestran y se ríen de aquello que nos diferencia y nos une, aplicando una mirada cómica y desenfadada sobre la migración, con la que se llevan “una paguita de los impuestos españoles de RTVE”, celebran con ironía.

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Álex Ayres y Jiajunyin son los presentadores del programa de RTVE Play 'Los invasores'.
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