Roger Mosey
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Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Bradfordian. Arsenal fan. Former head of BBC TV News and director of sport.
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It’s sad the England semi-final won’t be on BBC television because
@GaryLineker
and the team have been extraordinarily good in this World Cup. Let’s just hope he has an England final to present.
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This is the periodic reminder that millions of us watching shows like Happy Valley together is a benefit of free-to-air television and the investment in British content from a licence fee.
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A radical experiment on
#bbcqt
with relevant, expert people discussing an issue for an hour, without a baying audience. Who knows - could this be the future of television?
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Today is the last day that I can say I was insulted by the President of the United States.
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I fear
@campbellclaret
is right here. Farage is getting a leader-type profile while avoiding being candidate. This casting is massively disadvantageous to the other smaller parties from Lib Dems to Greens and SNP, even though they’ll be featured later.
There is a general election on and only two of the five panellists are candidates. Absolutely ridiculous. The BBC gets harder and harder to defend.
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Here’s a suggestion. A daily news conference at a fixed time with the government and the medical/scientific officers, and a commitment by the public service broadcasters to show it live on a main channel.
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Watching today, it feels wrong that the broadcasters are treating Nigel Farage as a Reform Party leader when he’s not an election candidate and he’s also plying his trade as a broadcaster. His appearances as an active politician should be strictly limited.
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The periodic reminder that the massive TV audiences for the England victory, when they’re confirmed, are only possible because the
#WEURO2022
tournament was available on free to air channels. And the BBC remains the place best able to bring the country together for big events.
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I am so desperately sad about the death of my dear friend Bill Turnbull. I will always remember him with our dogs and in the sunshine - and with great love.
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Now that we have an actual swing from the Conservatives to Labour, I’d be interested in the sourcing of “it is clear tonight”. (The final Savanta poll got the result pretty much right.)
What's going on in the London Mayoral race? No votes have been counted yet, so hold on to your hats.. but it is clear tonight that the race is much much closer than some polls had suggested...
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One of the big reminders from this weekend. If we want to join together as a country, free-to-air television - and especially the BBC - is where we do it.
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So suggestions for now: Richard Sharp should go. He damages the BBC's credibility. Ideally, Lineker should stay within clear, agreed guidelines. And the BBC should send out its executives to be interviewed and explain how they intend to resolve this crisis. (5/5)
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I have long supported freedom of speech, but within the law. The laws are set by democratically-elected governments. They must always prevail over foreign billionaires.
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Oddly different treatment of Nigel Farage and Stephen Flynn on the
#Kuenssberg
show. Farage’s interview had a Live: Clacton caption and he was standing in front of a sign saying Clacton Pier. No equivalent for Flynn. Traditionally, leaders’ constituencies aren’t highlighted.
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This series by
@BBCRosAtkins
is first-rate, and there’s a strong case for bringing more of this kind of analysis into the major news bulletins. Make the space by dropping the vox pops.
Boris Johnson’s confidence that England can drop COVID restrictions on July 19 has raised many questions. We’ve tried to distil the questions and criticisms and the government’s defence. Hope it’s useful. Produced
@mhosseini01
@TomBrada1991
@ben_tobias
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So a few quick thoughts on where we are now with Gary and the BBC and the future. (1/5)
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Meetings in Cambridge about next term. We’re bemused that nail salons can open from Monday but no in-person teaching. And in early May there can be a capacity audience for World Snooker at Sheffield but not a socially-distanced lecture at a university.
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But most crucially now, by removing Lineker from MOTD, it looks as if the BBC has given in to one side of the culture war. That is, of course, intensified by the presence on the BBC board of govt appointees - most notably the chairman. (4/5)
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The BBC has been inconsistent in applying the guidelines over the years. Their statement about not wanting Lineker to be "an opinion-free zone" is an example of murkiness. The corporation also hasn't explained why Lineker is restrained but Alan Sugar & Co seem not to be. (3/5)
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New: Cambridge University is announcing today that it plans to offer all undergraduate and postgraduate students living in college accommodation a weekly test for SARS-CoV-2, even if they show no symptoms.
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I’m struggling with the reasoning in this statement.
The Prime Minister will be interviewed on tomorrow's Andrew Marr programme. Statement here.
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No matter the bad luck of extra time in the football, the BBC News should have been on BBC One tonight at 10pm. The issues facing the country are more important than a 3rd round FA Cup replay.
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Well done to
@UniversityLeeds
- the best team in Christmas
#UniversityChallenge
by a mile. Here we all are, Leeds and Wadham, after the show - which was such fun to do.
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Mare of Easttown on
@skyatlantic
has been the best drama so far this year by a mile. Kate Winslet’s performance is beyond brilliant.
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This is turning into a historic piece of television: in an entirely, horribly negative way for Prince Andrew and the royal family, and in a 100% positive way for
@maitlis
and
#Newsnight
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This is a really smart award by the
@BPGPressGuild
. The power of live radio, national and local, endures.
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It’s editorially incomprehensible that, in a period when we need cool analysis and intelligent conversation, the BBC makes
#Newsnight
shorter and more frenetic.
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Boris Johnson is one of the most difficult politicians to interview at the best of times, but
@sophieraworth
did an excellent job this morning. The programme was well produced too: right to bring back
@PippaCrerar
and
@katyballs
to give the context for the non-answers.
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Absolutely right that Channel 4 should commission Prince Andrew the Musical, and it was well done: funny, but landing some serious points.
#C4PrinceAndrew
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Whatever happens in the rest of the season, all praises for Mikel Arteta and the
#Arsenal
team. I don’t recall that any of the major pundits saw this coming.
FT: Wolves 0-2 Arsenal. Odegaard’s double sees Arteta’s Gunners go into the break five points clear of Man City in the story of the Premier League season so far - one that is as joyously improbable as it is wonderfully heartening. See
@M_Star_Online
for my take from Molineux
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A deeply moving piece by
@BBCFergusWalsh
on BBC News about Liverpool hospitals coping with Covid. Calm and balanced, too: made more powerful by letting the individual stories speak for themselves.
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This is a great pity, and illustrates the human side of the BBC closing down programme reporting teams. A major loss to audiences, too.
@markUrban01
’s tweets last night were really illuminating, and made me wish the classic Newsnight was live on TV.
🚨personal news🚨I’ll be leaving the BBC at the end of May. Newsnight in its current format will end then, so most posts will go. I decided not to apply for other BBC jobs. Working there for 35 yrs has been life defining: an eyewitness to history collaborating with such brilliant
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In these terrible times, we need the BBC - and public service broadcasting - more than ever.
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We're close to concluding the
@Selwyn1882
admissions round. Headlines:
*This will be our biggest group of freshers ever
*There will be no compulsory deferrals at the college
*State school percentage is 78%
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There’s too much coverage of polling and hypotheticals. But there’s a sharp contrast between the excitement of reporters about one poll on Reform and the relative lack of interest in the potential progress of the Lib Dems.
"The second largest party if the Conservative support does crater ... could well be the Liberal Democrats"
Rachel Cunliffe, Associate Political Editor of the New Statesman, says talk of Reform being the official opposition is "not serious"
#newsnight
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I'm so pleased the BBC is going to show the London 2012 opening ceremony again. It has become such a national landmark, and it'll be valued this year more than ever.
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Krishnan is right: the media shouldn't recycle the same dreary soundbites day after day. It's about serving the public, not the parties.
If the media acted together it could say speeches only get covered if there is proper questioning. Would this be right or wrong? 5/5
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For everyone who disliked the structure of the head-to-head debate tonight, I think we can confidently predict that the 7-way format (first one, BBC1 Friday) will be even worse. These mass debates have never worked, and the omens for this campaign are particularly bad.
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A record 72% state school intake for
@Cambridge_Uni
this autumn. Even higher here
@Selwyn1882
with 80%. More work to be done, but Cambridge is demonstrably changing - and open to everyone with the right talent.
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The BBC faces a tough financial struggle. But the question is whether it’s making the right choices: too much of the daytime and peak television schedule is difficult to defend, while journalists’ jobs are being cut.
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On this sad day, an inevitable focus on TV coverage. But a word for radio where Mishal Husain, Evan Davis and James Naughtie have got the tone absolutely right and are broadcasting tributes with warmth and even humour but proper respect.
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A stunning photo of
@Selwyn1882
Old Court taken by history student Ming Wong. You’ll need to click on it to see why.
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There’s one major step to restoring faith in BBC impartiality and oversight. Stop making political appointments to the chairmanship. All governments have done it, but it simply shouldn’t happen again.
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An email arrived today asking if the college is interested in a new University Lecturer in Probability. We’re wondering whether it’s possible to reply with any certainty.
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All these BBC conspiracy theories... Of course the BBC isn’t perfect. But the idea that it has a deliberate party political bias, or could order its staff to distort the news agenda, is just wrong.
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First, the tweets this week weren't compliant with editorial guidelines as they have developed over the decades. The BBC is right about that, and also that impartiality is vital. But... (2/5)
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Next thing to watch at the BBC: what happens to Newsnight without Emily Maitlis, Emma Barnett and editor Esme Wren? Newsnight has its critics, but a properly-resourced intelligent nightly current affairs programme is still essential.
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It’s been depressing this weekend to see the vituperation towards the BBC for securing an interview that any media organisation would want to have. Free speech and vigorous journalism require hearing from people we may not like or agree with.
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All the heads of college at
@Cambridge_Uni
have written to
@thetimes
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Lectures may be online, but colleges - including Selwyn - are working hard to ensure students can come back into residence this autumn if health regulations allow. We want traditional Cambridge small group teaching to be in person if at all possible.
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So terribly sad to hear of the death of George Alagiah. He was the nicest of men, and a brilliant correspondent before he became a presenter who was trusted and loved by his audience.
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This excellent
@afneil
interview is providing the vigorous scrutiny of Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP position that has been lacking in most of the UK-wide campaign coverage.
#vote2019
@BBCPolitics
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Sport detractors will never agree with this, but today’s tennis on the BBC and the amazing football x2 on ITV shows why live sport on terrestrial TV really matters. The viewing figures will prove it.
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I’m finding Nandy the most intriguing of the Labour candidates. And she’s definitely right that political coverage should be more about policies and less about personalities.
.
@lisanandy
says there is much to learn from Tony Blair but the Party should stop focusing on personalities and start building broad teams.
#Peston
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Magical
@bbcproms
tonight reminding us that investment in live music really matters, and public service broadcasting can deliver it brilliantly.
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Not the ideal headline if we want the best in the world to study in Britain and contribute to our future success.
http://t.co/WNAzK6HCkw
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That was the spirit of London 2012, from people of all parties and none. We've got to make sure it remains the world's greatest city.
Great line from Sadiq Khan: London open to all "no matter the colour of your skin, the colour of your passport or the colour of your flag"
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No surprise that
@huwbbc
is expert on Llanelli just now, but he and Kirsty Wark are doing a terrific job on the election results across the UK. They’re a very good double act for the BBC.
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Thoughts on the broadcasting of Schofield, Tate and Mizzy.
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The radio listening figures out today show the key difference with television. Network TV is struggling, eroded by streaming. But live linear radio has enormous strength and can grow. News still works, too. Hence increased audiences for
@BBCRadio4
,
@lbc
,
@bbc5live
.
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I’m so pleased that
#Paris2024
has recaptured the spirit of the Olympics. As we saw in London 2012, these are events that bring happiness to so many people - and show the best of the host cities. And they underline the power of sport to make lives better.
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I’m a floating voter. When I’ve voted Tory, it’s been because of people like Ken Clarke,
@AmberRuddHR
,
@JustineGreening
&
@RoryStewartUK
. The country, and not just their party, is the poorer for them having to leave the
@Conservatives
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The virtues of paternalism, and the strength of the Cambridge tutorial system 40 years ago. Thanks to
@NigelRoberts23
for sharing this.
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It’s been a triumphant season of BBC Proms. Skilfully scheduled and well promoted. After some of the recent wobbles, I hope it locks in the idea that live music - and events that only the corporation can do - are essential for its future.
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One of the many mysteries of the combined BBC News channel is why it has such a low story count given its worldwide resources. The half hour from 7pm only had two full stories, and nothing from the UK. It feels too thin too often.
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As pressure on the BBC increased in recent years, many of us urged it to refind 'old time religion': distinctive, public service broadcasting. It did that spectacularly with the VE Day coverage yesterday; and it has often delivered it during the health emergency too.
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The BBC Reality Check is a terrific format. Interesting discussion last night with some journalistic practitioners: can it be done in real time, and how can presenters be better armed to challenge claims made by politicians of all parties?
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I enjoyed
@lewis_goodall
’s focus group on Newsnight. Voters speaking at length in this more structured format is so much better than the brief nightly vox pops. And their views are more nuanced than the relentless Westminster narrative suggests.
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A very impressive debut by
@amolrajan
on Today. He managed to make the 0810 interview challenging but also listenable.
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All of us at Selwyn College Cambridge send our very best wishes to alumnus
@wesstreeting
for a speedy recovery. He's one of the most talented younger politicians, and also a thoroughly nice and entertaining man.
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Kay Burley is terrific here. Lucy Frazer rather less so. It’s almost as if this review of BBC bias is just about generating headlines.
Govt says there’s evidence of bias at the
#BBC
?
But Culture Sec
@lucyfrazermp
can't quite find the words or examples…
#KayBurley
FC
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I promise I didn’t force this into the unwilling hands of
@hughlaurie
when he dropped by – he had a copy already – but it’s a book that I hope is timely and of interest.
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Another striking image from the wonderful
@camdiary
- this time of the new
@Selwyn1882
building in Ann's Court after one of those May showers.
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I’m guessing that this is the first time a Dean of Selwyn College Cambridge has made the cover of
@WiredUK
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In January: the Post Office drama on ITV and Traitors on the BBC. Still to come this year: Euro 2024 and the Olympics. There’s an overwhelming case for free-to-air channels, and linear live TV still has a major role.
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A licence fee system is far from perfect. But the country needs to work out how to sustain public service broadcasting before it scraps the way it’s been funded for generations. And PSB is more than just British content we can “sell”.
This licence fee announcement will be the last. The days of the elderly being threatened with prison sentences and bailiffs knocking on doors, are over.
Time now to discuss and debate new ways of funding, supporting and selling great British content.
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ITV’s
#63Up
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Speaking entirely personally here - I think this is an excellent thread by
@lewis_goodall
which lands multiple good points about university admissions.
Context: the UK’s institutions and British society are dominated by those who have attended fee-paying schools. For example, the new cabinet is 60%+ private school (vs 7% of population). Private schoolers remain significantly over-represented at Oxford and Cambridge themselves.
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From October 2012 - what must now be an official badge of honour.
The
@BBC
is widely criticized for a lack of professionalism. We dealt with a Roger Mosey--a total lightweight who doesn't have a clue.
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The
@afneil
interview with Jacob Rees-Mogg again shows just how good he is as a forensic interviewer - and tough on all sides.
#politicslive
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Wonderful. Coverage of the Festival of Remembrance is one of the things BBC Events do brilliantly well, and
@huwbbc
is a vital part of that success.
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What is so impressive about Obama is his readiness to acknowledge complexity, and his underlining that social media is a poor route for truth. Not just something for politicians to note, but journalists too.
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Maxine has been one of the unsung heroes of BBC News: dependable, authoritative, warm. She'll be missed.
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Very moved by the BBC News at 6 tributes to George Alagiah. Appropriate that they were led by Sophie Raworth, who created such a strong partnership with George; and Allan Little, as ever, found the right words.
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I do sometimes wonder about the value of punting in this weather.
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We’re now seriously into “who on earth thought this was a good idea?” territory, but the commentators are ploughing through their official briefing notes regardless.
#Paris2024
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A massive thank you to
@RevRichardColes
for visiting
@Selwyn1882
and talking to students so frankly about faith, sexuality, fame and fate.
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The saddest of reasons for gathering but a service also full of music and laughter, ending with applause and cheering. “A British success story” - his sisters. “The best of us” - Tim Davie. All that, and so much more.
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My
@Selwyn1882
colleague Stuart Eves is one of the people still affected by a power cut in Cambridgeshire. He’s a veterinary academic with a lot of animals at home. One immediate action: his giant tortoises have moved indoors to keep warm. (Photo credit: Stuart Eves)
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