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Londoner’s Diary: Clive Myrie hits back at BBC critics

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Clive Myrie hit back at critics of the BBC in a media speech last night. Myrie defended impartiality and said the Beeb “doesn’t belong to the Government or a board of managers” in a RTS/Media Society talk at the University of Westminster.

In her MacTaggart lecture, ex-BBC star Emily Maitlis said “both sides-ism” meant bad reporting, and called BBC board member Robbie Gibb a Government “agent”. Speaking to us after, Myrie said he wasn’t attacking Maitlis directly and hopes the BBC will be properly funded by the new PM. He also praised Channel 4, which was threatened with privatisation by ex-Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries.

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