Nick Wallis - absolutely fascinating interview

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Nick Wallis is the award-winning investigative journalist who exposed the Post Office scandal. He's recently turned his attention to gender issues, including live tweeting Glinner's recent court appearances.

Here he's interviewed by SEEN in Journalism and it's riveting stuff.
https://seeninjournalism.substack.com/p/no-fear-no-favour-episode-two-nick?r=bc1jk&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

I sort of still love the BBC but I don't trust it now. The scandal of its handling of genderism has revealed to me that:

• the BBC has its own agendas
• in pursuing them it will mislead the public
• it prioritises the wants of certain of its own staff over its duty to the public
• when this became apparent it either didn't care or it moved into gaslighting mode.

Agree- I like IH too but can't help thinking it only becomes important when a middle aged posh white man tells us it is, not a moment before.

Edited to add: can anyone think of a time he's admitted he was wrong? He seemed furious when he got grief for HIGNFY making Boris a celebrity.... which they did. His response was 'we have all sorts on' and gave the example of Ken livingstone. Who was pilloried on there (I don't have a problem with that!) while Boris was indulged and treated with visible affection.

Loved this podcast!
Also this one
https://linktr.ee/incitefulsisters

Excellent interview. Such a clear thinker and so articulate, as well as such a good sort.

Thank you for highlighting this, have just listened to the first 2 episodes. So heartened by Nick, he’s a brilliant journalist. Who wished he’d said something sooner, fair play to him.

Also I was so interested in the talk about what in this story would make a good dramatisation. And how the arts will find this madness so difficult to row back on!

Yes, me too. I no longer pay my tv license nor watch BBC programmes. I occasionally listen to the radio (and end up shouting at it wondering what they're lying about now or the casual misogyny or anti-safeguarding bias).

It's the Sal Grover quote isn't it:

"If you think that women have penises, I won’t believe a single word you say about anything else. Because if you will lie about something so obvious, I will assume you lie about everything."

I've got to say I really don't miss the BBC at all. And I definitely don't miss Cbeebies or CBBC - their children's programmes have really dropped the ball on safeguarding children and some of them are actively dangerous.

The days of assuming that because it was BBC it was probably fine are far behind me. Now, if anything, I assume the opposite.

They haven't changed much IMO since they covered up for Savile.

The BBC have been appalling for a long time. Remember I Am Leo on CBBC? That was first aired in 2014, a few years after the Savile case finally exploded.

I'd love to know what they think safeguarding actually is.

Inconvenient, I suppose.

That was an hour well-spent, thank you.

Absolutely brilliant interview!

Loved the shout out to MN

and fascinating account of cornering the DG of the BBC at a party

as Nick says, KBO

Such a good motto - I only heard it for the first time this week and I’ve used it at least twice a day since!