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BBC crew attacked in China and forced to sign confession
A BBC camera crew reporting in China was attacked and later forced by police to apologise and sign a confession for trying to conduct an “illegal interview”, one of its reporters has said. John Sudworth, a journalist with the BBC, and his team were attempting to interview a villager in rural China who claims her father was killed during a land dispute with the government. As they walked towards her house, a group of men blocked their way, pushed Sudworth and smashed and snatched the crew’s cameras.
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Facebook 'fails' to remove sexual images of children and reports BBC to police for raising issue
Facebook has come under fire for failing to remove sexualised pictures of children from its website - and then reporting the journalists who brought it to their attention to the police. Damian Collins, chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, expressed "grave doubts" over the social media giant's moderation system. The issue came to light following a BBC investigation in which it used Facebook's "report button" to highlight sexual images but found more than 80 per cent were not removed, with an automated response saying they did not breach "community standards".
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Shock as BBC wrongly announces death of Radio 2 presenter Brian Matthew
The BBC reported earlier today that veteran BBC broadcaster Brian Matthew had died aged 88. However, the broadcaster has now been forced to put out a correction after it was found that the presenter, who hosted Sounds of the 60s on BBC Radio 2, was not in fact dead. The BBC tweeted from their Breaking News feed: "BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Brian Matthew is not dead but critically ill, station clarifies after announcing his death".
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BBC Says It May Contact Your Boss If You Post Comments It Finds Problematic
There are all sorts of different ways that websites that allow comments have dealt with trollish behavior over the years, but I think the BBC's new policy is the first I've seen in which the organization threatens that it may contact your boss or your school (found via Frank Fisher). The new policy has a short section on "offensive or inappropriate content on BBC websites" where it says the following...
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Glasgow murals leave Billy Connolly 'flabbergasted'
The giant portraits of the Big Yin have been created in his native Glasgow to mark his 75th birthday.
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BBC regrets headline that victimized Jerusalem attackers
News service admits it was inappropriate to ignore Israeli victim and focus on slain Palestinians who instigated the violence. The BBC on Sunday apologized for a headline it published when reporting on a Palestinian terror attack in Jerusalem on Friday, admitting that its focus on the three slain assailants, rather than the Israeli victim, was inappropriate.
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A Brief History of Graffiti (2015)
Dr Richard Clay goes in search of what it is that has made us scribble and scratch mementoes of our lives for more than 30,000 years. From the prehistoric cave paintings of Burgundy in France, through gladiatorial fan worship in Roman Lyons to the messages left on the walls of Germany's Reichstag in 1945 by triumphant Soviet troops, time and again we have wanted to leave a permanent record of our existence for our descendants. And it may be that this is where what today we call art comes from - the humble scratch, graffiti.
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My time as a 'scary girl' with Doctor Who
In the late 1980s, a gang of feisty teenage girls briefly helped the good Doctor. But his female companions were still mostly there to show how clever he was.
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The people who dance with fire dragons
In the rural heartland of south-west China, a traditional ceremony with molten iron is performed to bring good luck for the harvest. Watch the video to find out more.
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Doctor Who Christmas special: First look at Peter Capaldi's final outing
New trailer shows the Twelfth Doctor's final outing, as well as the return of Bill Potts.
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Sir Bruce Forsyth: TV legend dies aged 89 - BBC News
The former Strictly Come Dancing presenter and performer had been unwell for some time.
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The German schoolboy jailed for writing to the BBC
How the East German secret police caught a young man who wrote letters to the BBC during the Cold War.
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The world's only dog collar museum
Kent’s Dog Collar Museum is a tiny – but telling – look at how people have treated, and sometimes spoiled, their pets over the centuries.
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Turning The Art World Inside Out
After the huge success of recent shows in Venice, London and Paris, interest in Outsider Art has never been higher. But what exactly is it? How do we define it? And who are its gurus and leading lights? Alan Yentob explores this captivating, compelling and magical alternative art universe. (HD, eng/ru subs)
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Hanna Fry
Mathematician, science presenter and all round badass
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Vincent Van Gogh Visits the Gallery - Doctor Who - BBC
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BBC Lines Up Feature-Length Doc On Harvey Weinstein Scandal
Harvey Weinstein is set to be the leading man in a feature-length documentary about his sex scandal that has engulfed Hollywood. The BBC is to lift the veil on Weinstein after more than 80 women accused him of various inappropriate behavior ranging from rape to sexual assault through to intimidation, bullying and strange showering habits.
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How the BBC fell asleep at the wheel of the great pay car crash
When journalist Carrie Gracie walked into parliament on Wednesday, ready to deliver some damning testimony about her treatment at the hands of the BBC – testimony that would be beamed around the world – she was accompanied by a representative from her union, and that was about it. The BBC director general Tony Hall, in contrast, had a dozen minders. “Tells you all you need to know really,” commented one seasoned BBC campaigner, eyeing the scene wearily.
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The Star Wars posters of Soviet Europe
Behind the Iron Curtain, artists created strikingly trippy ads for the saga, writes Christian Blauvelt.
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'Hit by gas, I couldn't breathe or talk'
The UN's investigating reports bombs containing chlorine were used against civilians in parts of Syria.
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