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# Newsnight

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# Artificial Intelligence
Hozier 'absolutely' prepared for Hollywood-style strike over AI threat to the music industry
The singer said he would ‘absolutely’ join in solidarity if there was a music strike similar to the Hollywood action.
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Aug 17th 2023, 5:24 PM
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# dominic cummings
Emily Maitlis says BBC ‘sought to pacify’ Number 10 over Newsnight monologue
Maitlis left the BBC earlier this year and said the media was often guilty of “normalising” populist views in the name of balance.
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Aug 25th 2022, 8:29 AM
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# Newsnight
Man charged after BBC journalist chased near Downing Street
It comes after footage shared on social media showed demonstrators shouting abuse in the face of Newsnight political editor Nicholas Watt.
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Jun 16th 2021, 9:49 AM
# Watchdog
Ofcom upholds complaint against BBC's Newsnight over report about Lyra McKee
Nichola Corner, her sister, complained to Ofcom that McKee’s privacy had been infringed upon.
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Oct 12th 2020, 5:39 PM
# Newsnight
BBC says Emily Maitlis' remarks about Dominic Cummings 'broke impartiality rules'
The British Prime Minister is standing by his senior aide despite mounting pressure to fire him.
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May 27th 2020, 8:44 PM
# Duke of York
Prince Andrew 'standing back' from over 200 patronages amid ongoing criticism
A number of major financial and telecom companies have also distanced themselves from the duke.
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Nov 25th 2019, 7:54 AM
# PR disaster
Epstein abuse victims call on Prince Andrew to make statement to FBI following 'disastrous' BBC interview
The fallout from the interview continues.
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Nov 18th 2019, 8:28 AM
# Newsnight
Pizza Express and an inability to sweat: The standout quotes from Prince Andrew's BBC interview
In an astonishing interview with BBC Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis, Prince Andrew said he’d no recollection of ever meeting his accuser.
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Nov 17th 2019, 9:39 AM
# out of the club
'I don't think it means absolutely no sandwiches' - UK sandwich industry warns of no-deal Brexit
The British Sandwich Association went on BBC’s Newsnight to air their concerns.
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Jul 31st 2018, 8:14 AM
# weinstein scandal
'He's a predator': Emma Thompson gave a blistering interview about Harvey Weinstein last night
“He’s at the top of the ladder in a system of harassment and belittling and bullying and interference,” she said.
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Oct 13th 2017, 8:13 AM
# uncultured
UK minister admits to having relationship with sex worker
Culture Minister John Whittingdale claims he had no idea of the woman’s true occupation.
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Apr 13th 2016, 10:33 AM
# home cooking
Why did the BBC show people skinning and eating squirrels in studio?
Newsnight took a step into slightly more left-field territory last night.
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Aug 28th 2015, 11:34 PM
# ched Evans
FA chairman Greg Dyke says Ched Evans is 'not an important issue'
Fair to say he made a bit of a mess of this.
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Nov 14th 2014, 3:16 PM
# dapper laughs
'Dapper Laughs is gone': Comedian scraps character after backlash
His ITV2 show On The Pull was scrapped on Monday after a huge online campaign against his ‘misogynistic’ material.
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Nov 12th 2014, 9:50 AM
# Revolution
10 people who absolutely agreed with Russell Brand's Newsnight rant
The comedian didn’t go down well with many, but he has some fans.
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Oct 24th 2014, 8:16 AM
# End of an era
Jeremy Paxman presents final Newsnight after 25 years
His final interview will be with London Mayor Boris Johnson so it’s bound to be entertaining.
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Jun 18th 2014, 9:55 PM
# Newsnight
Paxman to Berlusconi: "Is it true you called Merkel an un-f***able lard-arse?"
Here’s what the former Italian Prime Minister said in response…
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May 20th 2014, 11:28 PM
# Newsnight
'My biggest fear was being treated as an outcast' - Paxman interviews Robbie Rogers
The LA Galaxy midfielder appeared on BBC’s Newsnight last night to talk about coming out.
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Dec 19th 2013, 9:32 AM
# forget me not
World Memory Champion struggles to remember Newsnight credits
We’re sure he’s a FACE person.
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Dec 3rd 2013, 9:54 AM
# newsfright
BBC's Newsnight presenter closes Halloween show with Thriller dance
It’s close to..er.. 11pm.
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Nov 1st 2013, 11:22 AM
# Branded
The best bits of Russell Brand's Newsnight interview
It’s the battle of the beards.
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Oct 24th 2013, 1:42 PM
# n is for newsnight
Cookie Monster interviewed on BBC's Newsnight
Cookie Monster for prime minister!
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Oct 8th 2013, 10:15 AM
# BBC
Mad as hell: Alastair Campbell's furious row with Mail editor over Miliband article
An article by the British Daily Mail about the father of the Labour leader has caused a big row across the water.
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Oct 2nd 2013, 9:32 AM
# Fail
Newsnight acknowledges editor's Twitter mishap in credits
The programme’s editor was forced to apologise.
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Sep 11th 2013, 5:09 PM
# Savile
BBC to publish censored Newsnight Jimmy Savile report
The Pollard Review found that Newsnight’s decision to shelf the report in December 2011 had been “flawed”.
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Feb 22nd 2013, 8:34 AM
# BBC
Official report finds 'critical lack of leadership' in BBC over Savile
The decision to drop an investigation into sexual abuse against Jimmy Savile was “flawed”, according to an investigator.
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Dec 19th 2012, 2:08 PM
# Investigation
Ofcom launches investigation into both the BBC and ITV
The news comes as Lord McAlpine, who had been wrongly identified as being part of a paedophile ring, is expected to reach a settlement with the BBC.
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Nov 15th 2012, 11:15 AM
# BBC
BBC showed 'basic' journalistic failings in abuse story
An internal investigation at the BBC has found “basic” journalistic failures in a news report which wrongly accused a senior politician of child abuse.
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Nov 12th 2012, 9:58 PM
# BBC
New York Times in spotlight as ex-BBC chief takes reins
Mark Thompson assumed his new role at The New York Times today amid questions about whether the crisis engulfing the BBC would spill over to the US news organisation.
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Nov 12th 2012, 7:37 PM
# Seeya
Video: Acting BBC director general walks off live TV interview
On his first day in the job as well.
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Nov 12th 2012, 1:03 PM
# BBC
BBC director of news and her deputy 'step aside'
The crisis at the BBC continues.
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Nov 12th 2012, 9:04 AM
# Apology
BBC in apology over Newsnight child abuse report
The broadcaster announced an “immediate pause” in the programme’s investigations.
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Nov 10th 2012, 9:53 AM
# Newsnight
Politician dragged into British sex abuse scandal
BBC’s Newsnight last night aired a report in which two men said they had been abused by a Conservative politician – but the programme did not name him.
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Nov 3rd 2012, 10:03 AM
# Jimmy Savile
Savile investigation: Allegations against 'eight to ten' BBC employees
George Entwistle says it’s too early to tell, but the BBC will assist police investigations into a possible paedophile ring.
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Oct 23rd 2012, 6:41 PM
# Jimmy Savile
BBC editor who dropped Savile expose ‘stepping aside’
A Panorama programme to be broadcast tonight will shed new light on the BBC’s handling of allegations of young people being sexually abused by its former star.
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Oct 22nd 2012, 11:38 AM
# Sex Abuse
Police say they have 340 leads as scale of Savile inquiry grows
There will now be at least three separate investigations into the allegations against the Jim’ll Fix It presenter.
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Oct 12th 2012, 6:29 PM
# Leveson
Heard at Leveson: Piers Morgan taught Jeremy Paxman how to hack phones
The tutorial happened at a lunch attended by Ulrika Johnson – who was teased by the tabloid editor about her relationship with the then English football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson.
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May 24th 2012, 8:39 AM
# The Famine
BBC presenter Paxman hits out at Tony Blair over potato famine 'apology'
The Newsnight presenter has criticised the former British Prime Minister for his supposed apology for the Irish potato famine.
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Feb 21st 2012, 9:15 PM
# Newsnight
Shebeens and slip jigs: Anger at BBC Newsnight's portrayal of Ireland
“Leprechauny” graphics on “simplistic Oirish” report on Irish financial crisis are criticised.
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Nov 18th 2010, 5:48 PM