A debacle with sports activities host Gary Lineker sparks a livid debate about free speech and impartiality on the BBC. Plus, what may AI imply for the media?
The suspension by the BBC of Gary Lineker, a widely known footballer-turned-broadcaster, over a tweet evaluating the UK’s new immigration invoice with Nineteen Thirties’ Nazi Germany, is exposing the double requirements in British journalism and politics.
Contributors:
Myria Georgiou – Professor, LSE
William Turvill – Media correspondent, New Statesman
Ash Sarkar – Contributing editor, Novara Media
Martin Bell – Former correspondent, BBC Information
On our radar:
Afghan journalists are paying with their lives within the energy battle between the Taliban and ISIL (ISIS). Producer Flo Phillips appears into the focused explosion that marked Afghanistan’s Nationwide Journalism Day.
Generative AI and journalism:
Are you OK with AI? Synthetic intelligence shouldn’t be precisely new, however it’s having a blockbuster few months with continually growing software program that may do way more than reply to directions. Producer Ahmed Madi explains the potential of AI and the way it may rework the media you eat.
Contributors:
Jon Christian – Managing editor, Futurism
Melissa Heikkilä – Senior reporter, MIT Expertise Assessment
Pranav Dixit – Tech reporter, BuzzFeed Information
