Observer editor-in-chief James Harding says BBC should be ‘put beyond reach of politicians’ | Ents & Arts News

Observer editor-in-chief James Harding says BBC should be ‘put beyond reach of politicians’ | Ents & Arts News

The Observer’s editor-in-chief has called for the BBC to be “put beyond the reach of politicians” – and has compared the fight for survival within television to the zombie fungus in The Last Of Us. Speaking to Sky News about his James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Wednesday, James Harding said…

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California Republicans push Democrats on transparency, timeline for redistricting

California Republicans push Democrats on transparency, timeline for redistricting

SACRAMENTOΒ β€”Β California’s push to redraw the state’s congressional districts to favor Democrats faced early opposition Tuesday during legislative hearings, a preview of the obstacles ahead for Gov. Gavin Newsom and his allies as they try to convince voters to back the effort. California Democrats entered the redistricting fray after Republicans in Texas moved to reconfigure their…

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