The BBC and The Sun – A dark dance

Rock & Roll Politics with Steve Richards

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Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.6 • 825 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

At the same time that we discovered the police were not investigating allegations surrounding Huw Edwards we also learned that the presenter was in hospital. Unsurprisingly given the media frenzy surrounding him. In this episode Steve Richards asks how big can a story get when involving a presenter's private life? Support Rock N Roll Politics and get episodes early and ad-free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RockNRollPolitics Rock N Roll Politics is live at the Edinburgh Festival from Sunday August 13th. Tickets here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/steve-richards-presents-rock-n-roll-politics The New European sponsors Rock & Roll Politics - to get full access to the site for just £1 per week PLUS a £25 voucher to spend in their online store, visit www.theneweuropean.co.uk/rock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know what that is.
0:04.0	An ice cold beer.
0:07.0	What's different?
0:09.0	It's Budweiser.
0:11.0	Food longer for a refreshing, smooth taste.
0:15.0	Like no other.
0:20.0	Cheers to that. Budweiser, like no other.
0:22.3	Cheers to that.
0:25.3	Budweiser, like no other.
0:26.8	Please drink responsibly.
0:29.0	For the facts, visit podcast with me Steve Richards.
0:42.7	Thank you so much for tuning in.
0:44.7	And as ever, we've got a lot to cram in in our time together.
0:50.0	After a couple of notices, if it's okay with all of you, I will reflect on the latest BBC saga
0:57.7	involving Hugh Edwards and the Sun newspaper and social media and explore some of the wider themes
1:05.2	that arise from it and challenge some of the kind of mythologies that have already begun to take shape around it.
1:14.2	Crises involving the BBC tend to, but like a lot of political crises, generate instant kind of
1:21.4	assumptions and orthodoxies that if you step back, prove to be wrong.
1:26.7	So I'll be reflecting on that.
1:29.7	And then very briefly, a couple of questions from you.
1:33.1	We'll delve deep on other matters early next week when we get together again.
1:37.9	So just a couple of notices for Patreon subscribers of rock and roll politics, there's a chance for us all to get
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