We have to stop normalising the absurd: Emily Maitlis’ 2022 MacTaggart Lecture

Emily Maitlis did us all a big favour on Wednesday 24 August in her MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh Festival, by exposing the ongoing Tory subborning of the BBC. For those of us who watch Channel Four and won’t watch BBC News, none of this is new.

But the full text below of what she said has only just appeared in Prospect, to which we should be grateful. So please stand by for the MSM retalliation. We mustn’t let the Tory influencers bury her.

Emily Maitlis MacTaggart Lecture: Full Text

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