News Round-Up

• “BBC to apologise for doctored Trump speech” – The BBC will apologise for the misleading editing of a Donald Trump speech in a Panorama documentary, heaping further pressure on Tim Davie to resign, reports the Telegraph.
• “This must be it for the BBC’s poll tax” – Once the state broadcaster has to compete on a level playing field with others, it should be free to be as biased as it likes, argues Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
• “Why has Martine Croxall been censured by the BBC?” – Debbie Hayton in the Spectator objects to BBC newsreader Martine Croxall’s formal rebuke for correcting “pregnant people” to “women”.
• “Newsroom revolt over rebuke for presenter amid ‘pregnant people’ row” – Senior BBC journalists are said to be furious over the censuring of Martine Croxall amid claims that the corporation has been “captured by trans ideologists”, reports the Mail.
• “BBC has been ‘captured’ by minority gender ideology, says Left-wing writer” – The BBC’s bias does not represent “the views of the British public”, Guardian writer Sonia Sodha has said, according to the Telegraph.
• “Black Lives Matter made our elites lose the plot – and they’re finally starting to admit it” – Now that Kate Clanchy’s former publishers have apologised to her, will the Left at last accept that cancel culture is vile, asks Michael Deacon.
• “Uncancelled at last” – In UnHerd, Kate Clanchy asks whether four years on we are any wiser.
• “Women’s society told ‘choke on your hatred’ as hundreds demand ban” – Within 48 hours of launching, the single-sex society at Cambridge University became the target of hate, says the Express.
• “Cambridge bans trans rowers from women’s boat race” – Transgender rowers have been banned from taking part in women’s college boat races at Cambridge University after club captains voted to align with British Rowing guidelines on gender, the Telegraph reports.
• “James Watson: Courageous Scientist” – James Watson, the scientist who co-discovered the structure of DNA, has died at the age of 97. He was a man who wasn’t afraid to speak uncomfortable truths, says Noah Carl in Aporia.
• “James Watson deserved better” – James Watson didn’t deserve to be cancelled over his controversial views, says Nigel Jones in the Spectator.
• “James Watson: A Brave and Rare Scientist Who Fought for Free Speech” – Paul Sutton pays tribute to Watson on Substack.
• “Phillipson: Lessons on dangers of fake news are in national interest” – Teaching children about the dangers of fake news is “in the national interest”, Bridget Phillipson has said, according to the Telegraph.
• “Left bullied Starmer to back mansion tax: PM opposed levy on large homes but caved in to appease class warriors in the Treasury” – Sir Keir Starmer is being “bullied” by the Treasury into introducing a mansion tax in the Budget to “buy off” Labour Left-wingers, a No 10 source has told the Mail.
• “Poll: majority of British voters want both Starmer and Reeves to resign” – A majority of the British public want both Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves to resign, according to a new survey, reports UnHerd.
• “Braverman praise for Farage fuels defection rumours” – Suella Braverman has heaped praise on “courageous” Nigel Farage, applauding his “sheer determination, resilience and consistency”, fuelling speculation that she may defect, reports the Telegraph.
• “Criticism of Islam is ruled a legally protected belief – after man was banned and fined thousands of pounds over social media posts” – The view that Islam is problematic and should be criticised is a protected belief under equalities law, an employment tribunal has ruled, the Mail reports.
• “London theatre reported for ‘ban on Jews’” – Jewish community leaders have accused East End music venue the Troxy Theatre of discrimination following claims it has imposed a ban on Jewish-related events, the Telegraph reports.
• “Doctor who joked about gassing Jews let off with warning” – A junior doctor who joked about gassing “the Jews” has been let off with a warning by the medical regulator, the Telegraph reports.
• “The Jew hate and two-tier policing I saw at Villa Park” – The authorities picked a side this week and lied about it, says Nick Timothy. They turned their backs on Jews and the law-abiding public, and did the bidding of vile, Islamist thugs.
• “Labour MPs call on Mahmood to soften migration plans” – Labour MPs have urged Shabana Mahmood to soften her plans for a Danish-style overhaul of the immigration and asylum system, branding the plans “hardcore” and (inevitably) “far-Right”, the Telegraph reports.
• “Monbiot: Bill Gates Rejects Climate Action Because he is Rich” – Poor George Monbiot, still stuck in a 70s socialist time warp, says Eric Worrall in WUWT.
• “The Church of Climate Loses Its Pulpit at CBS” – When CBS News laid off most of its ‘climate crisis’ staff, the media class responded as though free speech itself had been outlawed, says Charles Rotter in WUWT.
• “Fake News BBC Push Reef Scare Again” – The BBC continues to pump out the same tired, discredited tales of climate woe, says Paul Homewood.
• “Meet the New Encyclopaedia. Same as the Old Encyclopaedia?” – Climate Scepticism looks at what different online encyclopaedias have to say about climate ‘denialism’ and how biased they are.
• “The Independent is Laughably Wrong – There’s No Climate Threat to Coffee, Chocolate, or Wine” – In WUWT, Anthony Watts fact-checks an Independent climate scare story.
• “Big Tech’s AI layoffs are killing DEI” – Reporting this week found that Google, Microsoft and Meta have quietly stopped publishing workforce diversity data after a decade of embracing the practice, says Oliver Bateman in UnHerd.
• “UK dept spent £312 million moving to Win 10 as support D-day hits” – Defra has spent £312 million modernising its IT estate, including replacing tens of thousands of Windows 7 laptops with Windows 10 – despite Windows 10 officially reaching end of support last month, the Register reports.
• “YouTube Goes Bonkers, Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims ‘Risk of Physical Harm’” – When will these Big Tech platforms learn, asks Sourav Rudra.
• “The noble tradition of liberalism has morphed into a corrupt totalitarian pastiche” – Protecting the interests of minorities is now so deeply embedded in the political discourse that it is beyond the reach of criticism, says Janet Daley in the Telegraph.
• “I’ve long suspected Gen Z make up their tiresome ‘allergies’. Now I have proof” – A survey by Meta AI has found that one in five people has lied about allergies to a dinner-party host in order to avoid eating food they don’t like, rising to 40% among Gen Z, says William Sitwell in the Telegraph.
• “Cash-strapped Labour council spends £35k on LGBT zebra crossings” – The Labour-run council in Blackpool has spent £35,000 painting Pride colours on road crossings despite a £570 million debt, reports the Telegraph.
• “Bizarre ‘cultural appropriation’ row breaks out over new Tom Daley knitting show’s ‘misrepresentation’ of tiny island with just 44 inhabitants” – Channel 4 bosses are embroiled in a bizarre row over ‘cultural appropriation’ with a Scottish island with fewer than 50 inhabitants in relation to Tom Daley’s new knitting show, the Mail reports.
• “Welcome to Virtue Airlines. The progressive airline for people who cancel everything except their holidays” – Watch the hilarious satirical promo for Virtue Airlines on X.

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