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 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

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Afghan journalists are paying with their lives within the energy wrestle between the Taliban and ISIL (ISIS). Producer Flo Phillips appears to be like 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 consistently creating software program that may do far more than responding to directions. Producer Ahmed Madi explains the potential of AI and the way it would possibly rework the media you eat.

Contributors:
Jon Christian – Managing editor, Futurism
Melissa Heikkilä – Senior reporter, MIT Know-how Evaluate
Pranav Dixit – Tech reporter, BuzzFeed Information