Emily Maitlis at the Edinburgh International TV FestivalJournalist Emily Maitlis has hit out at the BBC - her former employer - claiming its board has been infiltrated by a Conservative Party agent and former Downing Street spin doctor whom she claims is now an "arbiter of BBC impartiality".
Link to the full lecture:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzqezAV3x_8Great lecture, also covering populist influence on media and the BBC, Trump, Partygate, balancing views etc. Really miss her on Newsnight.
