editorial

A recent editorial in the People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s official newspaper, acknowledged issues in China’s economy but suggested they are growing pains in the country’s industrial transformation.

The documentary was pulled from iPlayer in February after the boy's family links emerged, and in July an internal BBC review found it breached editorial guidelines on accuracy.

But one need only read your fine editorial pages to see how much the court’s recent misadventures have had the opposite effect.

But effectively giving the Pentagon editorial control over what journalists can report appears to be a bridge too far.

Oliver also warned that the move could suggest a shift in CBS’s editorial direction, potentially influenced by ideological priorities.