Beeb

/ biːb /

noun

1. an informal name for BBC

Example Sentences

The Beeb has been rocked by the leak to the Telegraph newspaper of an internal memo detailing rampant political bias.

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Around two-thirds of the Beeb’s income comes from an annual tax of $229 levied against every British household watching any live programming, BBC or otherwise.

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The present scandal highlights how far out of step the Beeb’s tastes have fallen.

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No wonder this feels like an existential crisis for the Beeb.

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In a memo leaked last week to the Telegraph newspaper, Michael Prescott, a former adviser to the broadcaster’s internal standards committee, warned the BBC’s board of a string of politically motivated whoppers in the Beeb’s news coverage.

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