[51] Thompson also criticised false balance in news reporting. También fue el locutor de los programas de juegos anteriores de Fox Greed y It's Your Chance of a Lifetime . Thompson was formerly a creative partner in NEXT entertainment with Mike Fleiss. Cuando comenzó a aparecer en el Canal 13 (la estación hermana del Canal 11 en Los Ángeles, propiedad de Fox), Thompson se hizo conocido por bailar durante los informes meteorológicos en los noticieros de las 11 pm, lo que originalmente hizo por capricho. Thompson is a frequent panelist on political and cultural issues on The Young Turks network, and fills in for host, Cenk Uygur, on the show, The Conversation.
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See what you missed with a weekly recap of TYT shows and invesigative reporting. [59][60][61], In 2011, Thompson was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Edge Hill University,[62] and 2015, he was awarded a Honorary Doctor of Letters from Sacred Heart University. licencia Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, Esta página fue editada por última vez el 13 de octubre de 2020, a las 03:11, This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article. It is unreasonable and inconsistent to take the position that a party like the BNP is acceptable enough for the public to vote for, but not acceptable enough to appear on democratic platforms like Question Time. Sir Richard Eyre, former artistic director of the National Theatre, accused the BBC under Thompson's leadership of failing to produce programmes "that inspired viewers to visit galleries, museums or theatres". Thompson reported on science and environmental issues for KRON-TV, then an NBC affiliate in San Francisco, before getting upped to the nightly weather anchor at 5,6 and 11, in addition to those duties. Cooking shows & speed competition shows.
[14] He was also criticised by Tony Palmer, a multi-award-winning filmmaker. [51] The book was favorably reviewed by Andrew Rawnsley, who called it an "important study" that "identifies many culprits for the destructiveness of political debate. [18], In September 2010 Thompson acknowledged some of the BBC's previous political bias he had witnessed early in his career.
Thompson ha ganado múltiples premios Golden Mic por su trabajo tanto en radio como en televisión. Bonus and ad-free content available with Stitcher Premium. Mark Thompson was born on December 1, 1955 in Florence, Alabama, USA as Mark LaMarr Thompson. [19], He was criticised by religious groups in relation to the broadcast of Jerry Springer: The Opera, with a private prosecution brought against the BBC for blasphemy. This was known as “Neighborhood Weather”, a popular and enduring franchise. Thompson was appointed Director-General of the BBC on 21 May 2004. Mark blitzes Michael with movie quotes and then they get into politics. He left both stations as of June 3, 2011.
The Independent said the BBC was in "apparent great shape" with his departure and the BBC Trust's chairman, Chris Patten, described his directorship as "outstanding".