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While Mason “is yet to provoke as many (and varying) different claims of bias as his predecessor, his broadcasting career to date has not been shy of controversy”, says .uk. “This feels like a moment of self-realisation for the BBC, that they can’t be that bold.” What are his political views? “They said they wanted someone who breaks stories but I think they’ve realised they actually need a wise statesman who is good at analysing events, and Chris will do brilliantly at that,” a senior political journalist told the paper. Jonathan Munro, interim director of BBC News, and Katy Searle, its executive editor for politics, had “emphasised during interviews that they wanted a journalist who will produce exclusives”, the paper added. People with knowledge of the recruitment process told The Sunday Times that BBC bosses had encouraged him to apply after the “protracted” appointments process “descended into farce” and plans for an all-women shortlist were scrapped. In October 2019 Mason became the host of BBC Radio 4‘s Any Questions?, taking over from long-time host Jonathan Dimbleby. He shot to prominence in 2017 as the presenter of the popular Brexitcast podcast, first with Adam Fleming, and then with Laura Kuenssberg and Katya Adler.
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In 2012 he became a political correspondent for BBC News, covering British politics on national TV over the course of a decade during which he “developed his distinctive ‘earnest yet informal’ style in front of the camera”, said .uk.
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He has spent the two decades since at the BBC, working on its regional desk at Westminster and as a political reporter for BBC Radio 5 Live. Hailing the “straight-talking grammar school-educated ‘proud Yorkshireman’ from a working-class background”, the Daily Mail said he “briefly flirted with the dream of becoming a bus driver, before developing his insatiable appetite for news”.Īfter graduating from Cambridge he began his journalism career as a trainee at ITN the week after 9/11. While he is now required to “help millions of viewers to navigate Westminster drama from the doorstep of Downing Street”, The Times reported that he “got his break in more modest surroundings, battling against fake BBC news and introducing items like Babes on the Box for a haphazard student television show.” What is his background?īorn in Bradford, West Yorkshire in 1980, both Mason’s parents were primary school teachers.
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While unexpected, Mason is seen as a safe pair of hands during a time of transition for the broadcaster’s news department following a series of high-profile departures and constant accusations of political bias. The 42-year-old presenter was the surprise choice to replace Laura Kuenssberg as the BBC’s new political editor in April after a host of more well-known names ruled themselves out and a women-only shortlist was scrapped by executives. Why the BBC is bracing for another hiring row with No.BBC funding row: the alternatives to a licence fee.