Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
For years, Jemma Cooper’s former work as a BBC presenter and journalist prevented her from speaking overtly of her more alternative interests and concerns about the state of free expression. Now she has left that organisation, she shares her thoughts and feelings on the perils of modern media censorship and narrow-mindedness. Jemma gives an erudite and compellingly honest account of her career and the admittedly attractive trappings of being a celebrity, explaining how this all changed when her own personal beliefs began to clash with the BBC’s enforced orthodoxy. Making the point that both mainstream and alternative media need to ensure they do not go down roads of irretrievable prejudice, she illuminates many important points about the future of truthful reporting. Recorded at the Glastonbury Symposium, July 2023.
glastonburysymposium.co.uk
For years, Jemma Cooper’s former work as a BBC presenter and journalist prevented her from speaking overtly of her more alternative interests and concerns about the state of free expression. Now she has left that organisation, she shares her thoughts and feelings on the perils of modern media censorship and narrow-mindedness. Jemma gives an erudite and compellingly honest account of her career and the admittedly attractive trappings of being a celebrity, explaining how this all changed when her own personal beliefs began to clash with the BBC’s enforced orthodoxy. Making the point that both mainstream and alternative media need to ensure they do not go down roads of irretrievable prejudice, she illuminates many important points about the future of truthful reporting. Recorded at the Glastonbury Symposium, July 2023.
glastonburysymposium.co.uk
