Tag: Emily Maitlis

The News Agents presenter was told she "needs her head examined" by Donald Trump ally Kari Lake during the gruelling interview.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, who regularly anchors Channel 4 News coverage, burst into fits of laughter at the remark.

New photos from the Netflix film show Rufus Sewell, who portrays the duke, and Gillian Anderson, who plays Emily Maitlis.

“The power of the populist is, somehow, to turn utter entitlement into victimhood.”

"You went to work for a man you knew was a consistent liar, and when you say Brexit was divisive it was worse than that, it was destructive"

"Somebody very high up at the BBC should be asking very serious questions about why this simple statement of facts would have been impossible for Emily Maitlis to make if she was still on their staff", James O'Brien said.

The veteran broadcaster also dismissed the idea a call from No 10 put pressure on the BBC to rebuke Maitlis and her team.

The journalist, who left the BBC earlier this year, said the media was often guilty of ‘normalising’ populist views in the name of balance.

The former Newsnight presenter highlighted the role of Sir Robbie Gibb who was appointed to the BBC board by Boris Johnson.