Ear Candy: The News Agents
In a clear statement of intent, a recording of Maitlis’s headline-making MacTaggart Lecture, in which she decried the BBC’s version of “impartiality”, was published under the title before the launch proper.
In other words, this time it’s partial. Some were sceptical about the appetite listeners would have for the opinions of these erstwhile public service journalists but The News Agents has taken up permanent residence around the top of the charts, alongside that other opinionated podcast, Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart’s The Rest Is Politics.