The Matrix Project is an effort to document personal factors that undermine powerful journalists’ claims of objectivity and impartiality. Are factors such as an elite education, establishment connections, personal wealth and interests in rival fields compatible with journalistic integrity? 

This page looks at BBC Radio presenter Anita Rani. For more information on the database click here.

Education

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Anita Rani was educated at the independent Bradford Girls’ Grammar School before studying at a non-Oxbridge university (source)

Revolving Door

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Anita Rani has no significant experience working in rival fields to the media

“Establishment” Connections

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Primary

Anita Rani is married to Bhupinder Rehal, an executive at a technology/marketing company (source)

Salary/Indications of Wealth

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Neither the BBC or Anita Rani have disclosed her salary. This indicates that she does not earn in excess of £150,000 a year (from the BBC) but her prominence on the BBC and other platforms suggests that she earns significantly more than the UK average.

As a point of reference, the Office for National Statistics list the average UK salary for 2021 as £26,193.

Summary

Anita Rani attended a private school, is married to an advertising executive and likely earns significantly more than the UK average.

Impartial? Independent? Holding the powerful to account?

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