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No surprises here:
The BBC has failed to promote proper debate on major political issues because of the inherent liberal culture of its staff, a report commissioned by the corporation has concluded.
The report concludes BBC staff must be more willing to challenge their own beliefs ...
It reads: “There is a tendency to ‘group think’ with too many staff inhabiting a shared space and comfort zone.”
A staff impartiality seminar held last year is also documented in the report, at which executives admitted they would broadcast images of the Bible being thrown away but not the Koran, in case Muslims were offended.
There’s a lot of this “fear of offence” getting around at the moment.
(Via Instapundit)
Tim, the link sends us to a previous post, rather than to the original article.
Posted by Texas Ranger on 2007 06 18 at 11:21 AM • permalinkPersonally, the day I get to hear the words: “This is the BBC Ten O’Clock News, brought to you by Pepsi Cola” can’t come soon enough for me.
Posted by ThinAndBritish on 2007 06 18 at 11:26 AM • permalinkInteresting aside: Winston Churchill, for many years, was at odds with John Reith, the Chairman of the BBC and an enormously tall Scotchman. He once referred to him as, “that wuthering height.”
Not sure why governments really need to fund broadcast media. Well, obviously, they don’t, they just like to use these communication channels as additional means of control; so, I’m with ThinandBritish at #5.
What is there to say but, “well, DUH!” I’m with SandiM; my first thought was that I could have told them that, and a whole lot more, for a lot less than I’m sure they paid. But I have no doubt that there have been plenty of people to tell them without paying—with taxpayer money—for a study. Perhaps they ought to read their mail.
#12, Achillea,
Oh, dear, I hadn’t thought about that. Stupid me. I’m for anything that will bring dividends from my load of PACO CORP stocks (which I’m sure are in the mail, even though the prez has ignore my inquiry into their location. I’m sure its just an oversight, and not anything deliberate like hoping I’ll just forget about them).
#12: Yes, but then there would have been no big-bucks contract for the Partisanship Assessment Consultancy Organization.
And we can’t have that, now, can we?
#13 Salty: You’re shares are in the mail! And don’t be alarmed if they look like stock certificates from the defunct Packard Automobile Corporation; everyone says that.
#15 rebecca: My guess is that they’ll be fighting over the one koran in the execution yard in order to swear an oath of allegiance to their new overlords.
From previous:
Former staffer making a case for Scrapping the BBC.
Applicable to our ABC ...
... it should operate more like newspapers and allow strong opinions and viewpoints rather than being a balanced and an impartial observer.
Makes the case that to show ‘impartiality’,the Beebs bashes the incumbent Govt; Privately owned media is truthful or readers wouldn’t buy it (FauxFax?)“Your shares are in the mail.”
“Of course I’ll respect you in the morning.”
“I’m from the Government and I’m here to help you.”
Posted by Michael Lonie on 2007 06 18 at 11:29 PM • permalink
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A new link from Insty:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: “This country was built on biased reporting.”
<http://newsbusters.org/node/13495>
It’s too bad the BBC can’t get into the broadcasting BUSINESS. If they had shareholders to please things might be a bit different.