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Posted by: Steven Rose
Date/Time: 09/11/25 18:13:00

It’s clear that parts of the BBC have been captured by ideological warriors so certain in their beliefs that they think any move to promote their cause is justifiable, whether or not it compromises their duty of impartiality under the BBC Charter.  So they have no qualms about doctoring Trump’s speech or paying the son of a Hamas official to narrate a film about Gaza or ignoring women’s concerns about the invasion of female spaces by biological males. And they have to be allowed to get away with this ideological warfare by a complicit BBC Management. For example, Jonathan Munro, the global director of BBC News, defended the ‘Panorama’ programme, saying than the misleading editing of Trump’s speech was ‘normal practice’. The mindset this demonstrates is similar to that of corrupt police officers who fabricate evidence to fit up suspects whom they believe guilty of the crime. In this case the BBC believed that Trump wanted to incite a riot at the Capitol but lacking conclusive evidence they simply doctored his speech.

It is not true that no one noticed the dishonesty of the ‘Panorama’ programme for a year. Concerns were raised by the BBC’s Editorial Committee at the time and repeated by the BBC’s independent advisor. It was the reluctance of BBC Management to deal with this and other instances of bias that prompted Michael Prescott to publish his complaint.

It is frankly absurd to claim that after a year it is no longer possible to corroborate Mrichael Prescott’s complaint about ‘Panorama’. The transcript of the misleading representation of Trump’s words and his actual speech are readily available.

It is also disingenuous to pretend that only the right wing press are concerned about this issue. The Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, the cross-party Culture Media and Sport Committee and Ofcom have all registered their concerns. Tonight the Director General and the chief executive of BBC News have resigned and tomorrow the Chairman of the BBC is set to apologise to MPs for the Corporation’s failings.

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Irony alert!09/11/25 09:17:00 Jonathan Callaway
   Re:Irony alert!09/11/25 10:25:00 Robert Wheeler
      Re:Re:Irony alert!09/11/25 12:27:00 Ivonne Holliday
         Re:Re:Re:Irony alert!09/11/25 12:54:00 Ivonne Holliday
   Re:Irony alert!09/11/25 12:14:00 Ivonne Holliday
      Reply09/11/25 12:26:00 Sue Hammond
         Irony upon irony09/11/25 12:46:00 Jonathan Callaway
            Re:Irony upon irony09/11/25 12:59:00 Ivonne Holliday
               Reply09/11/25 16:53:00 Sue Hammond
            Reply09/11/25 15:34:00 Sue Hammond
               Re:Reply09/11/25 18:13:00 Steven Rose
                  Re:Re:Reply09/11/25 19:23:00 Jonathan Callaway
   Reply09/11/25 18:24:00 Michael Ixer
      Reply09/11/25 19:07:00 Michael Ixer
         Re:Reply09/11/25 19:22:00 Robert Wheeler
            Re:Re:Reply09/11/25 21:43:00 Steven Rose
               Re:Re:Re:Reply09/11/25 22:33:00 Sue Hammond
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 00:02:00 Steven Rose
               Re:Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 12:37:00 Ivonne Holliday
            Reply10/11/25 00:22:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply10/11/25 11:47:00 John Hawkes
                  Reply10/11/25 12:19:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply10/11/25 12:28:00 John Hawkes
                  Reply10/11/25 13:31:00 Michael Ixer
         Re:Reply10/11/25 09:13:00 Lucille Grant
            Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 09:37:00 Jonathan Callaway
               Re:Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 10:06:00 Andy Pike
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 10:17:00 Robert Wheeler
            Reply10/11/25 10:52:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply10/11/25 11:36:00 Andy Pike
                  Reply10/11/25 12:22:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re: Brexit10/11/25 12:50:00 Lucille Grant
                     Re:Reply10/11/25 13:06:00 Steven Rose
                        Reply10/11/25 14:12:00 Michael Ixer
                           Re:Reply10/11/25 14:16:00 Gerry Boyce
                           Re:Reply10/11/25 15:13:00 John Hawkes
                        Re:Re:Reply11/11/25 20:39:00 Jonathan Callaway
                           Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 11:50:00 John Hawkes
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 19:12:00 Jonathan Callaway
                     Re:Reply10/11/25 14:34:00 Andy Pike
                        Re:Re:Reply10/11/25 15:54:00 Lucille Grant
                           Re:Re:Re:Reply11/11/25 21:47:00 Steven Rose
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply12/11/25 20:40:00 Jonathan Callaway
                           Re:Re:Re:Reply11/11/25 22:30:00 Andy Pike
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply12/11/25 23:27:00 Steven Rose
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply13/11/25 22:52:00 Jonathan Callaway
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 02:41:00 Steven Rose
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 12:20:00 Ivonne Holliday
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 12:30:00 John Hawkes
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 12:58:00 Ivonne Holliday
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 13:57:00 John Hawkes
                                          Reply14/11/25 12:38:00 Sue Hammond
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 19:30:00 Jonathan Callaway
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 12:17:00 John Hawkes
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 16:35:00 Steven Rose
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 19:52:00 Jonathan Callaway
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply15/11/25 10:47:00 Richard Carter
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply15/11/25 12:05:00 John Hawkes
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 19:40:00 Jonathan Callaway
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 21:25:00 Steven Rose
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 22:07:00 Jonathan Callaway
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply14/11/25 22:10:00 Jonathan Callaway
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply15/11/25 11:53:00 John Hawkes
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply15/11/25 13:08:00 Jonathan Callaway
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply15/11/25 13:44:00 John Hawkes
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply15/11/25 11:44:00 John Hawkes
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply15/11/25 12:22:00 Steven Rose
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply15/11/25 13:00:00 John Hawkes
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply15/11/25 11:31:00 John Hawkes
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply15/11/25 13:19:00 Steven Rose
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply15/11/25 21:41:00 Gerry Boyce
   Reply15/11/25 13:53:00 Michael Ixer

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