| Topic: | Re:Re:BBC Boss Resigns! The Trump Debacle Finished Him! | |
| Posted by: | John Hawkes | |
| Date/Time: | 10/11/25 15:00:00 |
| Boycie 'Finally, a bit of sense and reality from Alistair Campbell, I think he’s spot on here; ‘ The real weakness of the BBC, as exemplified by recent events, is its failure to stand up to ludicrous claims from the right that it is somehow hugely biased to the left. Listening to Telegraph journalists bleat about a biased BBC, or Reform MPs enjoying more platforming than any minority party in history, underlines that. This is the work of right wing journalists and owners working hand in glove with right wing forces inside the BBC to undermine it. The Labour government needs to help the BBC stand up for itself and clear out those forces that want the BBC to fail.’ Is that Alistair Campbell the author of the 'dodgy dossier' - " a 2003 briefing document for the British prime minister Tony Blair's Labour Party government. It was issued to journalists on 3 February 2003 by Alastair Campbell, Blair's Director of Communications and Strategy, and concerned Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. Along with the earlier September Dossier, these documents were ultimately used by the British government to justify its involvement in the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The claims contained in the September and 'Iraq' Dossiers were called into question when weapons of mass destruction (WMD) were not found in Iraq, and the dossiers were encompassed by House of Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee inquiry. The Committee subsequently reported that the sources should have been credited, and that the dossier should have been checked by ministers before being released. The dossier had only been reviewed by a group of civil servants operating under Alastair Campbell. The committee stated that the publication was "almost wholly counter-productive" and in the event only served to undermine the credibility of the government's case." - Wiki. This involvement with a right wing American President looking for any reason to avenge the 'Twin Towers' attack by Islamic Arab terrorists (a laudable if mishandled aim in my view) however resulted in the death of 179 British Troops. And of course you totally miss the point about journalistic bias in general. 'Right wing' journalists from unashamed 'right wing media' will of course espouse 'right wing' views. That is called free speech and freedom of the press. As is their challenging what they see as 'left wing' bias in our state news media the BBC. Campbell seems to think the Government in the hands of Labour, a political Party he supports, should 'help the BBC stand up for itself and clear out those forces that want the BBC to fail.’ Sounds a bit totalitarian to me. |