Post by Teddy Bear on Nov 13, 2007 18:45:31 GMT
The Telegraph runs a story today highlighting the absurdity of the BBC spending £18m to open a new Gaelic speaking TV station, while axing a programme that has actually contributed to the freeing of 15 people who were wrongly imprisoned, in an effort to save money.
Almost certainly, all the Gaelic speakers that will be served by the new service can also speak English and enjoy (if that is the case) regular programming. But a programme that has really served the public, and dramatically changed the lives of those affected, is to be axed.
Shows the priorities of the BBC.
Almost certainly, all the Gaelic speakers that will be served by the new service can also speak English and enjoy (if that is the case) regular programming. But a programme that has really served the public, and dramatically changed the lives of those affected, is to be axed.
Shows the priorities of the BBC.
Rough Justice axed in BBC drive to save cash
By Nicole Martin and Christopher Hope
Last Updated: 1:20am GMT 13/11/2007
The BBC has come under fire for axing an award-winning documentary series that has investigated miscarriages of justice for 27 years - just as it prepares to launch an £18 million Gaelic channel.
The corporation confirmed it was dropping Rough Justice, which has led to 15 innocent people being freed from prison, as part of a drive to save money.
The new Gaelic channel would serve only 86,000, mainly Scottish, viewers - a population the size of Crawley.
The Rough Justice successes include Vincent Hickey, Michael Hickey and James Robinson, who were wrongly found guilty of killing newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater in 1978, and Paul Esslemont whose conviction for the murder of three-year-old Carl Kennedy was quashed.
By Nicole Martin and Christopher Hope
Last Updated: 1:20am GMT 13/11/2007
The BBC has come under fire for axing an award-winning documentary series that has investigated miscarriages of justice for 27 years - just as it prepares to launch an £18 million Gaelic channel.
The corporation confirmed it was dropping Rough Justice, which has led to 15 innocent people being freed from prison, as part of a drive to save money.
The new Gaelic channel would serve only 86,000, mainly Scottish, viewers - a population the size of Crawley.
The Rough Justice successes include Vincent Hickey, Michael Hickey and James Robinson, who were wrongly found guilty of killing newspaper boy Carl Bridgewater in 1978, and Paul Esslemont whose conviction for the murder of three-year-old Carl Kennedy was quashed.