Post by Teddy Bear on Aug 4, 2012 0:16:22 GMT
In 2004, the BBC commissioned Balen to do a review of its coverage of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and though they have gone to great lengths to hide the results, at a cost of hundreds of thousand pounds to the licence fee payer, it is thought to show a clear bias in favour of Palestinians.
Since then the BBC has avoided appointing anybody impartial to judge whether they themselves are impartial, and we have noted on several occasions that knowing in advance who was on any particular panel, that the outcome was going to be in favour of the BBC.
Some examples are The Impartiality Review of the Israel/Palestine conflict in 2005, which given the result was a foregone conclusion in favour of the BBC, this time they were quite willing to have it published.
The Impartiality Review on Arab Spring
Their review on how they dealt with Climate Change and Science
Think for a moment how insidious and corrupt it is for the BBC to have to appoint somebody with a clear agenda to give them a 'clean bill of health' and then present the judge as impartial and objective.
Now again the BBC are appointing somebody to judge their general impartiality in preparation for its Royal Charter Review in 2016, when the licence fee cost will be next determined. So somebody who first worked for them in their newsroom, and has done many programmes for them since then, is appointed by the BBC Trust to give an objective appraisal.
The very appointment of these kind of biased judges show the real conscious agenda of the BBC, and the fact that the public allow this to go on without a murmur shows the real (downgraded) mentality of the majority British public.
Since then the BBC has avoided appointing anybody impartial to judge whether they themselves are impartial, and we have noted on several occasions that knowing in advance who was on any particular panel, that the outcome was going to be in favour of the BBC.
Some examples are The Impartiality Review of the Israel/Palestine conflict in 2005, which given the result was a foregone conclusion in favour of the BBC, this time they were quite willing to have it published.
The Impartiality Review on Arab Spring
Their review on how they dealt with Climate Change and Science
Think for a moment how insidious and corrupt it is for the BBC to have to appoint somebody with a clear agenda to give them a 'clean bill of health' and then present the judge as impartial and objective.
Now again the BBC are appointing somebody to judge their general impartiality in preparation for its Royal Charter Review in 2016, when the licence fee cost will be next determined. So somebody who first worked for them in their newsroom, and has done many programmes for them since then, is appointed by the BBC Trust to give an objective appraisal.
The very appointment of these kind of biased judges show the real conscious agenda of the BBC, and the fact that the public allow this to go on without a murmur shows the real (downgraded) mentality of the majority British public.
BBC Trust appoints 'friend of corporation' to review its impartiality
The BBC Trust has opened itself up to criticism after appointing a long term supporter of the corporation to conduct a review of its impartiality.
By Richard Alleyne
Stuart Prebble, an independent programme maker for the BBC, will examine how it "achieves an appropriate breadth of voice in its reporting".
The findings of his review, due out next summer, are likely to greatly influence it preparations for the renewal of its Royal Charter in 2016.
In its announcement, the Trust played down his connections to the corporation but instead focused on his career at ITV which ended a decade ago.
He was ITV's chief executive until 2002 when he resigned after the collapse of ITV Digital.
Since then, Mr Prebble, 61, has made many programmes for the BBC as an independent producer, including Grumpy Old Men, Three Men In a Boat and It's Grim Up North.
"I have long-term affection for the BBC. It's important for all of us in broadcasting," he told the Times.
He said that impartiality was no longer seen as a simple balance between left and right in politics.
"It's much more complicated than that in the much more diverse society that we live in," he said.
Mr Prebble, who began his career at the BBC, said that he had known George Entwistle, who will replace Mark Thompson as Director-General, for many years.
Mr Entwistle, formerly BBC current affairs commissioning editor, commissioned Mr Prebble to make a three-part series on Alastair Campbell's diaries, shown in 2007.
Mr Prebble, a friend of Mr Campbell, portrayed the former Labour spin doctor as "a guy who is more vulnerable than you would think".
A trust spokesman told the Times: "Stuart Prebble was chosen to lead this review because he is a hugely experienced broadcast executive who has, among other things, run the UK's major commercial public service broadcaster.
"His independent production company has made programmes for a whole range of broadcasters and we do not agree that his past work for the BBC will have an adverse impact on this review."
The BBC Trust has opened itself up to criticism after appointing a long term supporter of the corporation to conduct a review of its impartiality.
By Richard Alleyne
Stuart Prebble, an independent programme maker for the BBC, will examine how it "achieves an appropriate breadth of voice in its reporting".
The findings of his review, due out next summer, are likely to greatly influence it preparations for the renewal of its Royal Charter in 2016.
In its announcement, the Trust played down his connections to the corporation but instead focused on his career at ITV which ended a decade ago.
He was ITV's chief executive until 2002 when he resigned after the collapse of ITV Digital.
Since then, Mr Prebble, 61, has made many programmes for the BBC as an independent producer, including Grumpy Old Men, Three Men In a Boat and It's Grim Up North.
"I have long-term affection for the BBC. It's important for all of us in broadcasting," he told the Times.
He said that impartiality was no longer seen as a simple balance between left and right in politics.
"It's much more complicated than that in the much more diverse society that we live in," he said.
Mr Prebble, who began his career at the BBC, said that he had known George Entwistle, who will replace Mark Thompson as Director-General, for many years.
Mr Entwistle, formerly BBC current affairs commissioning editor, commissioned Mr Prebble to make a three-part series on Alastair Campbell's diaries, shown in 2007.
Mr Prebble, a friend of Mr Campbell, portrayed the former Labour spin doctor as "a guy who is more vulnerable than you would think".
A trust spokesman told the Times: "Stuart Prebble was chosen to lead this review because he is a hugely experienced broadcast executive who has, among other things, run the UK's major commercial public service broadcaster.
"His independent production company has made programmes for a whole range of broadcasters and we do not agree that his past work for the BBC will have an adverse impact on this review."