Post by Teddy Bear on Jun 21, 2008 20:24:19 GMT
To understand how the Chinese government feel about the Dalai Lama, then this relevant story from Reuters will give a clear idea.
We know how much the BBC wish to appease the Chinese to maintain and extend its coverage there, especially with the Olympics coming up, so when the BBC refuses to screen a documentary about the Dalai Lama in this current climate, its producers are not too wide of the mark to make the connection, and lambast the BBC for doing so.
The article really highlights how the BBC pursues their particular agenda, whether here or elsewhere, and always manages to justify what they are doing while missing the BIG PICTURE - It's not their interests that they should be concerned about, but those of the society they are paid to represent.
Since I expect many more examples of BBC bias supporting China in its hegemonistic drive to dominate world media, I may well have to give it its own thread.
We know how much the BBC wish to appease the Chinese to maintain and extend its coverage there, especially with the Olympics coming up, so when the BBC refuses to screen a documentary about the Dalai Lama in this current climate, its producers are not too wide of the mark to make the connection, and lambast the BBC for doing so.
The article really highlights how the BBC pursues their particular agenda, whether here or elsewhere, and always manages to justify what they are doing while missing the BIG PICTURE - It's not their interests that they should be concerned about, but those of the society they are paid to represent.
Since I expect many more examples of BBC bias supporting China in its hegemonistic drive to dominate world media, I may well have to give it its own thread.
Producer sees red in BBC Dalai Lama row
Mandrake, by Tim Walker, edited by Richard Eden
Last Updated: 1:12AM BST 21/06/2008
Just weeks before it clears the schedules for the Beijing Olympics, the BBC has provoked controversy by refusing to broadcast a documentary about the Dalai Lama.
Josh Dugdale, a former BBC producer, says his programme, The Unwinking Gaze, will be screened by virtually every television network in Europe apart from the corporation.
"I don't know why the BBC won't show it," the director tells Mandrake. "There is no good reason as far as I can see. This documentary took three-and-a-half years to make and reveals ground-breaking stuff: that the Dalai Lama wants to become a Chinese citizen; how the authorities misunderstand him; and who his successor will be."
To make matters worse, the show's distributor, Tim Spark, wrote an article for the BBC's in-house magazine, Ariel, in which he criticised the decision not to broadcast the programme, but it was not printed.
Andrew Harvey, Ariel's editor, says: "The article was commissioned, but was not considered fit for publication, as certain aspects were not sufficiently well-argued."
A BBC spokesman says the decision was made for legitimate editorial reasons. "We passed on Josh's film because we already had two being made about Tibet."
Mandrake, by Tim Walker, edited by Richard Eden
Last Updated: 1:12AM BST 21/06/2008
Just weeks before it clears the schedules for the Beijing Olympics, the BBC has provoked controversy by refusing to broadcast a documentary about the Dalai Lama.
Josh Dugdale, a former BBC producer, says his programme, The Unwinking Gaze, will be screened by virtually every television network in Europe apart from the corporation.
"I don't know why the BBC won't show it," the director tells Mandrake. "There is no good reason as far as I can see. This documentary took three-and-a-half years to make and reveals ground-breaking stuff: that the Dalai Lama wants to become a Chinese citizen; how the authorities misunderstand him; and who his successor will be."
To make matters worse, the show's distributor, Tim Spark, wrote an article for the BBC's in-house magazine, Ariel, in which he criticised the decision not to broadcast the programme, but it was not printed.
Andrew Harvey, Ariel's editor, says: "The article was commissioned, but was not considered fit for publication, as certain aspects were not sufficiently well-argued."
A BBC spokesman says the decision was made for legitimate editorial reasons. "We passed on Josh's film because we already had two being made about Tibet."