Post by Teddy Bear on May 10, 2009 19:45:39 GMT
How easy it is for the BBC to pay £250 per night on a luxury flat to quarantine a presenter returning from Mexico, even though he showed no symptoms of any illness, and without even considering to send him to see a doctor first.
But then, it's not their money they waste - it's yours!
But then, it's not their money they waste - it's yours!
BBC puts up Dan Snow in pig flu 'quarantine flat'... at £250 a night
By Miles Goslett
The BBC spent £250 a night to keep presenter Dan Snow quarantined in a luxury flat on his return from swine flu-hit Mexico – although he does not have the virus and has not even seen a doctor.
Snow, 30, flew back last Sunday from Mexico City, where he was making a BBC2 documentary about the Aztecs.
But instead of arranging for him to see a doctor, BBC occupational health chiefs put him up in the flat in Kensington, one of London’s most expensive areas, for at least four nights.
Last night he had still not had a medical check-up and was reporting no flu symptoms on the internet blog Twitter, which he updates regularly.
Tory MP Nigel Evans, who is on the Commons Culture, Media and Sport select committee, said: ‘It seems bonkers for the BBC not to have arranged for Snow to be seen by a doctor immediately but instead to have put him in a very expensive flat.
‘I can understand its concerns about his health but this prompts questions over what other things the BBC is doing that cost vast sums of money.’
Snow, son of veteran TV presenter Peter Snow and nephew of Channel 4 news anchorman Jon Snow, was in Mexico with five crew from BBC Wales.
Within days of the outbreak, the BBC advised the team to halt their two-week shoot and return to the UK. But the crew chose to stick to schedule. The BBC then told them not to attend work for seven days when they flew home.
Snow was also told he should not go to his West London flat in case he was contagious and infected his flatmate. He was advised to go to the luxury apartment.
It is understood that the other crew were offered a similar quarantine option in Cardiff. A BBC spokesman refused to say if they accepted it.
When he arrived back, Snow wrote on Twitter: ‘I’m home. No sniffles. Am in a quarantine flat. BBC News just rang because they heard I had the disease. They want to film through the window.’ But the BBC broadcast nothing about his quarantine. A source said this was because bosses were ‘petrified’ about negative coverage.
The source added: ‘The BBC was paranoid about Dan and the crew having swine flu and was running scared.’
By Miles Goslett
The BBC spent £250 a night to keep presenter Dan Snow quarantined in a luxury flat on his return from swine flu-hit Mexico – although he does not have the virus and has not even seen a doctor.
Snow, 30, flew back last Sunday from Mexico City, where he was making a BBC2 documentary about the Aztecs.
But instead of arranging for him to see a doctor, BBC occupational health chiefs put him up in the flat in Kensington, one of London’s most expensive areas, for at least four nights.
Last night he had still not had a medical check-up and was reporting no flu symptoms on the internet blog Twitter, which he updates regularly.
Tory MP Nigel Evans, who is on the Commons Culture, Media and Sport select committee, said: ‘It seems bonkers for the BBC not to have arranged for Snow to be seen by a doctor immediately but instead to have put him in a very expensive flat.
‘I can understand its concerns about his health but this prompts questions over what other things the BBC is doing that cost vast sums of money.’
Snow, son of veteran TV presenter Peter Snow and nephew of Channel 4 news anchorman Jon Snow, was in Mexico with five crew from BBC Wales.
Within days of the outbreak, the BBC advised the team to halt their two-week shoot and return to the UK. But the crew chose to stick to schedule. The BBC then told them not to attend work for seven days when they flew home.
Snow was also told he should not go to his West London flat in case he was contagious and infected his flatmate. He was advised to go to the luxury apartment.
It is understood that the other crew were offered a similar quarantine option in Cardiff. A BBC spokesman refused to say if they accepted it.
When he arrived back, Snow wrote on Twitter: ‘I’m home. No sniffles. Am in a quarantine flat. BBC News just rang because they heard I had the disease. They want to film through the window.’ But the BBC broadcast nothing about his quarantine. A source said this was because bosses were ‘petrified’ about negative coverage.
The source added: ‘The BBC was paranoid about Dan and the crew having swine flu and was running scared.’