Is the BBC now just owned by the Tory party?
Former culture secretary called into question neutrality of civil servant after her appointment as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
No, but it is inching that way at an alarmng rate of knots.
It takes pride in and publishes ‘their truth’ about how impartial they always are, in a similar way the Sussexes do about their need for privacy.
The BBC is being infiltrated by right wing government apologists using the so called ‘impartiality guidelines‘ to repress freedom of speech and the right for all of us to hear. It is the thin end of the wedge, we are heading toward a position where a once loved and trusted truly impartial broadcaster is cow towing to a government driven agenda, publicly funded by us all.
The tories have used the nuclear option of threatening their funding and licence to broadcast to install government shills into positions of power with the promise of wealthy salaries (knighthoods will surely follow) in order to drive the agendas of the tory party.
Liniker is a sports presenter and anchorman, he has not used the BBC to push his views, he used twitter ffs. Liniker and every BBC employee will have a view, like we all do, on many and varied topics from politics to sport to comedy or the lack of broccoli at Tesco. No government, no employer should have the right to contractually remove your right to law abiding freedom of speech made in your own time.
The BBC are the ones that have crossed the line, not Liniker. Truth is no longer factual, it is narrative for corporate or personal agenda and is fast becoming the norm. All this ‘speaking their truth’ comments actually are, is people pushing their view that they want others to believe for whatever reason, and it could be for many reasons and is a dangerous shift if wider society accepts it as the norm.
