As David Clementi prepares to publish his governance report,public opinion and impartiality should be shaping the corporation’s futureAt the end of final week, on the same day that the rightwing press savaged David Cameron’s proposed deal over Europe, and the BBC Trust signed off on current guidelines covering the corporation’s reporting of the European Union referendum.
While the Mail raged over the government’s failure to “speak for England” and the Sun said the deal stank,BBC trustees pored over words such as “mandatory referrals and “due impartiality” in a manner that would presumably make Paul Dacre froth at the mouth. Like a sort of wartime Rommel screaming at the penpushers worrying approximately uniform sizing.
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Source: theguardian.com