BBC == Big Brother Corporation
"BBC Cancels Climate Change TV Special
Environmentalists are criticizing the BBC for canceling a TV special on climate change called Planet Relief. Executives at the BBC said they scrapped plans for the show because it was not the role of the BBC to lead opinion on global warming. Newsnight editor Peter Barron recently said: 'It is absolutely not the BBC's job to save the planet.'"
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I'm not sure if I'd call that being "Big Brother." Big Brother implies an authoritarian leader, and an entity which violates individual's privacy.
The BBC canceling the climate change special seems to be the opposite of this. According to their statement, it's not the BBC's policy to be an authoritarian leader on climate change (e.g., using citizen paid (license fee) time to promote a social agenda).
If anything, it sounds like Deadbeat Absentee Dad.
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September 7, 2007 1:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Somebody got to them, I guess. BBC rarely leads, it only compiles. And it's also hard to believe that the majority of the taxpayers that generate its budget would be offended to hear a discussion of climate change. Certain large taxpayers, maybe.
Pretty hard these days to maintain that discussing climate change is a social agenda. But I guess if knowledge is a cultural artifact then maybe it is mere social policy to notice facts.
September 7, 2007 6:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
The BBC has been hammered hard over the past few months for their apparent "lack of impartiality". Actually, they've been soundly raked over the coals by their peers.
The BBC has always prided itself on its impartiality, and for the most part rightfully so. Outside of the U.S., The BBC is the only trusted news outlet. When I lived and travel overseas, indigenous population would listen and watch The BBC more often than the local newscasts.
I obviously do not know what the content of climate change series is like. However, if it is seriously only one sided (as any sane person would hope), then it could definitely cut into their appearance of impartiality.
I would suggest reading the Editor's Blog. They're rather transparent (even posting criticism against the BBC from other news outlets (imagine CNN doing that)).
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September 7, 2007 8:24 PM | Reply | Permalink