Inevitably an appeal would use pictures which are the same or similar to those we would be using in our news programmes but would do so with the objective of encouraging public donations. The danger for the BBC is that this could be interpreted as taking a political stance on an ongoing story. [The corporation would] continue to cover the human side of the conflict in Gaza extensively across our news services where we can place all of the issues in context in an objective and balanced way.In fact the context would be that of an appeal for humanitarian aid; anyone with the common sense to understand concepts like impartiality, objectivity and 'news values' would surely understand this context and that the broadcast had nothing to do with news or politics. Only the politically motivated would think that, thus the BBC is pandering to politics rather than rising above it.
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Your last sentence puts it in a nutshell Stuart. This is another nail in the BBC's coffin but we'll still have to pay the licence fee for some years I fear.
I think you're right, Subrosa; can't see fundamental change coming quickly though (reforming the BBC would be a bit like stopping an oil tanker) but change will come eventually.
Personally I'm not over-perturbed with the current structure and licence fee, what bothers me is the amount of drivel it churns out.
The BBC is terrified at the likely consequences for them of a Tory win at the next general election. There are scores to be settled - Beeb NuLab bias is naked - and all BBC decisions, including that on the DEC appeal, are informed by this slavish adherence to the NuLab line. The appearance of droids like Dougie Alexander to criticise the DEC decision is smokescreen.
I'll miss Radio 3, but the rest is the same shit as the commercial channels so I won't mourn their passing.
Avoiding advertising is still an important consideration for me and many other people, I suspect.
Yes, a lot of the BBC's output is drivel replicated by commercial outlets, but others such as the extensive web network aren't, but whether that represents value for money is clearly a moot point.
I still only have the four/five terrestrial channels, so perhaps that skews my judgement a bit.
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