BBC controversies

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This article describes, chronologically, the various scandals surrounding or involving the BBC that have taken place.

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1926 General Strike

The BBC was established as a privately controlled British Broadcasting Company in 1922. In 1926 the unions called for the General Strike and Conservative Government to fear the outbreak of the revolution, as it did in Russia in 1917. Labor Party politicians such as Ramsay MacDonald and Philip Snowden criticized the BBC for being pro-Government and anti-union; however, throughout the strike, Reith insisted that news bulletins report all sides of the dispute without comment.

Reith's efforts to broadcast statements by the Labor Party and the leadership of TUC were blocked by the Government; in a partial response, he personally vetoed the claim that Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, wanted to make, believing that allowing such a statement would give Winston Churchill both the motive and the opportunity to take over the BBC - something Churchill continually endorses. since the beginning of the Strike. Reith acknowledged to his staff that he preferred to allow Labor and TUC leaders to broadcast live. A post-strike analysis conducted by the BBC Program Correspondence Department reported that of those surveyed, 3,696 praised the BBC coverage, while 176 were critical.

Between the war

Since 1927, there have been arguments about impartiality on the BBC. In 1927, under the Royal Charter, the BBC became a public entity for the first time - on conditions including the need for impartiality and for staff not to express opinions on controversial material.

Before World War II, Sir John Reith excluded Winston Churchill from the airwaves of the BBC. By the time of the Munich Agreement of 1938, Churchill "complained that he had been treated so badly... and that he was always muzzled by the BBC".

1930s to the Cold War: MI5 check

From the late 1930s to the end of the Cold War, MI5 had an officer in the editorial of BBC test applicants. During World War II 'subversive', especially allegedly communists like folk singer Ewan MacColl, were banned from the BBC. Note the suspected person's personnel stamped with a distinctive green mark, or "Christmas Tree;" only a handful of BBC staff members know what a 'Christmas tree' means. See also Wikipedia entry for Ronnie Stonham and Michael Rosen.

1930: Commercial radio controversy

Because the BBC had become a monopoly and a non-commercial entity, it soon faced controversial competition from British subjects who operated rental transmitters on the European continent prior to World War II, to blow up commercial radio programs to Britain. John Reith who has been given the power to dictate the cultural output of the BBC retaliated by leading the opposition to these commercial stations. Controversy spilled into the press as the British government attempted to censor the printing of their program information. Pressure is created by the success of these stations. In 1938 it was reported that on Sunday 80% of British audiences were tuning in to commercial radio, rather than non-commercial BBC.

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Post-war

1950: Claimed engagement in Ajax Operation

A BBC Radio 4 documentary in 2005 claimed that he had evidence that a radio newsreader inserted the word "right" into the middle of the night timecheck a summer night of 1953, a code word for the Shah of Iran that the British supported his plan for a coup d'etat. Shah has chosen the word, the documentary said, and the BBC broadcast the word at the request of the government. Officially, the BBC has never admitted the plot of the code word. A BBC spokeswoman declined to comment on possible connections.

1950: Independent television controversy

The government of Winston Churchill passed the 1954 Television Act allowing the creation of Britain's first commercial television network, ITV. It was criticized in the House of Lords by, inter alia, Lord Reith. Churchill explained to his doctor, Lord Moran: "I opposed the monopoly enjoyed by the BBC, for eleven years they made me air, they prevented me from expressing a proven view, their behavior was tyrannical, crowded by the Socialists - possibly with the Communists".

1965: War Games

The War Game is a drama documentary that tells the decline of the fictional Soviet nuclear weapons in the UK, centered on events projected in Kent. Using current scientific knowledge about the effects of such a development, the film was directed by Peter Watkins. Intended for the twentieth anniversary of August 6, 1965 from the fall of the bomb in Hiroshima, The Game War was dropped from the BBC program's schedule before transmission on the grounds that it was too horrible to display. Despite being given a limited cinema release by the British Film Institute (BFI), and was awarded the Oscar as Best Documentary, it was not screened by the BBC until 1985.

John Pilger in 2012 argued that the BBC's power to prevent the "truth" broadcast, as represented by the Watkins film, had made "the state broadcaster [the] foundation of the elite British ruler."

1960s onwards: Feel and politeness

Mary Whitehouse launched 'Clean Up TV Campaign' in April 1964. In her view Hugh Greene as the BBC's Director-General "more than anyone... is responsible for the moral collapse in this country." The Whitehouse campaign and its supporters soon became the National Viewers 'and Listeners' Association; Mrs. Whitehouse opposes the liberalization policies pursued by Greene and is largely sustained by his successors in the Corporations. Whitehouse's campaign focuses more on the BBC than on ITV, and he has a high public profile for decades. The tabloid press also criticized the BBC for being perceived as a deviation in programming quality.

1971: Men yesterday

Yesterday's Men is the first BBC documentary film published in June 1971 about the former Harold Wilson Labor minister who is now in conflict. The programmaker's approach, which included reporter David Dimbleby, angered Wilson and the Labor Party that saw it as displaying explicit Conservative biases. According to the official history of the BBC web site about the incident, Labor politicians "are effectively tricked into taking part in programs that will derisive them". In his own interview, Wilson was asked by Dimbleby, in a section not transmitted from their meeting, about the money he made from his memoir, a question that caused a fierce fight between them. Wilson wanted the program suspended, but broadcast with small changes.

1979: Panorama

In November 1979 Panorama showed masked IRA men driving a roadblock in Carrickmore. The Ulster Kingdom and Ulster Army withdrew their cooperation immediately and Unionist leader James Molyneaux claimed that the film was "at least a betrayal activity". The BBC governors issued a statement blaming the Panorama team and acknowledged that the IRA roadblock filmmap "would seem to clearly violate standing instructions in connection with Irish filmmaking." In the MP's Conservative Representative Council Eggar asked the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, "contact the BBC governor to express extreme concerns about the way in which the" Panorama "team appears to have pushed the IRA to break the law in Northern Ireland". Thatcher replied that the government contacted the BBC about the program: "My friend, my friend will know that this is not the first time we have a chance to raise the same issue with the BBC I am really hon but the Secretary of Home Friends and I think that it is time BBC puts his house in sequence".

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1980-1990

1982: Falklands War

During the Falklands War, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and some Conservative MPs believed the BBC was too excessive between England and Argentina, referring to "England" and "Argentina" instead of "our troops" and "enemies".

On May 2 during the report for Newsnight, Peter Snow said: "Until England is shown either to deceive us or hide the losses, we can only tend to give more confidence to the English version of the show". Conservative MP John Page complained that the program was "really offensive and almost treacherous". Answering questions from Page on May 6, Thatcher said that "many people are deeply concerned that the case for our British troops is not left fully and effectively.I understand that there are times when it seems we and Argentina are being treated almost identically and almost neutrally. I understand that there are occasions when some commentators would say that Argentina did something and then "England" did something, I can only say that if it so violates and causes extraordinary emotion among many people ". The Sun published an editorial on May 7 titled "Dare Call it Treason: There is a Traitor in Our Midst" that criticizes Snow.

May 10th Edition Panorama (titled "Can We Avoid the War?") Also provoke anger. A day after it aired, Conservative MP Sally Oppenheim asked Thatcher at the Commons: "Does he realize that for the most part, but not all, it is a disgusting, subversive parody, where Michael Cockerell and other BBC correspondents do not respect the right to freedom of speech in this country? "Thatcher replied:" I share the deep concerns that have been expressed on many fronts, especially about the content of the "Panorama" program last night.I know how many people feel that the case for our country is not given a certain spirit - I am not saying all - The BBC chief has convinced us, and has said strongly that the BBC is not neutral at this point, and I hope that his words will be noticed by many who have the responsibility to defend our task force, our children, our people and the cause of democracy ".

According to the commander of the Royal Naval Task Force, Sandy Woodward, while Britain is preparing to land in San Carlos, BBC World Service broadcasts that the Battle Group and Amphibious Group of Task Force have joined. Woodward then writes: "I hope that this special meeting can at least remain a military secret until after the actual landing, but as usual British media are more interested in the truth than in consequences for our own people. Some in the Task Force said that "if we are hit on the way and lose a lot of people, the BBC Director-General should be accused of treason". Shortly before the attack on Goose Green, the BBC broadcasted that the attack was imminent and that the Para 2 regiment was within five miles of Darwin. According to Woodward, there are "still some who believe that the BBC report was directly responsible for Argentina's ambush" in which Colonel Jones and many others died standing in the Ops Room of Hermes on the day that the BBC effectively inform Args about our position and attitude, I'm sure we all feel the same way. " Thatcher later wrote: "Many of the public (including us) do not like the [media] attitude especially the BBC... My worry is always the security of our troops. He is also angry about the BBC's disclosure of position 2 This: "Could anyone ever have soldiers who had to fight against the media reporting like that?"

1984: "Maggie militant Tendency" controversy

In January 1984, the BBC's Panorama program broadcasts a "Militant Maggie Tendency" claiming that three Conservative MPs (Neil Hamilton, Harvey Proctor and Gerald Howarth) have links with the right wing organizations both in Britain and on the Continent Europe.. There was controversy over the editing of the program: it cornered Howarth's shot in a train driver's uniform on a steam racecar rider with a claim that he attended a fascist meeting in Italy, implying that the uniform he was wearing was a fascist. one. In response, Hamilton and Howarth sued the BBC. Director-General Alasdair Milne told governors that the BBC's defense was "fireproof" but by the end of 1986, chief executive Lord Barnett had realized that the program would not stand the examination of the law. Hamilton and Howarth received about a million pounds in defamation damages.

1984: Counterfeit settlement strike

Footage of the so-called "Battle of Orgreave" on June 18, 1984 was filmed by a crew of the BBC. When it appeared in the BBC news bulletin that night, it was edited and broadcast out of chronological order, falsely showing pickets throwing rocks at police and police then making demands.

1986: Libyan raid controversy

The BBC News in Six reported an American bombing attack on Libyan angry Thatcher and Conservative Party Chairman Norman Tebbit because they believed it received Libyan government propaganda about civilian casualties and therefore did not give airtime to American or English spokesmen for explaining the attitude of their government. Tebbit ordered the Conservative Central Office to collect the files on the BBC report and then hand them to Lord Goodman's lawyer for criticism. Goodman's critics largely agreed with the findings of the file and on October 30, Tebbit handed it to Lord Barnett, saying that the BBC's coverage was "a mixture of uncritical news, views, speculation, mistakes, and sacrifices of Libyan propaganda, which seriously damaged the reputation of the BBC ". The BBC rejected its findings.

1986: Secret Society controversy

In 1986 BBC correspondents went on strike to protest a police attack to find evidence that the BBC television series in production, Secret Society, has jeopardized national security. Police ransacked the BBC studio in Glasgow, Scotland, home of London investigative journalist Duncan Campbell, and the New Statesman office.

On June 12, 1985, BBC2 controller Graeme MacDonald was offered a series of documentaries by the BBC studios in Scotland in conjunction with an offer for them by Duncan Campbell whose work had previously appeared in the New States magazine. The program was six half-hour films by Duncan Campbell (researched and presented by Campbell and produced in accordance with BBC standards), which illuminated the "hidden truths of the main public attention". The six programs are:

• One: Secret Constitution about a small secret Cabinet committee, which is in fact the Establishment that governs the British Empire.
• Two: In Crisis about the secret preparations for the war that began in 1982 in every NATO country. This program reveals what the UK will do.
• Three: about the bungling of incompetent defense producers and military planners who have damaged every new radar system that England has installed since World War II.
• Four: We All Data Now about the Data Protection Act 1984.
• Five: Not Completed - about the Chief Police Officers' Association and how government policies and actions are determined in law and order.
• Six: Not Completed - about communication with special reference to satellite.

Work begins in series. In April 1986, Alan Protheroe, acting on behalf of BBC Director General Alasdair Milne was asked for permission to the private investigator's bug, which said he could access the Criminal Records Office computer. Permission granted and filming took place. The police were notified and the man was later indicted under Part 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911.

The sixth program will reveal details of a secret spy satellite and Alisdair Milne has decided to cut it off the list when The Observer broke his story on January 18, 1987 under the heading: "BBC gag about Ã, Â £ 500m secrets defense ". Combined with this story is a report that the Home Office intends to limit the license fee of the broadcast receiver, the implication being that the government has decided to censor the BBC's investigative journalism.

Soon after, a series of programs on BBC Radio Four called My Country or True is False banned by the government because it may have revealed a sensitive secret. The series was censored just hours before it started because it dealt with the same problem with the television series about the "secret country" of England. However, it was finally broadcast without being cut off, after the government decided that it did not violate the law or impair the national security.

1987: Generally dismissed director's controversy

On 29 January 1987 Alasdair Milne was dismissed by the newly appointed head of the Board of Governors of the BBC, Marmaduke Hussey. He was replaced by a senior BBC accountant, Michael Checkland. Milne then writes his account of this affair in The Memoirs of British Broadcaster .

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1990-2000

1988-1994: Sinn FÃÆ' Â © in the ban broadcast

On October 19, 1988, Conservative Affairs Minister Douglas Hurd under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher issued a notice under article 13 (4) of the BBC License and Agreement to the BBC and under section 29 (3) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 to Broadcasting Agencies The Independent prohibits the broadcasting of direct statements by representatives or supporters of eleven Irish political and military organizations. The ban lasted until 1994, and was denied British news media the right to broadcast voices, though not words, of all Irish paramilitary republican and loyalists, while the ban was targeted mainly at Sinn FÃÆ'Â © in.

Government intimidation and legislation before the ban have resulted in forms of self-censorship. The INLA interview in July 1979 on the BBC Tonight caused controversy involving Prime Minister Thatcher and the last such interview was heard on British television. The 1980's Panorama Movie of the IRA patrolling in Carrickmore was arrested by police under the Prevention of Terrorism Action following protests in parliament and the press. In 1985, a series from the BBC Real Lives series ("At Edge of the Union") was withdrawn temporarily under government pressure. The BBC governor found themselves in conflict with the management and corporate journalists broke down for a day. The program is then transmitted with small changes.

Coverage of Sinn FÃÆ' Â © by the BBC before the ban was minimal. In 1988 Sinn FÃÆ'Ã… © at only heard or viewed on television 93 times, only 17 of 633 BBC official interviews compared with 121 interviews with the Conservative Party and 172 with the Ulster Royal Ulster and civil service, and never interviewed. in the studio like many other participants. However, after the ban there was a sharp decline in the coverage of the Sinn FÃÆ'Â © and republican point of view, with television appearances reduced by 34 times in the following year, and delays and uncertainties caused by ambiguity, dubs and subtitles often led to coverage and film dropped completely.

To enable the continuation of news reporting on the subject, during the time when 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland was a very important and interesting issue, the BBC used the actors to speak the words of Adams. The net effect of the ban is to increase publicity.

October 1998: Richard Bacon's cocaine controversy

On October 18, 1998, a presenter of the Blue Peter's children's television program, Richard Bacon, was on the headlines when it appeared he had taken cocaine. He was released from his BBC contract immediately.

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2000-2010

2003: Death of Dr. David Kelly

In May 2003, the defense correspondent of BBC Radio 4's Today program Andrew Gilligan cited a government official who claimed that the British government had "leveraged" a file on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, against the wishes of the intelligence service. A newspaper report claimed that Alastair Campbell (Director of Communications and Strategy of the Prime Minister) was responsible. The government strongly denies the claim and this prompted an investigation by parliament.

A Department of Defense scientist, Dr David Kelly, is named as the alleged news source, which led to official sources suggesting that Dr. Kelly is not a reliable source. The suicide of Dr. Kelly further resulted in an escalation of conflict between the government and the BBC, where both sides received fierce criticism over their role in the matter.

2004: Hutton Report

Publication in January 2004 on Hutton Report into death Dr. Kelly is very critical of Andrew Gilligan, and the process of corporate management and journalism standards. As a result, both the BBC chairman Gavyn Davies and General Director Greg Dyke resigned, followed by Gilligan himself. Lord Hutton was accused of failing to take account of the inherent imperfections of journalism, while giving the government the benefit of doubts over his own actions. Most of the media branded it with chalk.

2004: Butler Report

A second investigation by Lord Butler of Brockwell undertook intelligence reviews of weapons of mass destruction and the making of the documents. Among other things, the Butler Report concludes that:

"... the fact that the reference [for a 45 minute claim] in a secret appraisal was repeated in the file then led to the suspicion that it had been included because of its eye-catching character."

Andrew Gilligan claims that the Butler Report confirmed the original story that the document had been "searched" ".

2004-2007: Balen Report

The BBC is struggling to overturn a decision by the Information Tribunal that the BBC is wrong to refuse to release to members of the public under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) Balen report on Middle East coverage. This report examines the BBC's coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Corporations have reportedly spent Ã, Â £ 200,000 to fight the case and are accused by commentators of wasting money on paying licensing fees. Critics say the BBC has blocked FOI's request for "disgraceful hypocrisy" in light of the company's previous extensive use of FOI requests in its journalism.

On Friday 27 April 2007, the High Court rejected Steven Sugar's challenge to the decision of the Information Commissioner. However, on February 11, 2009 House of Lords (British High Court) returned the decision of the Information Tribunal to allow Mr Sugar's appeal against the decision of the Information Commissioner. The problem goes back to the High Court for further appeal of the BBC at the point of law against the Tribunal's decision.

BBC press releases following the High Court verdict include the following statement:

"The BBC's action in this case has nothing to do with the fact that Balen's report is about the Middle East - a similar approach will be taken in any area of ​​closed news output."

Mr Sugar reported after his success at the House of Lords said:

"It is very sad that the BBC felt it was necessary to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money over the past three years trying to load the system against those who requested information from it.I am very glad that the House of Lords has decided that a clear injustice is not the result of the Act.

Steven Sugar died of cancer in January 2011, and it remains unclear what will happen with a legal battle. It is possible that someone took the casing on behalf of Mr. Sugar. The Supreme Court said it had registered the case temporarily for another trial in the fall of 2011.

2004-2011: Siemens outsourced

In 2004, the BBC Governor approved an agreement to outsource the technology of IT, telephony, and BBC broadcasting (previously run by the BBC's internal technology division) to German engineering and electronics company Siemens IT Solutions and Services (SIS). Claimed that BBC Technology sales will provide over 30 million savings to the BBC. In June 2007, a report published by the Public Accounting Committee of the House of Commons criticized the agreement, claiming that the BBC management had eliminated the hidden costs of £ 60 million in its filing with the Board of Governors and that the benefits to Siemens had not been taken into account. The recorded savings to the BBC has reached £ 22 million, 38% lower than the BBC's original estimate.

The BBC's partnership with Siemens underwent some high profile difficulties, including issues with a firm-wide switch to IP telephony systems in 2009; a massive blackout of the BBC website in 2011; and Siemens were original technology partners in the Digital Media Initiative until their contracts were terminated in 2009 (see below). In December 2010, SIS was acquired from Siemens by the French company Atos and BBC IT, the broadcast and website system is now managed by Atos.

March 2007: Blue Peter on-phone

The phone-in competition supporting Unicef, organized by the Blue Peter's children program in November 2006, was revealed to have been cheated. The winning callers in the competition are actually visitors to the shooting location who pretend to call from the outside to pick a prize. Competition is rigged due to technical issues with receiving calls. The controversy was the beginning of a wider controversy in which a number of other broadcasters were fined for falsifying phone competition.

March 2007: BBC Clock

In 2006, the BBC launched a free educational website for children, BBC Jam, at a cost of Ã, Â £ 150 million. Following complaints by a number of commercial software education suppliers that the BBC is engaged in anti-competitive practices by providing this service for free, the BBC Trust announces that the website will be suspended pending review. The following year it was decided that the service would not be relaunched and it was permanently closed.

July 2007: A year with the Queen

In early 2007, the BBC commissioned RDF Media to make a behind-the-scenes movie about the monarchy, titled "Monarchy: Royal Family at Work", for BBC One. The 60-second trailer featured on BBC1's autumn launch in London on July 11th. The trailer shows two clips of Queen Elizabeth II; one in which he told photographer Annie Leibovitz that he would not take off his crown to make the scene look "less stylish", and the other where the Queen said "I did not change anything, I'm dressed enough like this".

The shot in the trailer was edited out of sequence, making it look as if the Queen had suddenly left the shoot, when in fact, the second shot showed him entering the shooting. BBC 1 controller Peter Fincham told reporters at the launch that the king "lost a bit and walked out rashly".

The next day, newspapers and other media sources carried headlines stating that the Queen had stormed during the session. On July 12, the BBC released an official apology to Queen and Leibovitz. On July 16, RDF Media admitted it was "guilty of serious misstatement"; Chief creative officer of Fincham and RDF Media, Stephen Lambert, resigned.

In October 2007, the BBC released its inquiry report on the incident. The inquiry concluded that no one on the BBC "consciously sets out to defame or misrepresent the Queen" and that there is never a possibility "that a misleading order could be included in a completed documentary for broadcast by the BBC" but that is still " the incident revealed misunderstandings, bad practices and ineffective systems as well, of course, as the usual help of bad luck that often accompanies such problems. "

September 2007: Cats Blue Peter

When the children's program Blue Peter acquired a pet cat in January 2007, he held an internet voting to choose a name for the animal. In September of that year, it was revealed that viewers had chosen the name Cookie, but the producers turned the result into Socks instead, leading to allegations of breach of audience trust. Apologies to viewers are then created in the program.

2008: Russell Call Show prank phone line

In an event recorded on October 16, 2008 and aired two days later, Brand made several phone calls, along with guest Jonathan Ross, to the home of actor Andrew Sachs, claiming that Brand had sex with his granddaughter Georgina Baillie, along with further apparent. obscene suggestions. Subsequent coverage in the newspaper Daily Mail caused a number of complaints, and eventually Ross left the announcer.

2009: Gaza DEC Appeal 2009 refusal to broadcast

On January 22, 2009, the BBC rejected a request from the Disaster Emergency Committee (DEC) to screen aid requests intended to raise money to help relief efforts following later hostilities in the Gaza Strip. The explanation quoted by Mark Thompson, the BBC then Director General raises doubts about the possibility of providing assistance in turbulent situations and highlights the need to avoid the risk of sacrificing public confidence in the BBC's impartiality in the context of ongoing news.

Due to a lack of consensus among British broadcasters, with British Sky Broadcasting announcing it will follow the BBC's view, TV channels in Britain initially decided not to broadcast an appeal. Public demonstrations took place outside the Broadcasting House on January 24 with former cabinet minister Tony Benn attacking the decision in an interview on BBC News 24 where he read out the appeal address, and alleged that the Israeli government was preventing an appeal.

The Guardian reported that the BBC was facing an uprising from its journalist on the issue, and that they had been threatened with dismissal if they spoke. In an editorial, the newspaper described the refusal to broadcast the appeal as "taking partisan positions" and misjudgment.

Four days after BBC's rejection, ITV, Channel 4 and Five broadcast the call entirely on January 26. The BBC also broadcasts massive extracts from the appeals in its TV news program.

The BBC's decision came to critics across the political spectrum including from senior politicians such as Nick Clegg, Douglas Alexander and Hazel Blears and public figures such as Archbishop of York and Canterbury, although supported by some commentators such as Dominic Lawson.

On January 25, 2009, then Foreign Minister for International Development Douglas Alexander endorsed an appeal which said Sky News: "My appeal is much more straight forward." People suffer now, hundreds of thousands of people without the basic necessities of Life for me are very straight forward and I really hope that the British people respond with a typical generosity. "

MP Richard Burden put forward an early-day movement calling for the BBC to filter out calls with the support of 112 MPs. Meanwhile, another Labor MP, Gerald Kaufman, complained of the "brutal pressure" on the BBC from Israeli lobbyists. However, Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC, denied that the decision was due to Israeli pressure. A complaint to the BBC about the decision was directed to Mark Thompson's blog. The BBC NewsNight program reported that the BBC had received more than 15,000 complaints and 200 letters of support.

After the call was broadcast on Channel 4 on January 26, 2009, Niaz Alam resigned as an external member of the BBC Appeal Advisory Committee in protest at the BBC's explanation of his refusal to broadcast an appeal, after news coverage gave the impression this whole committee had been party to the decision.

The version of his resignation letter, published in Private Eye, defends the impartiality of the Disaster Emergency Committee's recommendations and criticizes the BBC's refusal to broadcast an appeal. The letter also denied the logic of justification to block the appeal on the basis of impartiality by pointing out that 'the main logic of avoiding an appeal arising from controversial political conflicts would be for the BBC to ignore major humanitarian crises.'

Journalist and broadcaster Peter Oborne wrote and presented the Channel 4's Dispatches edition entitled "Inside Britain's Israel Lobby," in which the controversy is presented as a small section towards the end, when he discusses the BBC's refusal to broadcast the December 2009 appeal of Gaza with Niaz Alam.

The BBC Trust reported in the BBC's' Confidence Decisions' document on the appeal, 'The BBC Executive has received about 40,000 complaints about the Director General's decision. The BBC's Chief Operating Officer, Caroline Thomson, emphasized the need to broadcast "without affecting and affecting the audience's perception of our impartiality" and that in this case it is a "real problem."

The Gaza 2009 application was the only chance at which the BBC was known to have rejected the broadcasting request from DEC.

It was reported that the December December appeal of Gaza was screened only by Channel 4 and ITV raised Ã, £ 8.3 million. In August 2014, the BBC broadcasted a request for new DEC aid to people in Gaza, with no similar controversy, which increased Ã, Â £ 16 million over two years.

2009: BNP Time Question Appearance

Following the increase of the UK National Party's performance in the 2009 European election, the BBC controversially changed its stance on BNP's appearance on the latest talk show, Question Time, and invited party leader Nick Griffin to appear in the Oct. 22, 2009 edition. BBC is also obliged to submit party political broadcast by BNP.

2008-2013: Digital Media Initiative

In 2008, the BBC launched the Digital Media Initiative (DMI), a technology program intended to streamline broadcast operations by switching to a completely non-filtered digital production workflow at a cost of Ã, Â £ 81.7 million. It is estimated to provide cost savings to the BBC around Ã, Â £ 18 million. DMI is contracted out to Siemens technology service providers with consultation by Deloitte.

Project costs increased after a number of technical problems and delays, and in 2009, the BBC terminated its contract with Siemens. The BBC's loss is estimated at Ã, Â £ 38.2m, partially offset by Ã, Â £ 27.5m payment paid by Siemens, leaving Ã, Â £ 10.7m loss to the BBC. The BBC was criticized by the UK National Audit Office in 2011 to handle the project.

In 2009, the BBC brought the DMI project in-house and started working on a digital system known as Fabric . Lord Hall, Director General of the BBC, announced in late May 2013 that the project should be abandoned after the cost reached Ã, Â £ 98 million.

2009-2012: Denis Avey Claim

On 29 November 2009 the BBC News Channel broadcast claims by Denis Avey that he smuggled himself into the Monowitz concentration camp in 1944. This claim is presented as fact on the BBC website and became the subject of the bestselling book The Broken Man to Auschwitz > co-authored by Avey and the BBC's Rob Broomby. Avey's claim caused a lot of controversy, and was questioned in several newspapers. The BBC has come under fire for broadcasting this and promoting the book. The BBC later admitted controversy in the next program.

2009-2014: Women in the panel show

In 2009, actress and comedian Victoria Wood stated that the BBC's panel show is too male-dominated, and involves "many men who beat each other".

In February 2014, television executive Danny Cohen said that there would be no longer any male comedy paneling on the BBC and all shows should contain a woman. Journalist Caitlin Moran refers to the tokenisme already in such events. Dara O'Briain, host of the BBC 2 panel Mock the Week, also referred to tokenism and "token woman" who spoke against this idea. Comedian Milton Jones called it "counter-productive".

Journalist Deborah Orr, though he also thinks of it as "tokenistic," writes in support of the plan: "The issue of gender representation in game panels is relatively trivial, but the reality is this: if contemporary manifestations are relatively harmful from long-term losses can not be seen for what they are, and handled, but instead become bemired in the trenchant opposition, what expectations are there in a broad, brutal and comprehensive deal. "

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2010-present

2010: The offensive weapon claims Bob Geldof, Ethiopia, and Africa

In March 2010 Bob Geldof confronted Andrew Marr on a BBC report claiming the Ethiopian government used the money collected for starvation to pay for weapons. Geldof and the Band Aid Trust reported the BBC to Ofcom over the incident. The development agency Christian Aid announced that it would also file a complaint with the BBC Trust. The Ethiopian Ambassador to Britain Berhanu Kebede called it a "disgrace" and "ridiculous report" and said the BBC had "destroyed its credibility in Africa" ​​by making such a claim. Geldof said it would be a "tragedy" if the British refused to donate money because of the BBC's claims.

The BBC initially announced that they were standing next to his report and claimed to have evidence to support his establishment. The BBC was forced to broadcast a series of apologies in November 2010 after realizing that it did not have sufficient evidence that money was spent on weapons, basing many unfounded claims on a questionable CIA report. He also apologized to Geldof for claiming that he refused to respond to a fake story, with Geldof saying that much damage has been caused by the BBC to charity campaigns. Mr. Geldof also said "terrible damage" has been caused by the Band Aid Trust by the BBC.

2007-2011: Allegations of colonialism and sexism

The BBC is accused of being of age and sexism when news presenter Moira Stuart (55) - the first black female television newscaster - was fired in April 2007 after more than two decades of presenting, although many male presenter in similar situations were allowed to continue at work. In November 2008, four female presenter Countryfile (Michaela Strachan, Charlotte Smith, Miriam O'Reilly and Juliet Morris), all in their 40s and 50s, were fired from the show.

The issue came back in July 2009, when former theater choreographer Arlene Phillips (66) was replaced in the Strictly Come Dancing panel by Alesha Dixon, a half-pop pop star. The men on the show were Len Goodman (65), Bruno Tonioli (53), Craig Revel Horwood (44), and Bruce Forsyth (81).

Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O'Reilly claims she's "warned about wrinkles", and wins the trial court against corporations on the basis of age and victimization - but not sexism. With another older woman also dropped by the BBC, Joan Bakewell claimed the BBC policy "undermines the position of older women in the community", while former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell says that the BBC is obsessed with youth culture and shallow mindedness.

2010-2011: QI and Tsutomu Yamaguchi

In December 2010, the BBC broadcast an episode of its TV quiz show QI in which the panelists made a joke during a discussion of Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who survived the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs in August 1945. Yamaguchi had died just earlier that year. The Japanese Embassy in London wrote a complaint letter to the BBC about the content of its quiz show after being notified of offensive content when a Japanese audience contacted the diplomatic staff. Yamaguchi's daughter also recounts how upset she was because of comments broadcast on the BBC. He said that Britain, as a nuclear power, had no right to "look down on" his father.

In January 2011, the BBC issued an apology for any "violations caused" to Japan by the incident, acknowledging "the sensitivity of the subject matter to Japanese audiences". In February 2011, the BBC blamed the "power of feelings" in Japan after its atomic bombing joke was broadcast for the cancellation of the documentary film "Planet Word" in Japan. The documentary will be presented by Stephen Fry, the host of QI .

2011: Top Gear comments in Mexico

On January 30, 2011, the BBC broadcast the episode of its automotive TV show Top Gear as the presenter called the Mexicans "lazy" and "reckless" and Mexican food "sickness." The broadcast caused many complaints in Mexico, including in newspapers and websites, while a censure motion was considered in the Mexican senate and the BBC's BBC website BBC Mundo received a protest. Richard Hammond, one of the presenters, expressed doubt that there would be a complaint against them because, he said, the Mexican ambassador would fall asleep.

UK parliamentarians described the comment as "indifferent, insulting and racist" and asked the BBC to say it was sorry. The Mexican ambassador in London also requested that the BBC say sorry for the comments "offensive, xenophobic and embarrassing". The law firm who previously pursued the media in Shilpa Shetty's case involving comments on Big Brother has involved clients for the case.

The BBC then offered an apology, despite claiming there was no "revenge" in the statement and that they were only part of an organization-based stereotyped comedy, as when it "made jokes about irregular Italians and more dramatically, France became arrogant and Germany is too organized ". Trevor Phillips, head of Equality and the Commission on Human Rights, told The Sunday Times that he "would not get hot under the collars about the provocation of schoolchildren so frankly arranged that we could become a commotion and sell more DVD for Jeremy Clarkson - Jeremy is pretty rich ".

Records of fake child labor in Bangalore

The weekly BBC weekly program, Panorama , has aired a documentary claiming that Bangalore-based Primark supplier, a very successful retailer with 220 stores across Europe, used child labor in their production in 2008 The claim is known to be untrue and the BBC apologizes to Primark for admitting his mistake. Primark response to the protest, the BBC admitted in a 49-page report that the footage of three boys involved in completing garments for Primark is "more likely than not" was "not authentic" after an internal investigation three years.

Story "dog punished by stoning"

The BBC News website shows a story claiming that a dog has been sentenced to death by being stoned by an Israeli court. Then it happened that the story was not true. The story is sourced from AFP and comes from the Israeli Maariv newspaper as a hoax.

The BBC publishes retractions and explanations.

The One Show The controversy of the Jordanian Shelley dog ​​training

On September 15, 2011 The One Show the presenter introduced "new members of the One Show family", dog trainer Jordan Shelley. The next day, Shelley is shown dealing with a food guard problem in a Jack Russell terrier called Roxy. Only confrontational methods are used, and at the end of the segment Alex Jones says that "some people out there might argue that some of your techniques are a bit aggressive". According to an article in the Daily Mail , the BBC quickly received more than 400 complaints about the methods used by Shelley.

The Daily Mail article was followed by an article on the Daily Telegraph site, saying "Jordan Shelley does not seem to have any formal training or qualifications, and I can not trace any evidence from his experience. high profile television has a responsibility to ensure that the advice provided is consistent with current best practices: The One Show 's dog training segment certainly does not do this ". The Kennel Club publishes a statement that criticizes the training methods used in this program on its website, as does the Dogs Trust.

Immediately after the show on September 21, the BBC press office released a statement; " The One Show has thanked the viewers for all their serious comments and criticisms Last night this show featured a variety of different opinions plus advice from veterinarian One One Show on dog training and care issues There are currently no plans for this feature to return. "

May 2012: Use of the wrong photo to describe slaughter

On May 27, 2012, the BBC News website used photos taken in Iraq in 2003 to illustrate the reported massacre occurring in Syria in 2012.

UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine

During the UEFA Euro 2012 football tournament in Poland and Ukraine, the current relationship program of the BBC Panorama aired Euro 2012: Stadium of Hate , which discussed racism in sports. These include recent recording supporters chanting various xenophobic slogans and displaying white power symbols and banners in Poland, as well as Nazi salute and beatings of some South Asians in Ukraine. The documentary was widely commented on in the British press, but was later criticized for being unilateral, sensational, and unethical. Critics include other British media channels, Polish anti-racism campaigners and Jewish and Jewish community leaders in Poland. Polish and Polish and Ukrainian politicians, British fans visiting Poland and Ukraine and Gary Lineker also voiced similar concerns about the broadcast.

Executive Director of the KrakÃÆ'³w Jewish Community Center, Jonathan Ornstein, the Jewish source used in the film said: "I am angry at the way the BBC exploits me as a source.The organization uses me and others to manipulate serious subjects, anti-Semitism for its own sensational agenda. The BBC is deliberately deceiving its own audiences - the English - by mixing false horror stories about Poland, so the BBC has spread fear, ignorance, prejudice and hatred, I am deeply troubled by this unethical form of journalism.

The Guardian reported: "Other sources have said that interviews with Jewish Israeli players were also cut from the program because he failed to confirm Panorama's" anti-semitism "thesis Aviram Baruchian, who plays for Polish, Polonia Warsaw, one of the sources present said Panorama reporters complained after the interview was "useless." Panorama denied this.

The Daily Mail reports that the Football Association intends to write a complaint letter to the BBC.

Although the BBC, Poland and Ukraine warnings do not show a racist attitude. However, at the end of the tournament, four other countries were fined by UEFA for the racist activities of their fans: Germany, Spain, Croatia, and Russia.

June 2012: Diamond Jubilee Coverage

BBC television live coverage of Queen's Diamond Jubilee River Thames Pageant on June 3, 2012 drew some criticism in the media, and the company reportedly received over 4500 complaints from members of the community about the broadcast. Criticism centers on an "informal" presentation style that some commentators consider too humble for a royal event. Some reviewers think that the BBC presenter is too concentrated to interview celebrities and that they are not quite ready to add depth to TV commentary.

Actor and author Stephen Fry argues that his coverage is "very boring", and BBC radio presenter Sue MacGregor expressed disappointment that coverage has failed to provide sufficient historical context to viewers. Laureate poet Carol Ann Duffy and composer Gavin Greenaway openly criticized the lack of television coverage given to music that has been specifically assigned to the event. BBC creative director Alan Yentob defended BBC coverage, citing high audience approval ratings, and BBC Director-General Mark Thompson congratulated the BBC staff for their work on the broadcast.

October 2012: Jimmy Savile abuse scandal

In early October 2012, it was discovered that a Newsnight investigation into alleged sexual harassment by the late Jimmy Savile had been suspended shortly before it was broadcast. On October 11, George Entwistle, the BBC's Director-General, directed BBC Scotland's Ken MacQuarrie to start an investigation into why the program was canceled. He also announced an investigation into the BBC's child protection policy, and another to become a culture prevalent within the department, Savile work.

On October 23, 2012, Entwistle appeared before the Culture, Media and Sports Committee to answer the question following the revelation that Savile had abused children on BBC property while working for the BBC. When asked by committee chairman John Whittingdale if the BBC's reputation for trust and integrity is in jeopardy, Entwistle states that the alleged child abuse abuse on the BBC is "a very, very serious matter". Investigations Panorama reports what they consider to be a pedophile ring that may have operated for at least 20 years, and may be for 40 years, and BBC World Affairs editor John Simpson describes it as the BBC's "biggest crisis for over 50 years ".

On Nov. 12, the BBC announced that its news director Helen Boaden "resigned", along with his deputy Steve Mitchell, before the results of an investigation into the claims of child abuse Savile. Nick Pollard's report to Newsiight report rack on Savile in 2011 was published on December 19, 2012. It was concluded that the decision to drop the original report was "flawed", but it was not yet completed to protect the program prepared as a tribute to Savile. Pollard's report criticized George Entwistle for apparently failing to read emails warning him of the "dark side" of Savile, and stated that, after the allegations against Savile finally became public, the BBC fell into "even greater levels of confusion and confusion." than it was seen at the time. "The BBC announced that editorial Newsnight Peter Rippon and deputy editor Liz Gibbons will be replaced, and news deputy director Steve Mitchell has resigned, but Helen Boaden will return to her role.

November 2012: Lord McAlpine misrepresents the child abuse scandal

In the aftermath of the Jimmy Savile scandal, Newsnight is investigating the North Wales child abuse scandal. On November 2, 2012, a former resident of Bryn Estyn's children's home was reported on Newsnight claiming that a prominent, but unnamed, conservative politician had sexually harassed her during the 1970s. Rumors were spread by Twitter users and other social media that identified the politician. After The Guardian reported the possibility of a misidentified case, Lord McAlpine issued a strong rejection that he was involved, insisting that the allegations were completely false and slandered seriously. The unconditional accuser apologizes, admitting that, as soon as he sees the person's photo, he realizes he has been wrong. The BBC also apologized.

But McAlpine about whom the claim was made, began legal proceedings against the broadcaster making allegations about him, eventually settling for Ã, £ 185,000 from the BBC and Ã, £ 125,000 from ITV. In the ensuing defamation case, Sally Bercow, John Bercow's wife, Speaker of the House of Representatives, was sued for defamation regarding his Twitter post named McAlpine. After the High Court's ruling in favor of the plaintiff, in which Bercow's comment was found to be defamatory, he paid an unspecified compensation to McAlpine.

The decision to broadcast the Newsnight report without contact with the subject led to further criticism of the BBC, and the resignation of its General Director, George Entwistle on November 10. It was later announced that the Entwistle severance package is more than 1.3 million pounds. Harriet Harman, Vice State Minister for Culture, Media and Sports, stated that Entwistle has been awarded for 'failing'.

June 2013: Staff stutter command

In June 2013, it was reported that the BBC had spent £ 28 million to include a 'silencing clause' in staff contracts, effective during, and after expiry, the contract period.

July 2013: Executive rewards

The large severance pay given to the BBC executives who went to come to the widespread media attention in 2013 when the National Audit Office conducted an investigation into the BBC's senior management salary. The exercise has been going on for several years. Senior executives whose payments were criticized included: chief operating officer Caroline Thomson, who received a total of Ã, Â £ 680,400 on his departure in 2011; Deputy Director General Mark Byford who also left the BBC in 2011, took Ã, £ 949,000; BBC Worldwide's CEO, John Smith, who paid a total of £ 1,031,000 in 2011 (he later returned Ã, £ 205,000); George Entwistle who left the Director General's job after only 54 days after the Savile crisis, and received a payment of £ 511,500; and Roly Keating, head of the BBC Archives, who received severance pay of £ 375,000 in 2012 (which he then paid off completely). Margaret Hodge, chairman of the Public Accounting Committee, criticized the practice, calling it "a waste of licensing fees". After his appointment as Director General, Lord Hall introduced the Ã, Â £ 150,000 limit on severance pay. Mark Thompson declared to PAC that the payment was fully approved by the BBC Trust.

November 2013: Generational War

The BBC plans to broadcast the German ZDF Movie Generational War upsetting certain Polish citizens of Poland, since the film has been accused of slandering anti-Nazi underground Armia Krajowa as anti-Semitic, and portraying fake stereotypes Poland and Germany during the period occupation. In Germany, after ambassador Jerzy Marganski sent a letter of complaint to the ZDF, the broadcasters provided corrective actions that produced and broadcast the film 'Kampf ums ÃÆ'Ã… "lapped.

August 2014: Cliff Richard property search scopes

On August 14, 2014, Cliff Richard's apartment in Berkshire was ransacked by South Yorkshire Police in connection with an alleged historical sexual assault on a boy under 16 years of age. The BBC's correspondent was on the scene when police arrived, and a BBC helicopter covered the attack as it happened. Richard, who was in Portugal at the time, released a statement confirming that the allegations were "completely wrong" and complained that the press appeared to have been given advance notice of the search - which he had not. The BBC's home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw states that the media presence at Richard's home "is very unusual - it seems to be a deliberate attempt by the police to ensure maximum coverage", but added: "It's not illegal - but there are strict guidelines." South Yorkshire police initially denied divulging details of property searches, but later confirmed that they had "worked with media outlets" about the investigation.

On August 19, the BBC claimed to have received 594 complaints related to the coverage. Barrister and broadcaster Geoffrey Robertson questioned the legality of the search and called for an independent inquiry into police operations and before leaking into the property search medium. Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve accused the police of having a "collusive relationship" with the BBC, claiming that the decision to tip the BBC "seems quite remarkable." Officials from the BBC and South Yorkshire Police were summoned to the House Elections Committee on September 2. There, South Yorkshire Police police chief accused the BBC of "extortion"; However, lawmakers rejected this, with chairman Keith Vaz stating that the BBC has "acted very well" in its coverage of the attack.

After being told he will not be prosecuted in June 2016, Richard says that he is considering suing the BBC. The BBC apologizes for the "distress" caused by its coverage but stands beside the story because it is believed to be in the public interest.

September 2014: Scope of Scottish independence campaign

Throughout the campaign before the Scottish independence referendum held on September 18, 2014, there were allegations claiming that the BBC was not neutral or impartial.

On September 14, 2014, thousands of demonstrators demonstrated outside the BBC Scotland headquarters in Glasgow who accused the company and political editor Nick Robinson of broadcasting "lies" and "bias" against the Yes Scotland campaign. The demonstrators demanded that Robinson be dismissed. The 'Yes' campaign itself was not involved in the demonstration. The demonstrators also complained that the coverage of the demonstration was not broadcast by the BBC.

Alex Salmond, First Minister and Scottish leader of the Scottish National Party, agrees with the view that the BBC is biased in favor of defending the union. However, in an interview given after the clash with Robinson, he said he believed it was a BBC staff error based in London rather than BBC Scotland himself.

Professor John Robertson and a team at the University of the West of Scotland monitor news broadcasts from the BBC and ITV through September 2013 for their First Year's Justice study. The report finds that the BBC is biased against the 'Yes' campaign in terms of broadcast time, news sequencing,

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