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#BBC’s problem was a failure to recognise its own bias. I raised issue this with senior BBC management on numerous occasions.
Credulous reporting of Hamas propaganda as fact, selective editing of President Trump, not pulling the Bob Villain feed, the rebuke of Martine Croxall, etc etc
They saw each “mistake” as being in isolation and couldn’t or wouldn’t see a wider pattern.
I hope that this episode will trigger a broader look at bias, groupthink, and political fashion within the BBC by the BBC.
I want the BBC to succeed, it’s a powerful British brand, but it needs a proper kick up the arse for that to happen. Perhaps this is it.