Barely a week goes by when the BBC is not over-representing some obscure minority or another, which has led to swathes of viewers turning off at the national broadcaster's perceived level of wokism.
It would appear that wokism infests the BBC from the top downwards, with Director General Tim Davie recently telling colleagues that it was a matter of pride that the Corporation was "progressive" and "diverse".
The BBC's woke credentials were further reinforced by the introduction of its Director of Creative Diversity role. Toothy presenter June Sarpong, who clearly ticked the BBC's diversity boxes, was the inaugural holder of the £269k three-day-a-week position.
During a recent online question and answer session, Davie was asked how he would respond to accusations that the BBC "hasn't done enough to tackle impartiality, that we need to de-woke."
Davie replied: "We do a reasonably good job of walking along the joyous tightrope of the culture wars where, being progressive, diverse, doing the things we should be proud of, is not woke. But meanwhile, we’ve got to make sure that we are clearly representing views from across the board."
When challenged on the remarks, a BBC spokesman said that Davie meant progressive "in relation to areas like market-led technological change" and that "any other interpretation is wrong".
Responding to Davie's comments, Dame Priti Patel, former Home Secretary, said: "The BBC once again have serious questions to answer over their political bias and culture.
"The public expects this taxpayer-funded broadcaster to be impartial, balanced and fair. But these latest revelations show they are obsessed with promoting a liberal metropolitan elitist agenda that most of the country disapproves of."
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2 comments:
You've lost a reader. It's fine to advocate and inform against TV Licensing and what it does but straying in BBC bashing, anti-woke, politics, etc isn't what I expected or want to read. I'll look elsewhere for the info I want
You clearly haven't been a reader for very long, because I'd say at least half of my 2,000+ articles are BBC-bashing. The BBC is TV Licensing, you see. If you've been unable to grasp that rudimentary point, perhaps it's best you do find somewhere that's simpler reading.
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