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THE BBC director-general, Mark Thompson, gave every impression of being very uncomfortable indeed when he was cross-questioned this morning about his decision not to screen the Gaza appeal by the Disasters and Emergencies Committee, the DEC.
With good reason: his decision, which has been replicated by Sky News, has been criticised by a coalition of cross-party MPs, bishops, ordinary people and charity representatives. Yet he stuck to his guns, saying this was a highly political conflict, and the impartiality of the Corporation must be maintained right across its broadcasts, not merely in the news broadcasts themselves.See the full content of this document
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Bbc's Dilemma [Edition 2]
Mr Thompson has a point. There are...
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