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Growing Complaints: Too Many Streaming Services To Choose From
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The BBC has emailed
its staff warning they could get into trouble if they post strong
political views on Twitter. The warning came after several employees complained
about BBC programs debating the issue of teaching children tolerance for LGBT
people. For example, morning host Ben Thompson publicly questioned one BBC show
that allowed an audience member to ask, “Is it morally right that 5-year-old
children learn about LGBTQ+ issues in school?”
Thompson tweeted:
“LGBT ‘issues’? Like what? That we exist? One of them, RIGHT
HERE, is on your TV every morning. I held back on this, hoping it was clumsy
writing, done in haste. But it’s still online. Would you ask if it’s ‘morally
right’ to learn about gender/race/religion/disability ‘issues’?”
On Thursday, BBC director of news Fran Unsworth told the staff
to keep strong political views off social media and to stop publicly
criticizing colleagues. If they don’t, they could face “appropriate action,”
although it wasn’t stated what that would be.
“We all have personal views, but it is part of our role with the
BBC to keep those views private,” Unsworth said in an email to staff. “Our
editorial guidelines say BBC staff must not advocate any particular position on
a matter of public policy, political or industrial controversy, or any other
‘controversial subject’. That applies to all comments in the public domain,
including on social media. There is no real distinction between personal and
official social media accounts.”
According to a story in The Guardian, some at the BBC thought
the e-mail was sent in response to Thompson’s tweet, while others believe it
was sent to keep older BBC reporters from commenting on Brexit.