Former BBC Advisers Participate in MPs' Questioning Following Claims of Prejudice in Disclosed Document
We begin with inquiries from Conservative MP Caroline Dinenage, that oversees the committee.
She opens by offering details to the unauthorized memorandum prepared by Michael Prescott and published in a national newspaper.
"I do not desire the BBC slanting this way or that way, I just want it balanced, unbiased and equitable," he states.
Upon being questioned whether he thinks the BBC is structurally prejudiced, Prescott responds: "No I don't. To be clear, a great deal the British Broadcasting Corporation does is world class - including documentary and non-factual shows."
But he adds: "There exists substantial tasks that must be undertaken at the British Broadcasting Corporation."
A further ex-adviser BBC adviser questioned by the panel, Caroline Daniel, states she takes the British Broadcasting Corporation extremely earnestly and that it maintains a "continuous process and active debate" on fluid and multifaceted issues.
"Whether the BBC was willing to engage in a thorough dialogue and argument and implement changes?" she asks herself. "From my perspective, affirmative, they were."
