Regis Philbin
Oct 25th, 2006, 07:45 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=412572&in_page_id=1770
BBC 'guilty' of ignoring public opinion says senior executive
By PAUL REVOIR
Last updated at 00:15am on 26th October 2006
A senior BBC executive has admitted the politically correct views of the corporation are at odds with most of its viewers.
BBC commissioning editor for documentaries Richard Klein admitted the broadcaster was out of touch with the British public, saying it was guilty of "ignoring" mainstream opinion.
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Klein said: "By and large, people who work at the BBC think the same and it's not the way the audience thinks. That's not long term sustainable."
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His comments, reported in the corporation's in-house magazine, come on the back of news earlier this week that a string of BBC executives and journalists have admitted that the corporation is institutionally biased.
Details from a recent "impartiality" summit held at the BBC highlighted how some of the corporation's own top staff now believe it is guilty of promoting left-wing views, is biased against Christianity and as an organisation is disproportionately dominated by gays and ethnic minorities.
It was also claimed the BBC overtly promotes multiculturalism and is anti-American and anti-countryside.
Klein, who made his views known at an "audience festival" organised by the BBC last week to find out what its viewers think, admitted that the BBC's liberal internal culture did not match that of the wider British public.
BBC 'guilty' of ignoring public opinion says senior executive
By PAUL REVOIR
Last updated at 00:15am on 26th October 2006
A senior BBC executive has admitted the politically correct views of the corporation are at odds with most of its viewers.
BBC commissioning editor for documentaries Richard Klein admitted the broadcaster was out of touch with the British public, saying it was guilty of "ignoring" mainstream opinion.
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Klein said: "By and large, people who work at the BBC think the same and it's not the way the audience thinks. That's not long term sustainable."
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His comments, reported in the corporation's in-house magazine, come on the back of news earlier this week that a string of BBC executives and journalists have admitted that the corporation is institutionally biased.
Details from a recent "impartiality" summit held at the BBC highlighted how some of the corporation's own top staff now believe it is guilty of promoting left-wing views, is biased against Christianity and as an organisation is disproportionately dominated by gays and ethnic minorities.
It was also claimed the BBC overtly promotes multiculturalism and is anti-American and anti-countryside.
Klein, who made his views known at an "audience festival" organised by the BBC last week to find out what its viewers think, admitted that the BBC's liberal internal culture did not match that of the wider British public.