"If you want to be an opinionated columnist or a partisan campaigner on social media then that is a valid choice, but you should not be working at the BBC," he said on Thursday in his first speech to staff. He said for the avoidance of doubt he did not want a "subscription BBC that served the few", even if he suspected it could do quite well in certain parts of the country. He was committed to a publicly funded BBC, he said, but it had to reflect all political views across all of the United Kingdoms and all age groups. "This is not just an obsession with youth, it is a determination, an obligation to make all parts of the UK feel it is their BBC," he said. Others on the opposite side of the political spectrum have also criticised some of the broadcaster's news coverage.

Source: bd News24 September 03, 2020 14:37 UTC